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chapter 17
heather taylor
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Antecubital Space | the surface of the arm in front of the elbow |
| Anticoagulant | a substance that inhibits blood clotting |
| Buffy Coat | a thin, light colored layer of white blood cells & platelets that lies between a top layer of plasma & a bottom layer of red blood cells when an anticoagulant has been added to a blood specimen |
| Evacuted tube | A closed glass or plastic tube that contains a premeasured vacuum |
| Hematoma | a swelling or mass of coagulated blood caused by a break in a blood vessel |
| Hemoconcentration | An increase in the concentration of the nonfilterable blood components |
| Hemolysis | The breakdown of blood cells |
| osteochondritis | inflammation of bone and cartilage |
| Osteomyelitis | Inflammation of the bone due to the bcterial infection |
| Phlebotomist | A health professional trained in the collection of blood specimens |
| Plasma | A liquid part of the blood, consisting of clear, yellowish fuild that makes up approximately 55% of the total blood. |
| Serum | Plasma from which the clotting factor fibrinogen has been removed |
| Venipuncture | puncturing a vein |
| Venous reflux | The backflow of blood into the patients vein |
| Venous Stasis | the temporary cessation or slowing of the venous blood flow. |
| Phlebotomy | Incision of a vein for the removal of the blood; the collection of blood. |
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