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Memmler's Ch. 13
Circulation and Body Defense
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Plasma made of? | Serum & clotting factors |
| Hemorrhage | Excessive bleeding |
| Thrombocyte | Blood platelet; cell fragment that participates in clotting |
| Thrombocytopenia | Deficiency of platelets in the blood. |
| Thrombolytic | Dissolving blood clots |
| Thrombophlebitis | Inflammation of a vein associated with blood clot formation |
| Thrombus | Blood clot within a vessel |
| Serum | Liquid portion of blood without clotting factors; thin, watery fluid |
| Abscess | Area of tissue breakdown; a localized space in the body containing pus and liquefied tissue. |
| acid-fast stain | Procedure used to color cells for viewing under the microscope. |
| acidosis | Condition that results from a decrease in pH of body fluids |
| agranulocyte | Leukocyte without visible granules in the cytoplasm when stained; lymphocyte or monocyte |
| albumin | protein in blood plasma and other body fluids; helps maintain the osmotic pressure of the blood |
| alkalosis | Condition that results from an increase in the pH of body fluids |
| anemia | abnormally low level of hemoglobin or red cells in the blood, resulting in inadequate delivery of oxygen to the tissues |
| aneurysm | bulging sac in the wall of a vessel |