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med term wk 6
Medical Terminology a living language
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what are the three formed elements of blood? | erythrocytes, leukocytes, platelets |
| what are the two components of blood? | formed elements, plasma |
| agglutin/o | clumping |
| bas/o | base |
| chrom/o | color |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| cyt/o | cell |
| eosin/o | rosy red |
| Erythro | red |
| fibrin/o | fibers, fiberous |
| fus/o | pouring |
| granul/o | granules |
| hem/o | blood |
| Hemat/o | blood |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| morph/o | shape |
| neutr/o | neutral |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| sanguin/o | blood |
| septic/o | infection |
| thromb/o | clot |
| -apheresis | removal, carry away |
| -crit | separation of |
| -cytosis | more than normal number of cells |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -globin | blood protein |
| -penia | abnormal decrease, too few |
| -phil | attracted to |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -stasis | standing still |
| how much blood does the average adult have? | 5 Litres |
| blood is a mixture of ___ floating in watery ____. | cells, plasma |
| erythrocytes, leukocytes and platelets are all an example of what? | formed elements |
| what would you call the process of creating blood cells in the red bone marrow? | hematopoiesis |
| which blood cell is responsible for transportation of substances? | erythrocytes |
| which blood cells protect the body from invasion of microorganisms? | leukocytes |
| which blood cells help to control bleeding? | platelets |
| what are albumin, globulins and fibrogen examples of? | plasma proteins |
| what percent of plasma is made up of plasma protiens? | 8-10 |
| what percent of plasma is made up of water? | 90-92 |
| which plasma protein transports fatty substances that cannot disolve in the watery plasma? | albumin |
| which globulin acts as an antibody? | gamma globulin |
| which plasma protein is a blood clotting protein? | fibrogen |
| what is a word meaning a cell with no nucleus? | enucleated |
| what makes red blood cells appear red? | hemoglobin |
| which part of the red blood cell picks up oxygen from the lungs? | hemoglobin |
| how many erythrocytes are there per cubic milimeter of blood? | about 5 million |
| between male and female parties who would have more red blood cells? | men |
| what is the total number of erythrocytes in an average sized adult? | 35 trillion |
| what is the lifespan of an erythrocyte? | 120 days |
| which part of the red blood cell is not reused and is disposed of by the liver? | biblirubin |
| how many leukocytes are there per cubic milimeter of blood? | 8000 |
| what are the five types of leukocytes? | basophils, eosinophils, neutrophils, monocytes, lymphocytes |
| what would you call a leukocyte with granules in the cytoplasm? | granulocytes |
| what would you call a leukocyte without granules in the cytoplasm? | agranulocytes |
| which leukocyte releases histamine and hepharin to damaged tissue? | basophils |
| which leukocytes destroy parasites and increase during allergic reactions? | eosinophils |
| which leukocytes engulf foreighn and damaged cells and are the most numerous of the leukocytes? | neutrophils |
| which leukocytes engulf foreign and damaged cells? | monocytes |
| which leukocytes play several roles in immune response? | lymphocytes |
| what is another term for platelet? | thrombocyte |
| what would you call the results of a shattered ccytoplasm? | platelets |
| how many platelets are there in a cubic milimeter in the body? | between 200 and 300 thousand |
| what is another word for blood clotting? | hemostasis |
| what is the word for clumping together? | agglutinate |
| what would you call a laboratory test to find the type of blood a person has? | blood typing |
| what are the two most important blood markers? | ABO system and the RH factor |
| lip/o | fat |
| phleb/o | vein |
| -globin | protein |
| -ia | condition |
| -ion | action |
| -logy | study of |
| -lytic | destruction |
| -oma | swelling |
| -otomy | cutting into |
| -plastic | pertaining to development |
| -rrhage | abnormal flow |
| -rrhagic | pertaining to abnormal flow |
| dys- | abnormal |
| pan- | all |
| which leukocyte attracts a basic PH stain? | basophil |
| which leukocyte attracts a rosy red stain? | eosinophil |
| which term means pertaining to blood? | sanguinous |
| what would you call the hard collection of fibrin which is the end result of hemostasis? | blood clot |
| what would you cal converting from a liquid to a gel or solid? | coagulate |
| what is the word that indicates the presence of a disease affecting the blood? | dyscrasia |
| what is another term for a rbuise? | hematoma |
| what would you call the rapid flow of blood? | hemorrhage |
| what would you call the disease which affects the ability to form a clot? | hemophilia |
| what would you call a condition in which there was too many lipocytes in the blood stream? | hyperlipidemia |
| what would you call a condition in which a person had too few of all cells? | pancytopenia |
| what is another term for blood poisoning? | septicemia |
| what would you call a condition in which there is a reduction in the number of blood cells which results in not enough oxygen getting to the tissues? | anemia |
| what would you call a severe form of anemea that results from loss of functioning red bone marrow? | aplastic anemia |
| what would you call a condition in which a person has too many red blood cells? | erythrocytosis |
| what would you call the condition of having too few red blood cells? | erythropenia |
| what would you call anemia that results because of the destruction of red blood cells? | hemolytic anemia |
| what would you call the destruction of a patients erythrocytes which occurs in receiving non compatible blood? | hemolytic reaction/transfusion reaction |
| what would you call anemia resulting from not having enough hemoglobin in the erythrocytes? | hypochromatic anemia |
| what would you call anemia resulting from not having enough Iron to produce hemoglobin? | iron-deficiency anemia |
| what would you call anemia associated with not enough absorbtion of vitamin b12? | pernicious anemia |
| what would you call the production of too many red blood cells by the bone marrow in which blood becomes too thick to flow through the vessels? | polycythemia |
| what would you call a genetic disorder in which erythrocytes take on an abnormal curved shape causing them to be fragile and easily damaged? | sickle cell anemia |
| what would you call a genetic disorder in which the body is unable to make hemoglobin? | thalassemia |
| what would you call a cancer of the white blood cells? | leukemia |
| what would you call a condition of having too many white blood cells? | leukocytosis |
| what would you call a condition with too few white blood cells? | leukopenia |
| what would you call a condition of having too many platelets? | thrombocytosis |
| what would you call a condition with too few platelets? | thrombopenia |
| what would you call a blood test used to determine the reate at which erythrocytes settle out of the blood after an anticoagulant is added? | erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
| what would you call a blood test to measure the volume of red blood cells within the total volume of blood? | hematocrit |
| what would you call a test to measure the amount of hemoglobin present in a given volume of blood? | hemoglobin |
| what would you call a measure of the bloods coagulation abilities by measuring how long it takes for a clot to form after a prothrombin has been added to the blood? | prothrombin time |
| what would you call the examination of erythrocytes for abnormalities in the shape? | red blood cell morphology |
| what would you call the machine which does multiple blood chemistry tests at once? | sequential multiple analyzer computer |
| what would you call the test to determine the number of each variety of leukocytes? | white blood cell differential |
| what would you call a test in which a sample of bone marrow is removed by aspiration with a needle and examined for diseases? | bone marrow aspiration |
| what would you call a procedure where you would make an incision into the vein in order to remove blood for a diagnostic test? | phlebotomy |
| what would you call a procedure for collecting and storing a patients own blood several weeks before they will need it? | autolongous transfusion |
| what would you call a blood tranfusion using another persons blood? | homologous transfusion |
| what would you call the method for removing plasma from the body without depleting the formed elements? | plasmapheresis |
| what is the abbreviation for acute lymphocytic leukemia? | ALL |
| what is the abbreviation for acute myelogenous leukemia? | AML |
| what is the abbreviation for basophils? | basos |
| what is the abbreviation for bone marrow transplant? | BMT |
| what is the abbreviation for complete blood count? | CBC |
| what is the abbreviation for chronic lymphatic leukemia? | CLL |
| what is the abbreviation for chronic myelogenous leukemia? | CML |
| what is the abbreviation for differential? | diff |
| what is the abbreviation foreosinophils? | eosins, eos |
| what is the abbreviation for erythrocyte sedimentation rate? | ESR, SR, sed rate |
| what is the abbreviation forhematocrit? | HCT, Hct, crit |
| what is the abbreviation for hemoglobin? | Hgb, Hct, HGB |
| what is the abbreviation for lymphocytes? | lymphs |
| what is the abbreviation for monocytes? | monos |
| what is the abbreviation for pernicious anemia? | PA |
| what is the abbreviation for packed cell volume? | PCV |
| what is the abbreviation for polymorphonuclear neutrophil? | PMN, polys |
| what is the abbreviation for prothrombin time? | PT, pro-time |
| what is the abbreviation for red blood cell? | RBC |
| what is the abbreviation for segmented neutrophils? | segs |
| what is the abbreviation for sequential multiple analyzer computer? | SMAC |
| what is the abbreviation for white blood cell? | WBC |
| What is the function of the immune system? | fights disease and infections |
| what is the function of the lymphatic system? | picks up excess tissue fluid, cleanses it, and returns it to the circulatory system |
| what are the five primary structures which make up the lymphatic system? | lymph nodes, lymphatic vessels, spleen, thymus gland, tonsils |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| axill/o | axilla, underarm |
| immun/o | protection |
| inguin/o | groin region |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph node |
| lymphagi/o | lymph vessel |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| path/o | disease |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| tox/o | poison |
| -edema | swelling |
| -globulin | protein |
| what would you call the lymph vessels located around the small intestines? | lacteals |
| what are the two large lymphatic ducts which the lymph vessels drain into? | right lymph duct, thoracic duct |
| which lymphatic duct drains he right arm, right side of the head, neck, and chest? | right lymphatic duct |
| what is the name of the vein the right lymphatic duct drains into? | right subclavian vein |
| what is the name of the vein the thoracic duct drains into? | left subclavian vein |
| where are lymph nodes located? | along the route of the lymphatic vessels |
| what is another name for lymph node? | lymph glands |
| which site for lymphs drains the arm and shoulder region? | axillary, armpits |
| which site for lymphs drains the head and neck? | cervical, neck |
| which site for lymphs drains the lower legs and lower pelvis? | inguinal, groin |
| which site for lymphs drains the chest cavity? | mediastinal, chest |
| what are the three sets of tonsils called? | palatine tonsils, pharyngeal tonsils, lingual tonsils |
| what is another word for pharyngeal tonsils? | adnoids |
| where is the spleen located? | in the upper left quadrant of the abdomen |
| what would you call blood vessels spread out to be slow moving ? | blood sinuses |
| what lines the blood sinuses to engulf and remove pathogens? | phagocytic macrophages |
| where is the thymus gland located? | the upper portion of the mediastinum |
| what is the thymus gland hormone? | thymosin |
| what does thymosin do? | changes lymphocytes to T lymphocytes/ T cells |
| what are the two forms of immunity? | natural immunity, acquired immunity |
| what is another word for natural immunity? | innate immunity |
| what would you call a foreign protein? | antigen |
| what are the two distinct immunity processes? | humoral immunity, cellular immunity |
| what is another word for humeral immunity? | antibody-mediated immunity |
| what is another word for cellular immunity? | cell-mediated immunity |
| what cells are produced in humeral immunity? | B cells |
| what do the B cells produce? | antibodies |
| what do you get when an antibody combines with an antigen? | antigen-antibody complex |
| what two cells are produced in cellular immunity? | T cells, NK cells |
| what does the NK stand for in NK cells? | natural killer |
| what would you call something that physically attacked and destroyed pathogenic cells? | cytotoxic |
| what would you call an infection as a result of hospital exposure? | nosocomial infection |
| what would you call it when a patient or healthcare worker develops an infection from another patient or healthcare worker? | cross-infection |
| what would you call it when a patient is infected with the pathogen that originally brought them to the hospital? | reinfection |
| what does OSHA stand for? | occupational safety and health administration |
| what would you call the spreading of a pathogen from one part of the body to another part of the body? | self-inoculation |
| cortic/o | outer region. cortex |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| -iasis | abnormal condition |
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