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Blood Syste
The Blood System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| bas/o | base |
| chrom/o | color |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| cyt/o | cell |
| eosin/o | red, dawn, rosy |
| erythr/o | red |
| granul/o | granules |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hemoglobin/o | hemoglobin |
| is/o | same, equal |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| leuk/o | white |
| mon/o | one, single |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| neutr/o | neutral |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| poikil/o | varied, irregular |
| sider/o | iron |
| spher/o | globe, round |
| thromb/o | clot |
| -apheresis | removal, a carrying away |
| -blast | immature cell |
| -cytosis | abnormal condition of cells |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -globin | protein |
| -globulin | protein |
| -lytic | pertaining to destruction |
| -oid | derived from |
| -osis | abnormal condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phage | eat, swallow |
| -philia | attraction for |
| -phoresis | carrying, transmission |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -stasis | stop, control |
| Failure of blood cell prodution due to aplasia of bone marrow cells | aplastic anemia |
| Lack of mature erythrocytes caused by inability to absorb vitamin B12 into the body | pernicious anemia |
| A hereditary condition characterized by abnormal sickle shape of erythrocytes and by hemolysis | sickle cell anemia |
| Multiple pinpoint hemorrhages and accumulation of blood under the skin | purpura |
| Increase in cancerous white blood cells | leukemia |
| An infectious disease marked by increased numbers of leukocytes and enlarged cervical lymph nodes | mononucleosis |
| decrease in the number of granulocytes | granulocytopenia |
| Time required for blood to stop flowing from a tiny puncture wound | bleed time |
| Determination of the number of red and white cells and platelets, hemoglobin level and hematocrit, and red cell indices | complete blood count (CBC) |
| Speed at which erythrocytes settle out of plasma | erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) |
| Percentage of erythrocytes in a volume of blood | hematocrit (Hct) |
| Total amount of hemoglobin in a sample of peripheral blood | Hemoglobin test (H, Hg, HGB) |
| Measures the presence of plasma factors that act in a portion of the coagulation pathway | partial thromboplastin time (PTT) |
| Microscopic examination of a stained blood smear to determine the shape of individual red cells | red blood cell morphology |
| Number of leukocytes per cubic millimeter (mm3) or microliter (uL) of blood | white blood cell count (WBC) |
| Percentage of the total WBC made up by different types of leukocytes | white blood cell differential |
| The collection and later reinfusion of a patient's own blood or blood components | Autologous transfusion |
| Time required for venous blood to clot in a test tube | coagulation time |
| CBC | complete blood count |
| ESR | erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
| Hct | hematocrit |
| Hgb | hemoglobin |
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