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CLA169 quiz 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| erythrocyte | red blood cells |
| hematology | the study of blood and the blood forming tissues |
| leukocyte | white blood cell |
| thrombocyte | a blood platelet |
| hemoglobin | the major functional component of red blood cells that is the oxygen-carrying molecule |
| capillary tube | slender plastic tube used in a laboratory procedure |
| hemacrit | the volume of red blood cells packed by centrifugation in a given volume of blood and expresses as a percentage packed cell volume |
| micro-pipet | a pipet that measures or holds 1 mL or less |
| anemia | a condition in which the red blood cell count or blood hemoglobin level is below normal; a condition resulting in decreased oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood |
| hemolysis | the rupture or destruction of red blood cells, resulting in the release of hemoglobin |
| immunity | a resistance to disease or infection |
| leukemia | cancer of white blood cells characterized by an abnormal increase of white blood cells and their precursors in bone marrow, tissue, and peripheral blood |
| petri dish | a shallow, round covered dish made of plastic or glass primarily used to culture microorganisms |
| thrombocytosis | abnormallly high number of platelets in the blood; thrombocythemia |
| cytoplasm | the fluid portion of the cell surrounding the nucleus |
| methylene blue | a blue stain or dye |
| wright's stain | a combination of eosin and methylene blue in methanol; a polychromatic stain |
| basophil | a white blood cell containing basophilic-staining granule in the cytoplasm |
| basophilic | blue in color; having affinity for the basic stain |
| lymphocyte | a small basophilic-staining white blood cell having a round or oval nucleus and playing a vital role in the immune process |
| monocyte | large white blood cell usually having a convoluted or horseshoe-shaped nucleus |
| neutrophil | a white blood cell containing neutral-staining cytoplasmic granules and a segmented nucleus; also called polymorphonuclear cell (PMN), poly, or seg |
| platelet | a formed element in circulating blood that plays an important role in blood coagulation: a small diskshaped fragment of cytoplasm derived from a megakaryocyte; a thrombocyte |
| blast cell | immature blood cell normally found only in the bone marrow |
| reticulocyte | an immature erythrocyte that still contains RNA remnants in the cytoplasm |
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