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Blood and Lymphatic
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| chrom/o | Color |
| chyl/o | Juice |
| hem/o | Blood |
| immun/o | immune |
| phag/o | eat/swallow |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thromb/o | clot |
| blood | circulating tissue of the body consisting of fluid with formed elements |
| plasma | liquid portion of the blood and lymph; contains water, proteins, and cellular components |
| red blood cells (RBC)/erythrocyte | transport oxygen and carbon dioxide |
| hemoglobin | the protein-iron compound in erythrocytes that transports oxygen and carbon dioxide |
| leukocyte/white blood cell | protects the body from harmful invading substance |
| serum | liquid portion of the blood that remains after clotting |
| platelets/thrombocytes | cell fragments in the blood that are essential for blood clotting |
| lymph | fluid that is circulated through the lymph vessels |
| chyle | white or pale yellow substance in lymph that contains fatty substances absorbed by the lacteals |
| lymph nodes | many small, oval structures that filter lymph from the lymph vessels |
| lymph ducts | collecting channels that carry lymph from the lymph nodes to the veins |
| thoracic duct | receives lymph from the left side of the head, neck, chest, abdomen, left arm, and lower extremities |
| immunity | process of disease protection induced by exposure to an antigen |
| antibody | a substance produced by the body that destroys or inactivates an antigen that has entered the body |
| microcytosis | presence of small red blood cells |
| hypochromic | pale in color; lighter in color than normal |
| macrocytosis | presence of large red blood cells |
| neutropenia | a decreased number of neutrophils |
| pancytopenia | an abnormally reduced number of all cellular components in the blood |
| hemolysis | breakdown of the red blood cell membrane |
| immunosuppression | impaired ability to provide an immune response |
| acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) | a syndrome caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that renders immune cells ineffective, permitting opportunistic infections, malignancies, and neurologic diseases to develop; |
| autoimmune disease | any disorder characterized by abnormal function of the immune system that causes the body to produce antibodies against itself, resulting in tissue destruction or loss of function |
| Rh positive (Rh+) | presence of antigens |
| Rh negative (Rh-) | absence of antigens |
| lymphoma | any neoplastic disorder of lymph tissue, usually malignant, as in Hodgkin disease |
| metastasis | process by which cancer cells are spread by blood or lymph circulation to a distant organ; the plural form, metastases, indicates spreading to two or more distant sites |
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