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CNHP
Chapter 8
| question/term | answer/definition |
|---|---|
| blood | -transports oxygen, nutrients, and hormones to body cells -carries wastes and carbon dioxide away from the cells |
| function of the lymphatic system | -protects the body by filtering the lymph -supports activities of lymphocytes in immune response -maintains body’s internal fluid environment as an intermediary between blood capillaries and tissue cells -carries fats away from digestive organs |
| blast/o | germ or bud |
| chrom/o, chromat/o | color |
| chyl/o | juice |
| cyt/o | cell |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| immun/o | immune, resistant |
| lymph/o | clear fluid |
| morph/o | form |
| phag/o | eat or swallow |
| plas/o | formation |
| reticul/o | a net |
| thromb/o | clot |
| thym/o | thymus |
| hemoglobin | protein- iron compound in RBC’s |
| platelets | cell fragments essential for blood clotting (thrombocytes) |
| WBC | leukocytes, granulocytes, agranulocytes |
| granulocytes | neutrophil, basophil, eosinophil |
| agranulocytes | monocyte, lymphocyte |
| upper right quadrant of body drains into | the right lymphatic duct |
| the remainder of the body drains into | thoracic duct |
| immunity | process of disease protection induced by exposure to an antigen |
| antigen | substance that, when introduced into the body, causes the formation of antibodies against it |
| antibody | substance produced by the body that destroys or inactivates an antigen that has entered the body |
| active immunity | long lasting immunity that results from stimulating the body to produce its own antibodies |
| two types of immunity | active or passive |
| natural immunity | developed in response to an infection |
| artificial immunity | developed in response to the administration of a vaccine |
| passive immunity | short lasting immunity that results from foreign antibodies that are conveyed |
| natural passive immunity | naturally, through the placenta to a fetus |
| ALT | alanine aminotransferase |
| AST | aspartate aminotransferase |
| BMP | basic metabolic panel |
| CD | cluster of differentiation |
| ESR | erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
| MCH | mean corpuscular hemoglobin |
| MCHC | mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration |
| PMN | polymorphonuclear (leukocyte) |
| RRR | relative risk reduction, regular rate and rhythm |