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med terminology .6
chapter 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| agglutin/o | clumping |
| bas/o | base |
| chrom/o | color |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| eosin/o | rosy red |
| erythr/o | red |
| granul/o | granules |
| fibrin/o | fibers |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| leuk/o | white |
| morph/o | shape |
| neutr/o | neutral |
| phag/o | eat |
| sanguin/o | blood |
| thromb/o | clot |
| -apheresis | removal |
| -cytosis | more than normal number of cells |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -globin | protein |
| -penia | abnormal decrease |
| -phil | attracted to |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -stasis | standing still |
| formed elements | eryhtrocytes, leukocytes, platelets |
| plasma | liquid part of blood; has albumin, globulins, fibrinogen, plasma proteins |
| gamma globulin | antibiodies |
| erythrocytes | enucleated, hemaglobin, bilirubin is the waste product |
| leukocytes | pathogen protection |
| AGRANULOCYTES | lymphocyte-immune response, monocyte-phagocytosis |
| GRANULOCYTES | basophil-allergic reaction, eosinphil-parasite, neutrophil-phagocytosis and most numerous |
| platelets (aka thrombocyte) | not whole cells, vital in hemostasis (thromboplastin to prothrombin to thrombin to fibrinogen to fibrin) |
| blood typing | ABO (O is universal donor) (AB universal recipient) |
| RH factor | + can get + or - but - can only get - |
| dyscrasia | general blood diease |
| hematoma | bruise |
| hemostasis | stop blood flow through tissue |
| packed cells | transfusion of only formed elements (no plasma) |
| whole blood | transfusion of all blood components |
| Blood pathology | hemophilia, hyperlipidemia, septicemia, anemia, hemolytic raction, polycythemia vera, thalassemia,leukimia |
| lymphatic system | lymph vessels, lymph nodes, spleen, thymus gland, tonsils |
| lacteals | lymph vessels around the small intestine |
| axillary nodes | drains from arms/shoulder region |
| cervical | drains head and neck area |
| inguinal | drains legs and lower pelvis |
| mediastinal | drains lower chest cavity |
| adenioid/o | adenoids |
| immun/o | protection |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph node |
| lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
| path/o | disease |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thym/o | thymus |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| tox/o | poison |
| -globulin | protein |
| tonsils | protect digestive/respiratory systems (palatine tonsils, adenoids, lingual tonsils) |
| spleen | filters out pathogens and dead eryhtrocytes; a person can live without it |
| thymus gland | develops the immune system |
| passive acquired immunity | gotten from another person/animal's antibodies |
| active acquired immunity | direct contact with the pathogen |
| humoral immunity | antibody mediated |
| cellular immunity | cell mediated |
| b lymphocytes | produce antibodies |
| natural killer cell | cytotoxic |
| nosoomial infection | gotten through a hospital |
| AIDS | defect in the cell mediated immunity system; opportunistic infections; attacks T4 lymphocytes |
| Kaposi's sarcoma | form of skin cancer common in AIDS patients |
| SCDIS | need sealed sterile rooms |
| sarcoidosis | causes fibrous lesions |
| ELISA | tests for aids, Western blot used to verify results |
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