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HIM361 Terms
HIM361 Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| basophil | |
| hypochromic | |
| anticoagulant | |
| coagulopathy | disease of blood clotting |
| cytology | |
| eosinophil | Polymorphonuclear WBC that stains with a red acidic substance called eosin increases allergic response and engulfs the triggers |
| erythroblast | immature RBC |
| granulocyte | |
| hemolysis | destruction of blood cells |
| hematocrit | |
| hemoglobinopathy | |
| anisocytosis | |
| megakaryocyte | giant, multi-lobed nuclei cells that produce platelets in the bone marrow |
| leukopenia | |
| monocyte | |
| morphology | |
| myeloblast | |
| myelodysplasia | |
| neutropenia | |
| polymorphonuclear | |
| phagocyte | cell that eats, WBC |
| poikilocytosis | abnormal condition of irregular blood cells |
| sideropenia | deficiency of iron |
| spherocytosis | abnormal condition of round blood cells |
| thrombocytopenia | deficiency of clotting cells |
| plasmapheresis | separation of plasma from cells of a withdrawn blood sample cells are then retransferred back into the patient with fresh plasma or a salt solution |
| monoblast | immature monocyte (phagocyte that becomes a macrophage) |
| macrocytosis | abnormal condition of large cells |
| microcytosis | abnormal condition of small cells |
| leukemia | |
| fibrinogen | protein of the plasma used to create fibrin clots |
| hemoglobin | protein of the RBC's Heme (iron-containing pigment) + Globin (protein) |
| immunoglobin | antibodies the bind to and can destroy antigens |
| thrombolytic therapy | |
| myeloid | derived from bone marrow |
| lymphoid | derived from lymph |
| thrombosis | process of clotting |
| granulocytopenia | deficiency of granular blood cells |
| pancytopenia | deficiency of all blood cells |
| macrophage | large phagocytes |
| eosinophilia | increase in number of eosinophils |
| neutrophilia | increase in number of neutrophils |
| electrophoresis | separation of immunoglobulins from other plasma proteins. seperated by electrical charge and size |
| hematopoiesis | formation of blood? |
| erythropoiesis | formation of erythrocytes |
| myelopoiesis | formation of bone marrow cells |
| hemostasis |