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Bonewit Chapter 18
Hematology
Question | Answer |
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Movement used by leukocytes that permits them to propel themselves from the capillaries into the tissues. | AMEBOID MOVEMENT |
A condition in which there is a decrease in the erythrocytes or amount of hemoglobin in the blood. | ANEMIA |
An orange-colored bile pigment produced by the breakdown of heme from the hemoglobin molecule. | BILIRUBIN |
The ameboid movement of blood cells (especially leukocytes) through the wall of a capillary and out into the tissues. | DIAPEDESIS |
The study of blood and blood-forming tissues. | HEMATOLOGY |
The iron-containing pigment of erythrocytes that transports oxygen in the body. | HEMOGLOBIN |
The breakdown of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin into the plasma. | HEMOLYSIS |
An abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells (greater than 11,000 per cubic millimeter of blood). | LEUKOCYTOSIS |
An abnormal decrease in the number of white blood cells (less than 4500 per cubic millimeter of blood). | LEUKOPENIA |
Hemoglobin that has combined with oxygen. | OXYHEMOGLOBIN |
The engulfing and destruction of foreign particles, such as bacteria, by special cells called phagocytes. | PHAGOCYTOSIS |
A disorder in which there is an increase in the red blood cell mass. | POLYCYTHEMIA |