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Medical Terminology
The Blood and Lymphatic Systems-Hematology and Immunology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cytes | Cells |
| Blood has ___ main types of cells | 3 |
| Name the 3 main types of blood cells | Eyrthocytes Leukocytes Thrombocytes |
| Platelets | Thrombocytes |
| Red blood cells that are the transport trucks that bring oxygen to all the cells of the body and take away the waste. | Erthrocytes |
| White blood cells that fight infection | Leukocytes |
| Platelets, _____, are the smalls scab-makers of the body. | Thrombocytes |
| What is the most common blood cell? | Red blood cells |
| The body makes special protective proteins called _____________. | Immunoglobulins |
| The smallest cells in the blood are ______ | Platelets |
| Coagul/o | Coagulation |
| Thromb/o | Clot |
| Hem/o Hemat/o | Blood |
| Cyt/o | Cell |
| Leuk/o | White |
| Phleb/o Ven/o | Blood |
| Red blood cells contain a substance called, ______, that hold onto oxygen when the surrounding oxygen levels are high and release it when the ambient oxygen levels are low. | Hemoglobin |
| Neutrophils, lymphocytes, Basophils, and eosinophils are ... | White blood cells that fight off infection |
| Lymphatic system consists of the _____ ____, ___ _____, _____, _______ and ______. | lymphatic vessles, lymph nodes, tonsils, spleen, thymus |
| Together the lymphatic system plays a large role in the ______ ______. | Immune System |
| Lymph/o | Lymph |
| Myel/o | Bone Marrow, Spine |
| -Emia | Blood condition |
| Tonsill/o | Tonsils |
| Splen/o | Spleen |
| Thym/o | Thymus |
| Immun/o | Immune system |
| -penia | Defiency |
| A Patient with _____ may feel weak, run down, and may look paler than usual. | Anemia |
| If patients' _____ levels are too low, they may notice they bruise easily. | Platelet |
| If patients' develop small, flat red spots on their body they are called _______ | Petechiae |
| A Patient who has a low white blood cell count is more vulnerable to ________. | Infection |
| Ecchymosis | Large bruise |
| Hematoma | Mass of blood within an organ, cavity, or tissue |
| Hemophilia | Condition in which the blood doesn't clot, thus causing excessive bleeding |
| Hemorrhage | Excessive blood loss |
| Reperfusion injury | Injury to tissue that occurs after blood flow is returned |
| Lymphadenopathy | Any disease of a lymph gland. |
| Lymphedma | Swelling caused by abnormal accumulation of lymph, usually in the extremities |
| Splenalgia | Pain in the spleen |
| Splenodynia | Pain in the spleen |
| Leukopenia | Low number of white blood cells |
| Weakened Immune system | Immunodeficiency |
| Low in Neutrophils | Neutropenia |
| Having a high number of white blood cells | Leukocytosis |
| Low Platelet numbers that can lead to easy bleeding and bruising. | Thrombocytopenia |
| Too many platelets in the blood that indicates inflammation. | Thrombocytosis |
| If Platelet levels are too high, the patient runs the risk of experiencing abnormal blood clotting and forming a floating clot. | Thromboembolism |
| The function of leukocytes is to ______. | Fight infection |
| hemophilia ecchymosis petechia | Blood disorders |
| Pancytopenia | Deficiency in all cellular components of the blood |
| Phagocytosis | Process in which a type of white blood cell destroys foreign microorganisms or cell debris |
| Oligocythemia | Deficiency in the number of red blood cells |
| It can cause the blood to become too thick to flow well. It is a condition of too many red blood cells. It is less common than anemia. | Erythrocytosis |
| A reticulocyte is a(n) ______. | Immature red blood cell |
| A spherical red blood cell is called ________. | Spherocyte or spherocytes |
| ______ occurs when medication or illness causes a deficiency of white blood cells. | Immunosuppression |
| Thrombus | Blood Clot |
| Thrombosis | The formation of a blood clot |
| Thrombogenic | Capable of producing a blood clot |
| Thromboembolism | Blockage that has broken off from where it formed |
| An increased ability of the blood to coagulate is ______. | Hypercoagulability |
| Hemolytic anemia is characterized by ______. | A destruction of red blood cells |
| When a deficiency of white blood cells causes the patient to be more vulnerable to infections, it is called a(n) ______. | Immune deficiency |
| Define thrombocytopenia. | Decreased platelet count |
| -Occurs most commonly in the leg -Is the formation of a blood clot in a vein deep in the body | Deep vein thrombosis |
| A lymphadenectomy is the surgical removal of the ______. | Lymph nodes |
| The C in the abbreviation DIC stands for ______. | Coagulopathy |
| Surgical removal of the spleen is called | Splenectomy |
| Abbreviations for types of leukemia include ______. | AML ALL |
| HTN | High blood pressure |
| DVT | Formation of a blood clot deep in the body, most commonly in leg |
| MI | Death of heart muscle tissue |
| CHF | Heart failure characterized by the heart cavity being unable to pump all the blood out itself (Congestive) |
| CABG | Borrowed piece of blood vessel used to bypass a blocked artery in the heart |
| PCI | Alternate treatment for the coronary artery that passes instruments up a patient;s blood vessels into the heart |
| BP | Force exerted by blood vessels |
| SV | Stroke Volume |
| NSR | |
| Valvul/o | Valve |
| Ventricul/o | Lower Chamber of heart |
| Sept/o | from Latin, for partition or dividing structure; can refer to any wall dividing two cavities |
| Coron/o | literally means crown and refers to the way the blood vessels that supply the heart descend and support the heart like a crown; the term is used in medical language to refer specifically to the heart's blood supply |
| Atri/o | Upper chamber of the heart |
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