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CHPT 10
BLOOD SYSTEMS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Blood | Blood is a complex mixture of: cells. water. various biochemical agents (ex. proteins and sugars |
| agglutin/o | clumping |
| eosino | rosy red |
| erythr/o | red |
| hemo, hemat/o | blood |
| leuk/o | white |
| phag/o | eating, devouring |
| eosino-penia | an abnormally low count of eosinophils |
| leuko-blast | an immature white blood cell |
| erythro-cyte | a red blood cell |
| thrombo-cyte | a cell involved in blood clotting |
| agglutino-gens | cause the production of agglutinin |
| phago-cyte | a cell that consumes other substances, such as bacteria |
| hemo-dialysis | external dialysis performed by separating solid substances and water from the blood |
| cyto-plasm | the solution that fills the cell and that is enclosed by the cell membrane |
| ESR | erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
| PLT | platelet count |
| PTT | partial thromboplastin time |
| PT | prothrombin time |
| WBC | white blood count |
| CBC | red blood count |
| HGB, Hgb | hemoglobin |
| HCT, Hct | hematocrit |
| baso | basophil |
| BMT | bone marrow transplant |
| CBC | complete blood cell count |
| eos | Eosinophil |
| ESR | erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
| PT | prothrombin time |
| RH | rhesus |
| SR | sedimentation rate |
| mono | monocyte |
| neut | neutrophil |
| RBC | red blood cell count |