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CHPT 10
BLOOD SYSTEM
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| AGGLUTINATION | CLUMPING OF CELLS AND PARTICLES |
| AGGLUTINOGENS | SUBSTANCE THAT CAUSE AGGLUTINATION |
| COAGULATION | CHANGING OF A LIQUID ESPECIALLY BLOOD, INTO A SEMISOLID |
| THROMBOPLASTIN | A PROTEIN THAT AIDS IN FORMING A FRIBRIN CLOT |
| TRANSFUSION | INJECTION OF DONOR BLOOD INTO A PERSONNEEDING BLOOD. |
| BLOOD TYPES or GROUPS | CLASSIFICATION OF BLOOD ACCORDING TO HS ANTIGEN AND ANTIBODY QUALITIES |
| ALBUMIN | SIMPLE PROTEIN;WHEN LEAKED INTO URINE, MAY INDICATE A KIDNEY PROBLEM. SIMPLE PROTEIN FOUND IN PLASMA |
| RH FACTOR | TYPE OF ANTIGEN IN THE BLOOD THAT CAN CAUSE A TRANSFUSION REACTION |
| RH-POSITIVE | HAVING THE RH FACTOR ON THE SURFACE OF THE BLOOD CELLS |
| RH-NEGATIVE | LACKING THE RH FACTOR ON THE SURFACE OF BLOOD CELLS |
| DYCRASIA | ANY DISEASE WITH ABNORMAL PARTICLES IN THE BLOOD |
| HEMOLYSIS | DISORDER WITH BREAKDOWN OF RED BLOOD CELL MEMBRANES |
| LEUKEMIA | GENERAL TERM FOR A NUMBER OF DISORDERS WITH EXCESSIVE WHITE BLOOD CELLS IN THE BLOODSTREAM AND BONE MARROW |
| MYELOBLASTS | IMMATURE GRANULOCYTES |
| ERYTHROBLASTOSIS FETALIS | INCOMPATABILITY DISORDER BETWEEN A MOTHER WHO IS RH NEGATIVE AND A FETUS WHO IS RH POSITIVE |
| MULTIPLE MYELOMA | MAKIGNANT TUMOR OF THE BONE MARROW |
| PANTOCYTOPENIA | CONDITION WITH A LOW NUMBER OF BLOOD COMPONENTS |
| ERYTHROPENIA | DISORDER WITH ABNORMALLY LOW NUMBER OF RED BLOOD CELL |
| POLYCYTHEMIA | DISORDERWITH AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN THE REDBLOOD CELLS AND HEMOGLOBIN |
| HEMOPHILIA | HEREDITARY DISIRDER WITH LACK OF CLOTTING FACTOR 5 OR 8IN THE BLOOD |
| THROMBOCYTOPENIA | BLEEDING CONDITION WITH INSUFFICIENTPRODUCTION OF PLATELETS |
| PURPURA | SKIN CONDITION WITH EXTENSIVE HEMORRHAGES AND UNDERN THE SKIN COVERING A WIDE AREA |
| ANEMIA | CONDITION IN WHICH RED BLOOD CELLS DO NOT TRANSPORTENOUGH OXYGEN TO TISSUE |
| SICKLE CELL ANEMIA | EREDITARY DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY AN INABILITY TO PRODUCE SUFFICIENTHEMOGLOBIN ( SICKLE -SHAPED CELL) |
| THALASSEMIA | HEREDITARY DISORDER CHARACTERIZED BY INABILITY TO PRODUCE SUFFICIENT HEMOGLOBIN |
| VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE | HEMORRAGIC DISORDER WITH TENDENCY TO BLEED FROM MUCUS MEMBRANES |
| THROMBIN | THROMBIN-ENZYME THAT HELPS IN CLOT FORMING |
| HEPARIN | HEPARIN-ANTICOAGULANTS PRESENT IN THE BODY: ALSO, SYNTHETIC VERSION. ADN=MINISTERED TO PREVENT; SUBSTANCE IN BLOOD THAT PREVENTS CLOTTING |
| GLOBULIN | ANY OF A FAMILY OF PROTEINS IN THE BLOOD STREAM |
| GLOBLINS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS | ALPHA AND BETA GLOBULINS, ARE JOINED IN THE LIVER, TRANSPORT LIPIDS AND FAT SOLUABLE VITAMINS |
| FIBRINOGEN | ESSENTIAL FOR BLOOD CLOTTING ( COAGULATION) |
| PROTHROMBIN | CLOT FORMED BY THE PLATELETS; CLUMP @ SITE, FOR RELEASE THROMBOPLASTIN |
| ERYTHROCYTES | RBC/ RED BLOOD CELLS/ MATURE RED BLOOD CELL. |
| LEUKOCYTES | WBC/ WHITE BLOOD CELLS/ MATURE WHITE BLOOD CELL. |
| THROMBOCYTES | PLATELETS;CELL FRAGMENT THAT PRODUCES THROMBIN |
| HEMATOCRIT | MEASURE OF THE PERCENTAGE OF THE RED BLOOD CELLS IN A BLOOD SAMPLE |
| HEME | PIGMENT CONTAINING IRON IN THE HEMOGLOBIN. ABOUT 1/3 OF EACH RED BLOOD CELL IS MADE UP OF HEMOGLOBIN |
| RED BLOOD CELL | WHEN A RED BLOOD CELL HAS OXYGEN ON BOARD, IT BECOMES BRIGHT RED. OXYGEN -POOR BLOOD (RED) CELLS ARE DEEP IN BURGANDY IN COLOR |
| ERYTHROPOIETIN | HORMONE PRODUCED BY THE KIDNEYS TO STIMULATE RED BLOOD CELL PRODUCTION |
| HEMOGLOBIN | HEMOGLOBINIS A PROTEIN WITH IN THE RED BLOOD CELLS AND AIDS IN THE TRANSPORT OF OXYGEN TO THE CELLS IN THE BODY |
| STEM CELLS | IMMATURE CELL FORMED IN THE BONE MARROW THAT BECOMES DIFFERENTIATED INTO EITHER RERD OR WHITE BLOOD CELL |
| ELECTROPHORESIS | PROCESS OF SEPARATING PARTICLES IN A SOLUTION BY PASSING ELECTRICITY THROUGH THE LIQUID |
| PLASMAPHERESIS | PROCESS OF REMAINING BLOOD FROM A PERSON, CENTRIFUGING IT, AND RETURNING ONLY RED BLOOD CELLS TO THAT PERSON |
| FIBRIN CLOT | CLOT FORMING THREADS FORMED AT THE SITE OF AN INJURY DURING COAGULATION, WHERE PLATELETS CLUMP TOGETHER WITH VARIOUS OTHER SUBSTANCES |
| THROMBOPLASTIN | PROTEIN THAT AIDS IN THE FORMING A FIBRIN CLOT |
| RED BLOOD COUNT | MEASUREMENT OF RED BLOOD CELLS IN 1 CUBIC mm OF BLOOD |
| GAMMA GLOBULINS | GLOBULIN THAT ARISES IN LYMPHATIC TISSUES AND FUNCTIONS AS A PART OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. ANTIBODIES GIVEN TO PREVENT OR LESSEN CERTAIN DISEASE |