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Phlebotomy 2010
Vocabulary Definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ACCESSIONING | NUMERICAL ORDERING SYSTEM THAT ASSIGNS A UNIQUE NUMBER FOR PATIENTS IDENTIFICATION |
| AEROBIC | REQUIRES OXYGEN TO SURVIVE;MICROORGANISMS WHICH REQUIERS OXYGEN TO SURVIVE |
| AGGLUTINATION | PROCESS OF CLUMPING TOGETHER |
| ALBUMIN | THE MOST PLENTIFUL PROTEIN IN PLASMA |
| ALLERGY | SENSITIVITY TO VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS |
| ANAEROBIC | SURVIVES WITHOUT AIR |
| ANASTOMOSIS | THE POINT WHICH TWO HOLLOW OF TUBULAR STRUCTURES UNIFY ( CONNECTION POINT OF VEINS OR ARTERIES) |
| ANEMIA | WITHOUT RBC;A CONDITION INDICATING THE NORMAL NUMBER OF RBC'S IS REDUCED |
| ANEURYSM | A LOCALIZED WEAKNESS IN WALLS OF BLOOD VESSELS, USUALLY ARTERIES, INDICATED BY AN ABNORMAL DILATION FOR THE BLOOD VESSEL WALLS |
| ANGELOLOGY | THE SCIENCE; OR THE STUDY OF BLOOD VESSELS AND LYMPHATIC |
| ANTECUBITAL FOSSA | AREA AROUND THE ELBOW; THE MOST COMMON SITE TO PERFORM A VENIPUNCTURE |
| ANTIBACTERIAL | WILL DESTROY OR SUPPRESS THE REPRODUCTION OF BACTERIA |
| ANTIBOIOTIC | WILL DESTROY OR WEAKEN BACTERIA |
| ANTIBODY | A PROTEIN PRODUCED IN PLASMA CELLS IN LYMPTH TISSUE OF THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; THESE PROTEINS REACT WITH THE NEUTRALIZED FOREIGN SUBSTANCES |
| ANTICOAGULANT | AN ADDICTIVE (CHEMICAL) THAT PREVENTS BLOOD CLOTTING |
| ANIGEN | FOREIGN PROTEIN INTRODUCED INTO THE BODY WHICH CAUSE ANTIBODIES TO BE PRODUCED |
| ANTIMICROBIAL | WILL DESTROY OR SUPPRESS THE REPRODUCTION OF MICROBES |
| AORTA | LARGEST ARTERY IN THE BODY |
| APATHY | LACK OF FEELING/EMOTION |
| APNEA | temporary halting of breathing |
| ARTERIOLE | THE SMALL BRANCH OF AN ARTERY THAT LEADS INTO A CAPILLARY |
| ARTERIOSCLEROSIS | HARDING OF THE ARTERY |
| ARTERY | BLOOD VESSEL THAT CARRIES OXYGENATED BLOOD AWAY FROM THE HEART; CAN FEEL A PULSE |
| ASEPSIS | STERILE CONDITIONS |
| ASEPTIC | FREE OF MICROORGANISMS CAPABLE OF CAUSING INFECTION OR CONTAMINATION |
| ATRIA | THE UPPER RECEIVERS CHAMBERS OF THE HEART |
| BACTERIA | SINGLE CELL ORGANISM , MICROSCOPIC |
| BACTERIOLOGY | THE STUDY OF BACTERIA |
| BACTERIOSTATIC | THAT WHICH INHIBITS OR RETARDS BACTERIAL GROWTH |
| BASILIC VEIN | VEIN FOUND ON THE LITTLE FINGER SIDE OF ARM; INNER SIDE OF UPPER ARM |
| BLOOD CULTURE | BLOOD TEST TO DETERMINE PRESENCE OF BACTERIAL ORGANISMS |
| BRACHIAL ARTERY | ARTERY LYING BENEATH THE BASILICA VEIN IN THE ARM |
| BUFFY COAT | THE THIN LAYER OF WBC'S AND PLATELETS WHICH FORM BETWEEN THE LIQUID AND RBC LAYER IN A TUBE |
| CAPILLARY | SMALLEST BLOOD VESSEL LINK ARTERIOLES AND VENULES; WHERE EXCHANGE OF GAS OCCURS |
| CARCINOMA | CANCEROUS GROWTH OR MALIGNANT TUMOR OCCURRING IN EPITHELIAL TISSUES |
| CARDIOLOGY | STUDY OF THE HEART |
| CARDIOVASCULAR | PERTAINING TO THE HEART AND BLOODVESSELS |
| CAROTID | A MJOR ARTERY IN THE NECK LEADING TO THE BRAIN |
| CARRIER | PERSON WHO SPREADS INFECTION TO OTHERS, BUT SHOWS NO SYMPTOMS |
| CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE | THE PRESSURE OR THE BLOOD RETURNING TO THE RIGHT ATRIUM THROUGH THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA |
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