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WK8 A&P matching
Week eight matching
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Irregularity in shape | Poikilocytosis |
| Deficiency in numbers | Erythrocytopenia |
| Reduction of hemoglobin(color) | Hypochromic |
| Increase in numbers of small cells | Microcytosis |
| Erythremia | Polycythemia vera |
| Increase in numbers of large cells | Erythrocytopenia |
| Formation of red cells | Erythropoiesis |
| Destruction of RBC'S | Hemolysis |
| Relieving, but not curing | Palliative |
| Deficiency of all blood cells | Pancytopenia |
| Increase in numbers of granulocytes; seen in allergic reactions | Eosinphilia |
| Symptoms of disease return | Relapse |
| Multiple pinpoint hemorrhages; blood accumulates under the skin | Purpura |
| Separation of blood into its components | Apheresis |
| Symptoms of disease disappear | Remission |
| A stained blood smear is examined to determine the shape of individual RBC'S | RBC morphology |
| Measures the percentage of RBC'S in a volume of blood | Hematocrit |
| Determines the number of clotting cells per cubic millimeter | Platelet count |
| Ability of venous blood to clot in a test tube | Coagulation time |
| Measures the speed at which erythrocytes settle out of plasma | Erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
| Determines the numbers of different types of WBC'S | WBC differential |
| Determines the presence of antibodies in infants of RH-negative women or patients with autoimmune hemolytic anemia | Coombs test |
| Undifferentiated blood cells from a donor are infused into a patient being treated for leukemia or aplastic anemia | Hematopoietic stem cell transplant |
| Time it takes for a small puncture wound to stop bleeding | Bleeding time |
| Needle is introduced into the bone marrow cavity and a small amount of marrow is aspirated and then examined under a microscope | Bone marrow biopsy |
| Blood is collected from and later re infused into the same patient | Autoglous transfusion |