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WK8 A&P matching
Week eight matching
Question | Answer |
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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 |