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LOM Ch 13
LOM Ch 13 Blood System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| basophil | white blood cell with dark-staining granules that have an affinity for basic dyes |
| hypochromic | pertaining to deficiency of color (reduction of hemoglobin in red blood cells) |
| anticoagulant | a substance that works against blood clotting |
| coagulopathy | disease of the clotting process |
| cytology | study of cells |
| eosinophil | white blood cell with dark staining granules in it's cytoplasmk |
| hemolysis | destruction of blood cells |
| hematocrit | separation of blood; percentage of red blood cells in a given volume of blood |
| hemoglobinopathy | disease of abnormal hemoglobins |
| anisocytosis | abnormal condition of unequal size of cells |
| megakaryocyte | cell with multiple large nurclei; immature platelet |
| leukocytopenia | deficiency of white blood cells |
| monocyte | white blood cell with one large nucleus; an agranuloctye and phagocyte |
| morphology | study of shape or form |
| myeloblast | bone marrow cell that develops into a myelocyte and then a leukocyte |
| neutropenia | deficiency in neutrophils |
| polymorphonuclear | pertaining to a white blood cell with a multilobed nucleus |
| phagocyte | cell that ingests other cells or microorganisms |
| poikilocytosis | irregularity in the shape of red blood cells |
| sideropenia | dificiency in iron in seru,m |
| spherocytosis | condition in which erthrocytes assume a spheroidal (rounded) shape |
| thrombocytopenia | deficiency in iron in serum |
| plasmapheresis | removal of plasma from the rest of the blood by mechanical means (centrifuge) |
| leukapheresis | removal of white blood cells from the rest of the blood by centrifugation |
| plateletpheresis | remaoval of platelets from the rest of the blood by centrifugation |
| monoblast | immature whit blood cell (monocyte) |
| Macrocytosis | Aabnormal condition (slight increase in numbers) of macroctyes (red blood cells that are larger than normal) |
| microcytosis cells | abnormal condition (slight increase in numbers) of microcytes (red blood cells that are smaller than normal) |
| leukemia | abnormal condition of white blood cells (increawse in numbers of malignant cells) |
| hemoglobin | blood protein in erythrocytes; enables the cell to carry oxygen |
| immunoglobulin | protein (antibody produced by plasma cells) that acts to protect the body by destroying antigens |
| thrombolytioc therapy | treatment that destroys blood clots |
| myeloid | derived from bone marrow |
| thrombosis | abnormal condition of clotting |
| granulocytopenia | deficiency of granulocytes (wbc) |
| pancytopenia | deficiency of all blood cells |
| macrophage | large cell that eats other cells; derived from a monocyte |
| eosinophilia | increase in numbers of eosinophils |
| neutorphilia | increawse in numbers of neutrophils |
| electrophoresis | separation of proteins in a solution by using an electric current (used to separate protein fractions of serum, urine, or cerebrospinal fluid) |
| hematopoiesis | formation of blood cells |
| erythropoiesis | formation of red blood cells |
| myelopoiesis | formation of bone marrow |
| hemostasis | stoppage of the flow of blood |
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