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med term 6

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if deficient in the diet, which nutritional substances can cause anemia? folic acid and vitamin B12
which of the following is a protein present in the plasma of blood? albumin
the virus that causes AIDS invades the ___ and uses them to reproduce itself CD4 cells, t cell lymphocytes, and helper t cells
which is a type of anemia in which a genetic problem in the structure of hemoglobin causes abnormally shaped red blood cells sickle cell anemia
which cells are active in the blood clotting process thrombocytes
there are ____ different classes of immunoglobins five
which infectious disease is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) mononucleosis
which of the following is not a type of leukocyte erthrocyte
which is the clotting factor that is activated just before a thrombus is formed prothrombin
a red blood cell that is very small and abnormal is said to be microcytic
viscosity refers to the ___ of blood thickness
all of these help form a clot except leukocytes
if you have a severe sore throat, the physician might find ___ on your physical exam cervical lymphadenopathy
blood group antigens are surface proteings located on the cell membranes of erythrocytes
the combining form hem/o- and hemat/o- both mean blood
which of the following is not one of the three definitions for the combining form myel/o- muscle
the combining form plast/o- means growth; formation
the suffix -penia means condition of deficiency
the suffix -blast means immature cell
which is the correct spelling of the medical word that means the loss of a large amount of blood, externally or internally hemorrhage
what type of patient would need to have a BMT a patient with leukemia
which word parts do you need to build a medical word that means excessive flow or discharge of blood -rrhage, hem/o-
which syllable is the primary accented syllable in the pronunciation of the medical word congulation (hoh-ag-yoo-lay-shun) lay
which of the following statements is false erthrocytes are unusual in that they are just cell fragments
a neutrophil is known by all the following names except baso
blood type __ is the universal donor o negative
microcytic refers to a red blood cell that is small in size
all of the following are abnormal conditions that involve red blood cells except AIDS
in an autoimmune disorder, the body makes __ against its own tissue antibodies
all of the following are antigens that might be included in allergy skin tests except immunoglobulin
alice has infectious mononucleosis, her physician palpated the left upper quadrant of her abdomen to determine if she had enlargement of the spleen, which is also called ____ splenomegaly
it is necessary to perform a ___ also known as a venipuncture, to draw a sample of venous blood from a patient phebotomy
an extremely immature cell found in the red marrow that is the precursor to all types of blood cells is called a ____ cell stem
diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and type 1 diabetes mellitus are classified as ___ disorders because they are characterized by antibodies that the body makes against its own tissues autoimmune
an immature erthrocyte that is just released into the blood is known as a ___ reticulocyte
nine proteins in the plasma that help on the immune response by drilling holes in a bacterium, virus, or parasite are known as ____ proteins complement
____ immunity is the type of immunity that is coveyed by the mother's antibodies to the fetus via the placenta or by antibodies in the colostrum passive
when clotting factors in the plasma are activated to form a blood clot, the fluid portion of plasma that remains is then know as ____ serum
____ are the least common type of leukocyte basophils
a ____ is a type of white blood cell that is a granulocyte and has three or more lobes in its nucleus neutrophil
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