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Allied Chapter 13
blood system
Question | Answer |
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protein threads that form the basis of a clot are called | fibrin |
a laboratory test where venous blood is clotted in a test tube | coagulation time |
derived from bone marrow | myeloid |
the blood type that contains A antigens and anti-B antibodies | type A |
The blood type that contains A and B antigens and no anti-A or anti-B antibodies | Type AB |
how to determine the number of clotting cells per cubic millimeter | Platelet count |
the test that measures the time it takes for a small puncture wound to stop bleeding | bleeding time |
a condition where sideropenia occurs causing deficient production of hemoglobin is called | iron deficiency anemia |
a condition of a reduction in red blood cells due to excessive cell destruction is called | hemolytic anemia |
a condition where a failure of blood cell production is due to absence of formation of cells in the bone marrow | aplastic anemia |
an inherited defect in ability to produce hemoglobin is called | thalassemia |
when the symptoms of a disease return is called | relapse |
when the symptoms of a disease disappear | remission |
when there are multiple pinpoint hemorrhages and blood accumulates under the skin is called | purpura |
a deficiency of all red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets | pancytopenia |
a red blood cell is | erythrocyte |
a white cell formed in lymph, it is a phagocyte and precursor of a macrophage is called | monocyte |
a thrombocyte is a (an) | platelet |
the pigment produced from hemoglobin when red blood cells are destroyed is called | bilirubin |
an undifferentiated blood cell is called a (an) | stem cell |