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chapter 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| white blood cell with dark-staining blue granules; releases heparin and histamine | basophil |
| pertaining to a deficiency in color (of red blood cells) | hypochromic |
| white blood cell with dark-staining red granules; elevated in allergic reactions | eosinophil |
| disorder marked by abnormality in hemoglobin | hemoglobinopathy |
| destruction or breakdown of blood (red blood cells) | hemolysis |
| study of cells | cytology |
| percentage of red blood cells in a volume of blood | hematocrit |
| disorder or disease of clotting | coagulopathy |
| deficiency of red blood cells | erythrocytopenia |
| substance that stops blood clotting | anticoagulant |
| deficiency of WBC's | leukocytopenia |
| immature bone marrow cell | myeloblast |
| study of the shape of cells | morphology |
| deficiency of neutrophils | neutropenia |
| formation of bone marrow | myelopoieses |
| white blood cell with one large nucleus | monocyte |
| cell that eats or swallows bacteria and debris | phagocyte |
| deficiency of iron | sideropenia |
| deficiency of platelets | thrombocytopenia |
| pertaining to a white blood cell with multilobed (shaped) nucleus | polymorphonuclear |
| immature white blood cell | monoblast |
| abnormal condition of small red blood cells | microcytosis |
| immature red blood cell | erythroblast |
| abnormal condition of red blood cells that are irregularly shaped | poikilocytosis |
| plasma is separated from other parts of the blood | plasmapheresis |
| abnormal condition of rounded red blood cells | spherocytosis |
| abnormal condition of large red blood cells | macrocytosis |
| white blood cells are separated from other parts of the blood | leukopheresis |
| clotting cells are separated from other parts of the blood | plateletpheresis |
| iron-containing protein in red blood cells | hemoglobin |
| antibody-containing protein in blood | immunoglobin |
| therapy used to dissolve(breakdown) clots | thrombolytic therapy |
| stopping or controlling the flow of blood | hemostasis |
| deficiency of granulocytes | granulocytopenia |
| increase in numbers of neutrophils | neutrophilia |
| abnormal condition of clotting | thrombocytosis |
| formation of blood | hematopoiesis |
| deficiency of all types of blood cells | pancytopenia |
| multiple pinpoint hemorrhages and accumulation of blood under the skin | purpura |
| general increase in red blood cells | polycythemia vera |
| excess iron deposits throughout the body | hemochromatosis |
| hereditary condition characterized by abnormal crescent shape of erythrocytes and by hemolysis | sickle cell anemia |
| inherited defect in the ability to produce hemoglobin, usually seen in persons of Mediterranean background | thalassemia |
| infectious disease marked by increased numbers of leukocytes and enlarged cervical lymph nodes | mononucleosis |
| reduction in red cells due to excessive destruction | hemolytic anemia |
| failure of blood cell production due absence of formation of bone marrow cells | aplastic anemia |
| excessive bleeding caused by hereditary lack of factor VIII or factor IX necessary for blood clotting | hemophilia |
| lack of mature erythrocytes caused by inability to absorb vitamin B12 into the body | penicious anemia |
| microscopic examination of a stained blood smear to determine the shape of RBC's | red blood cell morphology |
| time required for blood to stop flowing from a tiny puncture wound | bleeding time |
| dertermination of number of blood cells, hemoglobin and hematocrit, and other RBC values | complete blood count |
| test for the presence of antibodies that coat and damage erythrocytes | antiglobulin test |
| time required for venous blood to clot in a test tube | coagulation time |
| total amount of hemoglobin in a sample of peripheral blood | hemoglobin test |
| speed at which erythrocytes settle out of plasma | erythrocyte sedimentation rate |
| number of erythrocytes per cubic millimeter or microliter of blood | red blood cell count |
| number of thrombocytes per cubic millimeter or microliter of blood | platelet count |
| clotting | coagul/o |
| cell | cyto |
| red | erythro |
| blood | hemo |
| nucleus | karyo |
| white | leuko |
| bone marrow | myelo |
| shape, form | morpho |
| neutral | neutro |
| iron | sidero |
| eat, swallow | phago |
| clot | thrombo |
| removal, a carrying away | -apheresis |
| immature cell, embryonic | -blast |
| abnormal condition of cells (increase) | -cytosis |
| blood condition | -emia |
| protein | -globin |
| pertaining to destruction | -lytic |
| deficiency | -penia |
| eat, swallow | -phage |
| carrying, transmission | -phoresis |
| formation | -poiesis |
| stop, control | -stasis |
| derived from | -oid |
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