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Hemo exam 1
exam 1
Question | Answer |
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the study of blood employs biological and chemical principles used to diagnose and treat disorders related to blood and bone marrow | study of hematology |
who is athansius kircher | 1657 early scientist/jesuit scholar one of the first people to observe microbes under the microscope described worms in the blood |
who is antonie van leeuwenhoek | 1674 father of microbiology scientist development of the microscope gave an account of red blood cells |
who is giulio bizzozero | italian physyicia/medical researcher described platelets as little plaques credited with h.pylori and platelet role in coagulation |
james homer wright | 1902 pathologist from mass general developed wright stain blood examined differently under the microscope |
changes in the blood | result of the disease not the cause |
function of hematology | confirm physician clinical impression establish or rule out a diagnosis detect unsuspected disorders monitor therapy |
compositions of blood | 55% plasma 45% cellular elements (leukocytes erythrocytes platelets) |