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Chaper 18
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ameboid movement | Movement used by leukocytes that permits them to propel themselves to capillaries into the tissue. |
| Anemia | A condition in which there is a decrease in the crythrocytes or amount of hemoglobin in the blood. |
| Bilirubin | An orange-colored bile pigment produced by the breakdown of of heme from the hemoglobin molecule. |
| Diapedesis | The ameboid movement of blood cells (especially leukocytes)through the wall of a capillary and out into the tissue. |
| Hematology | the study of blood and blood-forming tissues. |
| Hemoglobin | The iron-containing pigment of erythrocytes that transports oxygen in the body. |
| Hemolysis | The breakdown of ery |