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Bonewit Chapter 18
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Movement used by leukocytes that permits them to propel themselves from the capillaries into the tissues. | ameboid movement |
| a condition in which there is a decrease in the erythrocytes or amount of hemoglobin in the blood. | anemia |
| an orange-colored bile pigment produced by the breakdown of heme from the hemoglobin molecule. | bilirubin |
| the ameboid movement of blood cells (especially leukocytes) through the wall of the capillary and out into the tissues. | diapedesis |
| the study of blood and blood-forming tissues. | hematology |
| the iron-containing pigment of erythrocytes that transports oxygen in the body. | hemoglobin |
| the breakdown of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin into the plasma. | hemolysis |
| an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells (greater than 11,000 per cubic millimeter of blood). | leukocytosis |
| an abnormal decrease in the number of white blood cells (less than 4500 per cubic millimeter of blood).` | Leukopenia |
| hemoglobin that has combined with oxygen. | oxyhemoglobin |
| the engulfing and destruction of foreign particles, such as bacteria, by special cells called phagocytes. | phagocytosis |
| a disorder in which there is an increase in the red blood cell mass. | polycythemia |