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Bonewit chapter 18
end of chapter terms for chap 18
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ameboid movement | movement used by leukocytes that permits them to propel themselves from the capillaries into the tissues. |
| Anemia | condition in which there is a decrease in the erythrocytes or amount of hemoglobin in the blood. |
| Bilirubin | orange-colored bile pigment produced by the breakdown of heme from the hemoglobin molecule. |
| Diapedesis | ameboid movement of blood cells(especially leukocyes) through the wall of a capillary and out into the tissues. |
| Hematology | study of blood and blood-forming tissues. |
| Hemoglobin | iron-containing pigment of erythrocytes that transports oxygen in the body. |
| Hemolysis | breakdown of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin into plasma. |
| Leukocytosis | abnormal increase in the number of WBC(greater than 11,000 per cubic mm of blood). |
| Leukopenia | abnormal decrease in the number of WBC (less than 4500 per cubic mm of blood). |
| Oxyhemoglobin | Hemoglobin that has combined with oxygen. |
| Phagocytosis | engulfing and destruction of foreign particles, such as bacteria, by special cells called phagocytes. |
| Polycythemia | disorder in which there is an increase in the RBC mass. |
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