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Bonewit Chapter 19
blood chemistry and serology- Alyssa Searls
Question | Answer |
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a unit of heredity | gene |
the form in which carbohydrate is stored in the body | glycogen |
the process of glucose attaching to hemoglobin | glycosylation |
a lipoprotein, consisting of protein and cholesterol, which removes excess cholesterol form the cells | HDL cholesterol |
a compund formed when glucose attaches or glycosylates to the protein in hemoglobin | hemoglobin A1c |
an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood | hypoglycemia |
occuring in glass. refers to tests performed under artificial conditions, as in the laboratory | in virto |
occuring in the living body or organism | in vivo |
a lipoprotein, consisting of protein and cholesterol, that picks up cholesterol and delivers it to the cells | LDL cholesterol |
a complex molecule consisting of protein and a lipid fraction such as cholesterol | lipoprotein |
one who receives something, such as a blood transfusion, from a donor | recipient |
an abnormally high level of glucose in the blood | hyperglycemia |
one who furnishes something, such as blook, tissue, or organs, to be used in another individual | donor |
a protein present on the surface of red blood cells that determines a person's blood type | blood antigen |
a protein present int he bo=lood plasma that is capable o combining with its corresponding blood antigen to produce an antigen-antibody reaction | blood antibody |
a serum that contains antibodies | antiserum |
a substance capable of stimulation the formation of antibodies | antigen |
a substance that is capable of combining with an antigen, resulting in an antigen-antibody reaction | antibody |
clumping of blood cells | agglutination |