Question | Answer |
plasma | the liquid part of the blood |
plasma proteins | any of several protiens normally found in the plasma; includes albumins, globins, and fibrinogen |
serum | blood plasma minus its clotting factors, still contains antibodies |
acidosis | condition in which there is an excessive portion of acid in the blood |
erythrocytes | red blood cells |
leukocytes | white blood cells |
thrombocytes | also called platelets; play a role in blood clotting |
hemopoesis | blood cell formation |
hemoglobin | iron-containing protein in red blood cells |
oxyhemoglobin | hemoglobin combined with oxygen |
anemia | dificient number of red blood cells or deficient hemaglobin |
polycythemia | an excessive number of red blood cells |
aplastic anemia | blood disorder characterized by low red blood cell count, caused by destruction of myeloid tissue in the bone marrow |
pernicious anemia | deficiency of red blood cells caused by a lack of vitamin B12 |
Folate-deficiency anemia | blood disorder charactrized by a decrease in red blood cell count, caused by a deficiency of folic acid in the diet (malnourishment) |
iron dificiency anemia | when there are inadequate levels of iron in the diet so that less hemoglobin is produced; results in extreme fatigue |
hemolytic anemia | any group of blood disorders characterized by deficient or abnormal hemoglobin that causes deformation and fragility of red blood cells (sickle cell anemia, thalassemia) |
sickle cell anemia | severe, possibly fatal, hereditary disease caused by an abnormal type of hemoglobin |
thalassemia | any group of inherited hemoglobin disorders characterized by production of hypochromic, abnormal red blood cells |
leukocytosis | abnormally high white blood cell numbers in the blood |
leukemia | blood cancer characterized by an increase in white blood cells |
thrombosis | formation of a clot in a blood vessel |
embolism | obstruction of a blood vessel by foreign matter carried into the blood stream |
hemophilia | any group of X-linked inherited blood clotting disorders caused by a failure to form clotting factors IIIV, IX, or XI |
thrombocytopenia | general term referring to an abnormally low blood platelet count |
antigen | substance that, when introduced into the body, causes formation of antibodies against it |
antibody | substance produced by the body that destroys or inactivates a specific substance that has entered the body |
agglutinate | antibodies causing antigens to clump or stick together |
universal donor | type O blood--always in short supply |
uneversal recipient | bloot type AB--it contains neither anti-A nor anti-B antibodies in its plasma |
anti- | against |
erythr- | red |
cyt- | cell |
hem- | blood |
leuk- | white |
mono- | single |
oxy- | oxygen |
phag- | eat |
thromb- | clot |
a- | without |
an- | without |
-emia | condition of blood |
em- | in, into |
-osis | condition of |
poly- | multiple |
-penia | lack of |