Question | Answer |
Pathology | Study of disease causing pathogens |
Pediatrics | The care and treatment of disease in children |
Peripheral Blood | Blood near the surface of the body, usually considered capillary blood |
Phlebitis | An inflammation of the veins |
Phlebotomy | To cut open a vein, process of obtaining a blood sample |
Physiology | Study of body structure and how it functions |
Plasma | The clear, yellowish fluid portion on top of a centrifuged whold blood specimen |
Platelets | The cellular components of the blood which aid in coagulation |
Prandial | Refers ot eating a meal |
Proctology | Study of the diseases of the colon, anus, and rectum |
Psychiatry | Pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental illness |
Psychology | The study pertaining to the mental processes and their effects upon behavior |
Pulmonary Artery | The artery that carries the blood fromt he heart directly to the lungs |
Plumonary Veins | Veins that return oxygenated blood from the lungs back to the heart |
Pulmonary | Referring to the lungs |
Radial Artery | Artery located in the wrist, ususl site for arterial blood gases |
Renal | Pertaining to the kidneys |
Respiratory | Pertaining to breathing |
Salmonella | A family of bacteria which produces various degrees of food poisoning |
Sclerosed | Having hard texture |
Sepsis | The presence of pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins in the blood |
Serology | The study of serums |
Serum | The fluid, free from fibrinogen, which separates fromt he clot after coagulation |
Shunt | A passage, artificially created, to divert the flow of fluid from one main route to another |
Spleen | An organ situated in the left upper part of the abdomen, Its purpose is to manufacture, store, and destroy blood cells |
Sterile | Free of living organisms |
Superior Vena Cava | The principle vein draining to upper portion of the body |
Susceptible | Not immune to a disease |
Syncope | Fainting |
Synovial Fluid | Fluid from or found in the joints |