Question | Answer |
Undifferentiated blood cell | Hematopoietic stem cell |
Phagocytic cell involved in allergic reactions | Eosinophil |
IgA, IgM, IgD and IgE | Immunoglobulins |
Protein in blood; maintains the proper amount of water in the blood | albumin |
Foreign material that invade the body | antigen |
Pigment produced from hemogloblin when red blood cells are destroyed | bilirubin |
Blood clotting | coagulation |
Method of separating serum proteins by electrical charge | electrophoresis |
Protein threads that form the basis of a blood clot | fibrin |
Breakdown of recipient's red blood cells when incompatible bloods are mixed | hemolysis |
Anticoagulant found in blood and tissue cells | heparin |
IgG, IgM, IgA, IgE, IgD | immunoglobulins |
Monocyte that migrates from the blood to tissue spaces. It is a large phagocyte | macrophage |
Granulocytic leukocyte formed in bone marrow; a phagocyte with neutral-staining granules; also called a polymorphonuclear leukocyte or "poly" | neutrophil |
Reduction in red cells due to excessive cell destruction | hemolytic anemia |
Failure of blood cell production due to absence of formation of cells in the bone marrow | aplastic anemia |
Sideropenia occurs causing deficient production of hemoglobin | iron-deficiency anemia |
Reduction in red cells due to excessive cell destruction | hemolytic anemia |
Lack of mature erythrocytes caused by inability to absorb vitamin B12 into the body | pernicious anemia |
A hereditary condition characterized by abnormal sickle shape of erythrocytes and by hemolysis | sickle cell anemia |
An inherited defect in the ability to produce hemoglobin, usually seen in persons of Mediterranean background. | thalassemia |
Excess iron deposits throughout the body | hemochromatosis |
General increase in red blood cells | polycythemia vera |
Excessive bleeding caused by hereditary lack of one of the protein substances necessary for blood clotting. | hemophilia |
Return of symptoms | relapse |
Time required for venous blood to clot in a test tube. | coagulation time |
relieving not curing | palliative |
Speed at which erythrocytes settle out of plasma | erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) |
Percentage of erythrocytes in a volume of blood | hematocrit (Hct) |
Microscopic examination of a stained blood smear to determine the shape of individual red cells. | red blood cell morphology |
Percentage of the total WBC make up by different types of leukocytes | white blood cell differential |
An abnormal drop in the number of blood cells involved in forming blood clots | thrombocytopenia |
Derived from the bone marrow | myeloid |
Immature red blood cell | erythroblast |
A disorder of red blood cell morphology | poikilocytosis |
Originating in or produced by the bone marrow | myelogenous |
Deficiency in the number of white blood cells | neutropenia |
Immature lymphocytes predominate. Often seen in children and adolescents; symptoms include SOB | Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) |