Essentials of Medical Terminology - Ch. 13
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| whole blood about | 55% liquid (plasma) & 45% solid (formed element)
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| three types of blood cell | red blood cells (REB-erythrocytes), white blood cells (WBC-leukocytes) & platelets (thrombocytes)
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| plasma carries the | blood cells, fats, proteins, gases, salts, & hormones to various destination throughout the body & pick up waste materials from organ cells
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| fats | triglyceride, phospholipid, & cholesteral are transported to tissues by attaching to proteins
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| proteins | albumin, globulin, & fibrinogen
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| fibrinogen | blood-clotting agent
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| serum | is plasma w/fibrinogen & other clotting factors removed
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| hemocytoblasts (stem cells) develop | into blood cells by hematopoiesis(specialized blood cells)
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| specific processes are | erythropoiesis, leukopoiesis, & thrombopoiesis
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| RBCs-biconcave shape (erythrocytes) contain | hemoglobin which transports oxygen & carbon dioxide
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| reticulocytes develop | into RBCs
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| RBCs live | about 120 days, then rupture
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| WBCs (leukocytes) - pg273 | fight infection (have ability to migrate from the bloodstream into tissues to the site of infection)
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| platelets (thrombocytes) | release prothrombin & fibrinogen for blood clotting
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| type A blood has | only type A antigens
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| type B blood has | only type B antigens
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| type AB | has both AB
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| type O | has neither AB but can donate to all other
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| agglutination | antigen-antibody reaction may cause a clumping of red blood cells
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| most ppl are Rh positive | mean have Rh antigen
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| anis/o | unequal
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| bilirubin/o | bilirubin (a bile pigment)
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| cholesterol/o | cholesterol
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| granul/o | granules
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| lipid/o | fat
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| norm/o | normal
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| poikil/o | variation; irregular
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| -edema | accumulation of fluid
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| chrom/o | color
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| hyperchromia | excessively pigmented red blood cells
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| hypochromia | underpigmented red blood cells
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| -ia | condition; state of
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| normochromia | normally pigmented red blood cells
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| erythr/o | red
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| -cyte | cell
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| erythrocyte | red blood cell
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| hemat/o; hem/o | blood
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| -lysis | breakdown separation; destruction
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| hemolysis | breakdown of blood
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| hematologist | specialist in the study of blood & blood disorders
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| hematology | study of blood and blood disorders
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| leuk/o | white
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| leukocyte | white blood cell
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| myel/o | bone marrow
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| -genous | produced by
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| myelogenous | produced by the bone marrow
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| -oid | resembling
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| myeloid | resembling bone marrow
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| reticul/o | network
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| thromb/o | clot
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| thrombocyte | clotting cell; platelet
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| thrombolysis | breakdown of a clot that has formed in the blood
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| -osis | abnormal condition
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| thrombosis | blood clot; abnormal condition of clot formation
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| -blast | immature; growing thing
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| hemocytoblast | immature blood cell
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| lymph/o | lymph
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| lymphoblast | immature lymphocyte
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| monoblast | immature monocyte
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| -crit | separate
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| hematocrit | laboratory test that determines the % of erythrocytes in blood sample
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| -cytosis | increase in the number of cells
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| anisocytosis | increased variation in the size of cells, particularly red blood cells
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| leukocytosis | marked increased in the number of white blood cells
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| poikil/o | variation; irregular
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| poikilocytosis | increased variation in the shape of cells, particularly red blood cells
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| -emia | blood condtion
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| an- | no; not; lack of
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| anemia | lack of red blood cells or hemoglobin content in the blood
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| erythremia | abnormal increased in the number of red blood cells (is chronic, life threatening...polycythemia vera)
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| hyperbilirubinemia | excessive amt of bilirubin in the blood
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| hypercholesterolemia | excessive amt of cholesterol in the blood
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| hyperlipidemia | excessive amt of fats in the blood
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| leukemia | malignant increased in the number of white blood cells in the blood
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| -penia | deficient; decreased
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| erythrocytopenia | decreased in the number of red blood cells
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| leukocytopenia | decreased in the number of white blood cells
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| pan- | all
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| pancytopenia | decreased in the number of all blood cells
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| thrombocytopenia | decreased in the number of clotting cells
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| -phoresis | transmission; carry
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| electrophoresis | laboratory test in which substances in a mixture usually proteins, are separted by an electrical current
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| -poiesis | production; manufacture; formation
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| erythropoiesis | production of red blood cells
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| hematopoiesis | production of blood cells
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| -poietin | hormones regulating the production of blood cells
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| erythropoietin | hormone in the kidney that stimulates the production of red blood cells
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| -stasis | stopping; controlling
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| hemostasis | stoppage of blood
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