Bonewit #17 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
antecubital space | the surface of the arm in front of the elbow |
anticoagulant | a substance that inhibits blood clotting |
buffy coat | a thin light colored layer of white blood cells and platelets that is between the plasma and the bottom layer of red blood cells |
evacuated tube | a closed gas or plastic tube that contains a premeasured vacuum |
hematoma | a swelling or mass of coagulated blood caused by a break in the blood vessel |
hemoconcentration | increase in the concentration of the nonfilerable blood compnents in the blood vessels |
hemolysis | breakdown of blood cells |
osteochondritis | inflammation of the bone and cartilige |
osteomyelitis | inflammation of the bone or bone marrow as a result of bacterial infection |
phelbotomist | a health care prefessional trained in the collection of blood specimens |
phlebotomy | incision of a vein for the removal of blood the collection of blood |
plasma | the liquid part of blood clear and straw colored fluid that takes up to 55% of the blood volume |
serum | plasma from which the clotting factor has been removed |
venipuncture | puncturing of a vein |
venous reflux | the backflow of blood from the evacuated tube that goes back into the patients vein |
venous stasis | the temporary cessation or slowing of the venous blod flow |
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