Medical Term. Words Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Agglutin/o | clumping in the immune reaction |
Coagul/o | clotting |
Erythr/o | red |
Fibrin/o | fibers, fibrous |
Phag/o | eat |
-cyte | cell |
cytosis | more than the usual number of cells |
-emia | blood condition |
-globin | protein |
-penia | abnormal decrease; too few |
-poiesis | formation |
Formed elements of the blood | leukocytes(white blood cells), erythrocytes (red blood cells), platelets (thrombocytes; cells that clot) |
plasma | blood minus the formed elements |
Hemoglobin | protein in the erythrocytes that carry oxygen |
Types of leukocytes | Neutrophils & Lymphocytes |
Nuertophils | most numerous one; phagocytizes (eats) pathogens |
Lymphocytes | main cell in immune system |
Two types of Lymphocytes | T lymphocytes & B lymphocytes |
Thrombolytic | destroys blood clots |
Hemolytic | destroys blood |
Leukemia | cancer of WBCs (white blood cells) |
Anemia | not enough RBCs (red blood cells) |
Aden/o | gland |
Immun/o | protection |
Lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
Tox/o | poison |
-globulin | protein |
Immunoglobulin | protective protein |
Macrophage | large cell that eats |
Lymph system | one way; no pump |
Lymph vessels | tube that lymph goes through |
Lymphatic ducts | thoracic duct and right lymphatic ducts |
Lymph node sites | Cervical (Neck), Axillary (armpits), Inguinal (groin), Mediastinal (middle of thoracic cavity ) |
Organs of lymph systems | Tonsils, Spleen, Thymus gland, |
Thymus gland | place where T lymphocytes mature (cellular immunity) |
Bone marrow | place where B cells mature (humoral immunity; antibodies free in blood) |
Spleen | filter blood |
Antigen | Foreign substance in the body |
Allergen | antigen that cause allergic reaction |
Metastasis | spread of cancer |
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