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blood and lymph Flashcards

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functions of blood

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transportation system for gases, nutrients, waste products, hormones, blood cells, and platelets

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blood regulation

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temperature of blood, fluid content, body pH

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blood protection

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white blood cells can destroy microorganism, blood clots help prevent blood loss

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rubri

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red

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baso

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blue, basic

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anti

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against, opposed

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macro

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large, enlarged

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micro

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small

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-emia

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blood condition usually abnormal

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-plasm

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related to plasma

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-esis

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process of an action

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-cyte

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cell

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-clast

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to break

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-philia

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loving, more than normal

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hem/o, hemat/o, sanguin/o,

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blood

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plasm/o, plas/o

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plasma

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ser/o

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serum, the liquid portion of blood after it has clotted and the clot is removed

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morph/o

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structure, shape

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cyt/o

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cell

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kary/o

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nucleus

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clast/o

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to break

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erythr/o, erythemat/o, eosin/o, rubr/o

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red

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leuk/o, leuc/o

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white

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granul/o

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granule, small grain

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phil/o

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loving, more than normal

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neutr/o

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neutral

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lymph/o

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lymp

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immun/o

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immunity

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coagul/o

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process of clotting

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thromb/o

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thrombus, clot

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fibrin/o, fibr/o

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fibrin

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heter/o

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different, unlike

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is/o

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equal

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phag/o

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eat

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vacu/o

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to empty, emptiness

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erythrocyte

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red blood cell, RBC

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leukocyte

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white blood cell, WBC

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thrombocyte

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platelet

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norm/o

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normal

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plur/i

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several, more than one

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lys/o

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destruction, breakage

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splen/o

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spleen

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-blast

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bed, seed, formative cell

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-poiesis

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making, producing

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-penia

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lack, deficiency

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-lytic

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destruction, breakage

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-phobia

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intense or abnormal fear

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functions of the spleen

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store blood, filter foreign materials, remove dead/dying erythrocytes, immunity

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hematopoiesis

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process of making blood cells

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anemia

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literally means without blood

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normocytic

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red blood cells appear normal in size

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hypochromic

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RBC are pale

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macrocytic

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RBC are larger than normal, indicates immature RBC

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microcytic

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RBC are small than normal, may indicate lack or iron,

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hemolytic

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cell membranes of RBC are being ruptured

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polychromasia

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pertaining to more than one color usually indicated immaturity

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leukemia

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literally means white blood

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leukocytosis

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disease or abnormal condition of more than the normal number of WBC in the blood

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neutropenia

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abnormally low number of neutrophils in the blood

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eosinophilia

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high number of esoinphils

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monocytosis

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abnormally high number of monocyte

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pancytopenia

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low number of all blood cells

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occlude

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to close off or shut

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embolism

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abnormal material circulation in blood that could become lodged in a vessel and block blood flow

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thrombus

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a blood clot that forms and adheres to the wall of a vessel at its site of formation

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globin

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a protein portion of hemoglobin

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globulin

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class of simple proteins insoluble in water

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lethargic

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drowsy, dull, listless, unenergetic

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acidic

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pH less than 7

70
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alkaline

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pH greater than 7

Vtec 1020 (16 decks)

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