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Blood and Lymphatic and Immune Systems Flashcards

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hypochromic

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hypo / chrom / ic

lack of / color / pert. to

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anticoagulant

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anti / coagul / ant

against / clotting / pert to

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eosinophil

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eosin / o / phil

red / cv / attraction to

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erythroblast

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erythr / o / blast

red / cv / immature cell of

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hemolysis

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hem / o / lysis

blood / cv / destruction of

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hematocrit

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hemat / o / crit

blood / cv / to separate

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agglutination

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agglutin / ation

clumping / process of

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anisocytosis

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an / is / o / cyt / osis

without / equal size / cv / cell / abnl cond of

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leukopenia

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leuk / o / penia

white / cv / deficiency of

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morphology

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morph / o / logy

shape / cv / study of

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myeloblast

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myel / o / blast

bone marrow / cv / immature cell of

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phagocyte

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phag / o / cyte

eat / cv / cell

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thrombocytopenia

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thromb / o / cyt / o / penia

clot / cv / cell / cv / deficiency of

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plasmapheresis

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plasma / pheresis

plasma / removal

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monoblast

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mon / o / blast

one / cv / immature cell of

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macrocytosis

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macr / o / cytosis

large / cv / abnl cond of cells

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leukemia

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leuk / emia

white / bld cond of

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hemoglobin

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hem / o / globin

blood / cv / protein

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thrombolytic

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thromb / o / lytic

clot / cv / destruction of

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hematopoiesis

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hemat / o / poiesis

blood / cv / formation

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hemostasis

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hem / o / stasis

blood / cv / to control

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immunoglobulin

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immun / o / globulin

protection / cv / protein

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lymphedema

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lymph / edema

lymph / swelling

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lymphadenopathy

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lymphaden / o / pathy

lymph node / cv / disease of

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splenomegaly

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splen / o / megaly

spleen / cv / enlargement of

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thymectomy

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thym / ectomy

thymus gland / excision of

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toxic

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tox / ic

poison / pert to

28
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Define:

erythrocyte

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red blood cell; corpuscle; one of the formed elements in peripheral blood

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monocyte

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mononuclear, phagocytic leukocyt

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leukocyte

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white cell, white blood cell

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Hgb

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hemoglobin

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Hct

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Hematocrit

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plasma

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the fluid portion of the blood in which the particulate components are suspended.

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granulocyte

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Any of a group of white blood cells having granules in the cytoplasm.

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ALL

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acute lymphoblastic leukemia

36
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lymphocyte

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a mononuclear, nongranular leukocyte having a deeply staining nucleus containing dense chromatin and a pale-blue–staining cytoplasm.

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CLL

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chronic lymphocytic leukemia

38
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sickle cell anemia

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chronic, usually fatal inherited form of anemia marked by crescent-shaped red blood cells

39
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multiple myeloma

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a cancer in which antibody-producing plasma cells grow in an uncontrolled and invasive (malignant) manner.

40
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serum

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the clear portion of any liquid separated from its more solid elements.

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bleeding time

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crude test of hemostasis (the arrest or stopping of bleeding). It indicates how well platelets interact with blood vessel walls

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purpura

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small hemorrhage in the skin, mucous membrane, or serosal surface.

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antibody

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an immunoglobulin molecule that reacts with a specific antigen that induced its synthesis and with similar molecules

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antigen

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any substance capable of inducing a specific immune response and of reacting with the products of that response

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tolerance

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diminution of response to a stimulus after prolonged exposure

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immunity

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the condition of being immune;

47
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vaccine

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a suspension of attenuated or killed microorganisms

48
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AIDS

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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

49
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bone marrow biopsy

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A procedure in which cellular material is removed from the pelvis or breastbone and examined under a microscope to look for the presence of abnormal blood cells characteristic of specific forms of leukemia and lymphoma.

50
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allergy

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a hypersensitive state acquired through exposure to a particular allergen, reexposure bringing to light an altered capacity to react

51
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immunoglobulins

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Any of several types of globulin proteins that function as antibodies.

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