Blood and Lymphatic and Immune Systems

Question 1

hypochromic

Answer 1

hypo / chrom / ic

lack of / color / pert. to

Question 2

anticoagulant

Answer 2

anti / coagul / ant

against / clotting / pert to

Question 3

eosinophil

Answer 3

eosin / o / phil

red / cv / attraction to

Question 4

erythroblast

Answer 4

erythr / o / blast

red / cv / immature cell of

Question 5

hemolysis

Answer 5

hem / o / lysis

blood / cv / destruction of

Question 6

hematocrit

Answer 6

hemat / o / crit

blood / cv / to separate

Question 7

agglutination

Answer 7

agglutin / ation

clumping / process of

Question 8

anisocytosis

Answer 8

an / is / o / cyt / osis

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

Question 9

leukopenia

Answer 9

leuk / o / penia

white / cv / deficiency of

Question 10

morphology

Answer 10

morph / o / logy

shape / cv / study of

Question 11

myeloblast

Answer 11

myel / o / blast

bone marrow / cv / immature cell of

Question 12

phagocyte

Answer 12

phag / o / cyte

eat / cv / cell

Question 13

thrombocytopenia

Answer 13

thromb / o / cyt / o / penia

clot / cv / cell / cv / deficiency of

Question 14

plasmapheresis

Answer 14

plasma / pheresis

plasma / removal

Question 15

monoblast

Answer 15

mon / o / blast

one / cv / immature cell of

Question 16

macrocytosis

Answer 16

macr / o / cytosis

large / cv / abnl cond of cells

Question 17

leukemia

Answer 17

leuk / emia

white / bld cond of

Question 18

hemoglobin

Answer 18

hem / o / globin

blood / cv / protein

Question 19

thrombolytic

Answer 19

thromb / o / lytic

clot / cv / destruction of

Question 20

hematopoiesis

Answer 20

hemat / o / poiesis

blood / cv / formation

Question 21

hemostasis

Answer 21

hem / o / stasis

blood / cv / to control

Question 22

immunoglobulin

Answer 22

immun / o / globulin

protection / cv / protein

Question 23

lymphedema

Answer 23

lymph / edema

lymph / swelling

Question 24

lymphadenopathy

Answer 24

lymphaden / o / pathy

lymph node / cv / disease of

Question 25

splenomegaly

Answer 25

splen / o / megaly | spleen / cv / enlargement of

Question 26

thymectomy

Answer 26

thym / ectomy | thymus gland / excision of

Question 27

toxic

Answer 27

tox / ic | poison / pert to

Question 28

# Define: erythrocyte

Answer 28

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

Question 29

# Define: monocyte

Answer 29

mononuclear, phagocytic leukocyt

Question 30

# Define: leukocyte

Answer 30

white cell, white blood cell

Question 31

# Define: Hgb

Answer 31

hemoglobin

Question 32

# Define: Hct

Answer 32

Hematocrit

Question 33

# Define: plasma

Answer 33

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

Question 34

# Define: granulocyte

Answer 34

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

Question 35

# Define: ALL

Answer 35

acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Question 36

# Define: lymphocyte

Answer 36

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

Question 37

# Define: CLL

Answer 37

chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Question 38

# Define: sickle cell anemia

Answer 38

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

Question 39

# Define: multiple myeloma

Answer 39

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

Question 40

# Define: serum

Answer 40

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

Question 41

# Define: bleeding time

Answer 41

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

Question 42

# Define: purpura

Answer 42

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

Question 43

# Define: antibody

Answer 43

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

Question 44

# Define: antigen

Answer 44

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

Question 45

# Define: tolerance

Answer 45

diminution of response to a stimulus after prolonged exposure

Question 46

# Define: immunity

Answer 46

the condition of being immune;

Question 47

# Define: vaccine

Answer 47

a suspension of attenuated or killed microorganisms

Question 48

# Define: AIDS

Answer 48

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Question 49

# Define: bone marrow biopsy

Answer 49

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.

Question 50

# Define: allergy

Answer 50

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

Question 51

# Define: immunoglobulins

Answer 51

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