blood system

Question 1

plasma

Answer 1

liquid part of blood that includes clotting factors

Question 2

serum

Answer 2

liquid part of blood without clotting factors (when mixed with clotting factors it becomes plasma)

Question 3

erythrocytes

Answer 3

red blood cells transport oxygen

Question 4

leukocytes

Answer 4

white blood cells fight infects

Question 5

thrombocytes

Answer 5

clot blood

Question 6

hematopoiesis

Answer 6

produces blood

Question 7

idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

Answer 7

autoimmune disease with antibodies against several platelet surface antigens

Question 8

hemophilia

Answer 8

excessive bleeding caused by lack of plasma clotting factors

Question 9

hypercoagulation

Answer 9

excessive coagulation caused by overly activated coagulation cascade

Question 10

type a

Answer 10

a antigen, b antibody

Question 11

type b

Answer 11

b antigen, a antibody

Question 12

type ab

Answer 12

a and b antigen, no antibodies

Question 13

type o

Answer 13

no antigen, both a and b antibodies (universal donor)

Question 14

anemia

Answer 14

lack of iron intake

Question 15

aplastic anemia

Answer 15

failure of blood cell production due to deficiency of hemotopoietic stem cells in bone marrow

Question 16

sickle cell

Answer 16

hereditary disorder that caused abnormal shape of erythrocytes and results in hemolytic anemia, jaudice and splenomegaly

Question 17

pernicious anemia

Answer 17

lack of mature erythrocytes due to inability to absorb vitamin b12 (large shape)

Question 18

thalassemia

Answer 18

inherited autosomal recessive blood disorder involved with the inability to produce enough hemoglobin

Question 19

hemochomatosis

Answer 19

inherited autosomal blood disorder that causes excess iron deposits in body

Question 20

hereditary spherocytosis

Answer 20

imparing membrane proteins that normally allow for the erythrocytes to stay in biconcave shape

Question 21

anisocytosis

Answer 21

increased variation in size of red cells

Question 22

poikilocytosis

Answer 22

varied in shapes in erythocytes

Question 23

polycythemia vera

Answer 23

increase in all varieties of blood cell numbers

Question 24

granulocytosis

Answer 24

abnormal increase in granulocytes in the blood

Question 25

granulocytopenia

Answer 25

a deficiency or abnormal decrease in number of granulocytes

Question 26

mononucleosis

Answer 26

infectious disease marked by increased number of lymphocytes

Question 27

leukemia

Answer 27

increase number in cancerous white blood cells

Question 28

multiple myeloma

Answer 28

malignant neoplasm of bone marrow

Question 29

apheresis

Answer 29

separation of blood into a few components and removal of a select part from the blood

Question 30

autologous blood transfusion

Answer 30

collection of blood from a single patient and re-transfusion back to the same patient with required

Question 31

bone marrow biopsy

Answer 31

microscopic examination of bone marrow removed with needle