CH 14 Vocab

Question 0

to separate

Answer 0

-crit

Question 1

not, without

Answer 1

a- an-

Question 2

cell

Answer 2

-cute

Question 3

through

Answer 3

dia-

Question 4

blood

Answer 4

-emia

Question 5

red

Answer 5

erythro-

Question 6

blood

Answer 6

heme- hemo-

Question 7

white

Answer 7

leuko-

Question 8

large

Answer 8

mega-

Question 9

condition

Answer 9

-osis

Question 10

moving

Answer 10

-pedesis

Question 11

want, lack

Answer 11

-penia

Question 12

love

Answer 12

-phil-

Question 13

formation

Answer 13

-poiesis

Question 14

many

Answer 14

poly-

Question 15

burst forth

Answer 15

-rhag-

Question 16

standing still

Answer 16

-stasis

Question 17

clot

Answer 17

thromb-

Question 18

the branch of science concerned with the study of blood, blood-forming tissues, and the disorders associated with them

Answer 18

Hematology

Question 19

forcing increased production of RBC count

Answer 19

Induced polycythemia

Question 20

a substance that delays, suppressed, or prevents blood clotting

Answer 20

Anticoagulant drug

Question 21

chemical substances that are injected into the body to dissolve blood clots that have already formed to restore circulation

Answer 21

Thrombolytic agents

Question 22

first thrombolytic agent, produced by streptococcal bacteria

Answer 22

Streptokinase

Question 23

genetically engineered to treat both heart attacks and brain attacks caused by blood clots

Answer 23

Tissue plasminogen activator (tPA)

Question 24

a condition in which the oxygen-carrying capacity of blood is reduced

Answer 24

Anemia

Question 25

an inherited deficiency of clotting in which bleeding may occur spontaneously or after only minor trauma

Answer 25

Hemophilia

Question 26

a group of red bone marrow cancers in which abnormal white blood cells multiply uncontrollably

Answer 26

Leukemia

Question 27

donating one’s own blood in preparation for surgery

Answer 27

Autologous preoperative transfusion

Question 28

A facility that collects and stores a supply of blood for future use by the donor or others

Answer 28

Blood bank

Question 29

slightly bluish/dark-purple skin coloration due to an increased quantity of reduced hemoglobin in systemic blood

Answer 29

Cyanosis

Question 30

disorder of iron metabolism characterized by excess deposits of iron in tissues that result in discoloration (bronzing)

Answer 30

Hemochromatosis

Question 31

an abnormal yellowish discoloration due to excess bilirubin in the blood produced when the heme pigment in ages RBCs is broken down

Answer 31

Jaundice

Question 32

a technician who specializes in withdrawing blood

Answer 32

Phlebotomist

Question 33

an abnormal increase in the number of RBCs in which hematocrit is above 55%, upper limit of normal

Answer 33

Polycythemia

Question 34

an accumulation of toxins or disease-causing bacteria in the blood

Answer 34

Septicemia

Question 35

very low platelet count that results in a tendency to bleed from capillaries

Answer 35

Thrombocytopenia