ch 7 - Lymphatic System Flashcards
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Ana
A
without
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Anti
A
against
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Dia
A
through
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Endo
A
within
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Exo
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out, away from
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Gen/o
A
a substance that produces
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Macr/o
A
large
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Phag/o
A
eat
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Pin/o
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drink or eat small particles
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Aden/o
A
glands
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Adenoid/o
A
adenoids
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Agglutin/o
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clumping, sticking together
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Coagul/o
A
clotting
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Corpor/o
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body
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Cras/o
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mixture, temperament
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Cyt/o
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Cell
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Embol/o
A
embolus
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Endothelium
A
squamous cells that line the inner blood vessels, heart and lymphatic vessels
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Globul/o
A
protein
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Hist/o
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tissue
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Immun/o
A
immunity
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Lymph/o
A
lymph
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Macrophage
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a phagocytic tissue cell of the immune system that may be fixed or freely motile, is derived from a monocyte, functions in the destruction of foreign antigens
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Lymphaden/o
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lymph glands
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Path/o
disease
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Reticul/o
network
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Reticuloendothelial
a diverse system of fixed and circulating phagocytic cells
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Seps/o
infection
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Splen/o
spleen
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Thromb/o
clot
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Tonsil/o
tonsils
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-amin/o
nitrogen compound
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-crit
to separate
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-emia
blood condition
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-gen
producer
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-lysis, lytic
break apart
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-megaly
enlarged
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-osis
having the condition of
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-penia
decrease
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-poiesis
formation or production of
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-rrhagia
bursting forth
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-stasis
stop, control, place
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CBC
complete blood count
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RBC
red blood cell
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WBC
white blood cell
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Ig
immunoglobulins (I GAMED)
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Acquired immunity
noun. immunity that develops after exposure to a suitable agent (as by an attack of a disease or by injection of antigens)
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Adaptive Immunity
A.K.A. Acquired Immunity. This type of immunity has the memory component
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Adenoids
a mass of enlarged lymphatic tissue between the back of the nose and the throat, often hindering speaking and breathing in young children
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Adenoiditis
inflammation of the adenoids
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Agglutination
the act of cells clumping together
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Anemia
deficiency in the quantity or quality of blood
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Antibodies
immunoglobulins. Our defenses against antigens
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Antigen
a pathogen
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Axillary
adj. related to the location of the armpit
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Coagulation
the action or process of a liquid, changing to a solid or semi-solid state
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Corpuscle
any blood cell, red or white
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Endocytosis
cellular drinking or ingestion of tiny particles
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Epidemic
a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time
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Epidemiologist
doctor who specializes in the spread of disease
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Erythrocytopenia
decreased amount of red blood cells
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Exocytosis
particles leaving the cell
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Genetic Immunity
the quality or state of being immune; a form of innate immunity that occurs naturally as a result of a person's genome
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Hematocrit
a test that identifies the percentage of red blood cells in a specific volume of blood
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Hematologist
doctor who specializes in blood
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Hemoglobin
a red protein responsible for transporting oxygen in the blood
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Hemolysis
the rupture or destruction of red blood cells
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Hemorrhage
profuse bleeding
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Hemostasis
stopping of the flow of blood
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Heparin
is an anticoagulant (blood thinner) that prevents the formation of blood clots
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Histamine
a substance released from body cells in response to an allergic reaction
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Immunity
having resistance to an infectious disease
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Immune globulins
globulin from the blood of a person or animal immune to a particular disease
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Immunocompetence
noun. the capacity for a normal immune response
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Immunodeficiency
noun. inability to produce a normal complement of antibodies
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Immunoglobulin
noun. an antibody. A.K.A. Immune globulin
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Immunologist
doctor who specializes in the immune system
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Leukocyte
medical word for white blood cell
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Leukocytopoiesis
the production of white blood cells
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Lymphadenitis
inflammation of a lymph gland
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Lymphadenopathy
any disease of a lymph gland
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Lymphangiogram
a record or picture of an x-ray examination of lymph vessels
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Lymphedema
swollen lymph node
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Lymphocyte
a form of small white blood cell with a single round nucleus, occurring especially in the lymphatic system
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Macrophage
a large phagocytic cell
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Pandemic
spread everywhere
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Pathogen
any substance that causes disease
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Phagocyte
a cell that eats particles
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Phagocytosis
ingestion of solid materials or cells by another cell
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Platelet
a small colorless disk-shaped cell fragment without a nucleus, found in large numbers in blood and involved in clotting
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Reticulocyte
an immature red blood cell
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Reticuloendothelial
a diverse system phagocytic cells involved in the immune response
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Rouleaux
an abnormal stacking of erythrocytes
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Septic
pus filled, putrid, purulent
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Thrombocytes
another term for platelet
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Tonsillectomy
noun. surgical removal of the tonsils
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Tonsillitis
inflammation of the tonsils
