Ch. 8 Related Terms

Question 1

Types of Granulocytes

Answer 1

1. Neutrophils
2. Eosinophils
3. Basophils

Question 2

Types of Agranulocytes

Answer 2

1. Lymphocytes

2. Monocytes

Question 3

Aplastic Anemia

Answer 3

Decrease in RBCs and/or hemoglobin due to no production

Question 4

Hemolytic Anemia

Answer 4

Decrease in RBCs and/or hemoglobin due to destruction (the body is destroying its own RBCs)

Question 5

Hemorrhagic Anemia

Answer 5

Decrease in RBCs and/or hemoglobin due to loss (the animal is bleeding out)

Question 6

Agranulocytes

Answer 6

WBCs lacking granules in their cytoplasm (cytes)

Question 7

Albumin

Answer 7

Plasma protein that maintains blood volume

Question 8

Antibody

Answer 8

Proteins produced by WBCs in response to antigens

Question 9

Antigens

Answer 9

Foreign substance (protein)

Question 10

Basophils

Answer 10

Granulocytic WBC seen in anaphylaxis

Question 11

Bilirubin

Answer 11

Metabolite of hemoglobin breakdown; conjugated in the liver

Question 12

Coagulation

Answer 12

Blood clotting

Question 13

Eosinophil

Answer 13

Granulocytic WBC seen with allergies and parasites

Question 14

Erythrocyte

Answer 14

Red blood cell

Question 15

Erythropoietin (EPO)

Answer 15

Hormone secreted by the kidneys to stimulate RBC production

Question 16

Fibrin

Answer 16

Protein threads that form the basis of a clot

Question 17

Fibrinogen

Answer 17

Plasma protein that is converted to fibrin in the clotting process

Question 18

Globulins

Answer 18

Plasma proteins such as alpha, beta, and gamma globulins

Question 19

Granulocytes

Answer 19

WBCs containing granules in their cytoplasm (phils)

Question 20

Heme

Answer 20

Iron-containing portion of hemoglobin

Question 21

Hemoglobin (Hb)

Answer 21

Oxygen-carrying pigment (protein) of RBCs

Question 22

Homeostasis

Answer 22

State of equilibrium of the body’s internal environment

Question 23

Leukocyte

Answer 23

White blood cell

Question 24

Lymphocyte

Answer 24

Agranulocyte that produces antibodies

Question 25

Macrophages

Answer 25

Monocytes that migrate from the blood to the tissue: large tissue phagocytes

Question 26

Megakaryocyte

Answer 26

Precursor to a platelet formed in the bone marrow

Question 27

Neutrophil

Answer 27

Granulocytic WBC that is the body's primary bacterial phagocyte

Question 28

Plasma

Answer 28

Fluid portion of anti-coagulated or circulating blood

Question 29

Prothrombin

Answer 29

Plasma protein that is converted to thrombin in the clotting process

Question 30

Serum

Answer 30

Fluid portion of coagulated blood

Question 31

Stem Cell

Answer 31

Cell that has the potential to become any cell type

Question 32

Thrombin

Answer 32

An enzyme that results from the activation of prothrombin; It converts fibrinogen to fibrin in the clotting process

Question 33

Thrombocyte

Answer 33

Clotting cell; platelet