Chapter 10 Vocab

Question 1

the fluid portion of the blood

Answer 1

plasma

Question 2

the percentage of erythrocytes to total blood volume

Answer 2

hematocrit

Question 3

a protein found in virtually all animals; the most abundant plasma protein

Answer 3

albumin

Question 4

red blood cells

Answer 4

erythrocytes

Question 5

the oxygen transporting pigment of erythrocytes

Answer 5

hemoglobin (HB)

Question 6

the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood caused by a decrease number of erythrocytes or decreased percentage of hemoglobin

Answer 6

anemia

Question 7

body does not form normal hemoglobin, instead abnormal hemoglobin; spiky and sharp

Answer 7

sickle cell anemia

Question 8

presence of an abnormally large number of erythrocytes in the blood

Answer 8

polycythemia

Question 9

white blood cells

Answer 9

leukocytes

Question 10

the passage of blood cells through intact vessel walls into the tissues

Answer 10

diapedesis

Question 11

a cancerous condition in which there is an excessive production of immature leukocytes

Answer 11

leukemia

Question 12

granule-containing WBC’s. Have labeled nuclei

Answer 12

granulocytes

Question 13

the most abundant of the white blood cells

Answer 13

neutrophils

Question 14

granular white blood cells whose granules readily take up a stain called eosin

Answer 14

eosinophils

Question 15

white blood cells whose granules stain deep blue with basic dye; have a relatively pale nucleus and granular-appearing cytoplasm

Answer 15

basophils

Question 16

a substance that causes vasodilation and increased vascular permeability

Answer 16

histamine

Question 17

agranular white blood cells formed in the bone marrow that mature in the lymphoid tissue

Answer 17

lymphocytes

Question 18

large single-nucleus white blood cells, agranular leukocyte

Answer 18

monocytes

Question 19

large, multi-nucleate cells that fragment to produce platelets

Answer 19

megakaryocytes

Question 20

formation of blood cells

Answer 20

hematopoiesis

Question 21

the stoppage of bleeding

Answer 21

hemostasis

Question 22

a fixed clot that develops and persists in an unbroken blood vessel

Answer 22

thrombus

Question 23

a free-floating clot in an unbroken blood vessel

Answer 23

embolus

Question 24

insufficient number of circulating platelets; even normal movements cause spontaneous bleeding from small blood vessels

Answer 24

thrombocytopenia

Question 25

rash like spots on the skin that indicate widespread bleeding

Answer 25

petechiae

Question 26

applies to several different hereditary bleeding disorders that result from a lack of any of the factors needed for clotting

Answer 26

hemophilia

Question 27

any substance including toxins, foreign proteins, or bacteria that, when introduced to the body, is recognized as foreign and activates the immune system

Answer 27

antigen

Question 28

a specialized substance produced by the body that can provide immunity against a specific antigen

Answer 28

antibodies

Question 29

based on which of two antigens, type A or type B, a person inheritance. Absence of both results in type O, presence of both leads to type AB

Answer 29

ABO blood groups

Question 30

whether their RBC's carry Rh antigen

Answer 30

Rh blood groups