Chapter 12: The Blood System - 25 tough terms

Question 1

Erythropoietin

Answer 1

Hormone released by the kidneys to stimulated red blood cell production

Question 2

Gamma Globulin

Answer 2

Family of protein in blood plasma, arise in lymphatic tissue and function as part of the immune system

Question 3

Alpha and Beta Globulin

Answer 3

Families of protein in blood plasma, joined in liver transport lipids and fat soluble vitamins

Question 4

Hematocrit

Answer 4

Measure of percentage of red blood cells in a blood sample

Measure of packed red blood cells in a sample

Question 5

Hematocytoblast

Answer 5

Most immature blood cell, stem cell, in bone marrow

Question 6

Megakaryocyte

Answer 6

Large cells in red bone marrow that form platelets

Question 7

MCH

Answer 7

Mean corpuscular hemoglobin

Question 8

MCHC

Answer 8

Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration

-concentration of hemoglobin in red blood cells

Question 9

MCV

Answer 9

Mean corpuscular volume

-average red blood cell volume

Question 10

PCV

Answer 10

Packed cell volume

Question 11

PT

Answer 11

Prothrombin time

Question 12

PTT

Answer 12

Partial thromboplastin time

Test for ability to coagulate

Question 13

APTT

Answer 13

Activated partial thromboplastin time

Question 14

PMN

Answer 14

Polymorphonuclear neutrophil

Question 15

Anisocytosis

Answer 15

Condition with abnormal variation in size of red blood cell

Question 16

Dyscrasia

Answer 16

Any disease with abnormal particles in the blood

Question 17

Erythroblastosis fetalis

Answer 17

Incompatibility disorder between a mother with Rh negative and a fetus with Rh positive

Question 18

Hemochromatosis

Answer 18

Hereditary condition with excessive iron buildup in the blood

Question 19

Poikilocytosis

Answer 19

Disorder with irregularly shaped red blood cells

Question 20

Polycythemia

Answer 20

Disorder with an abnormal increase in red blood cells and hemoglobin

Question 21

Reticulocytosis

Answer 21

Disorder with an abnormal number of immature erythrocytes

Question 22

Thalassemia

Answer 22

Hereditary disorder characterized by inability to produce sufficient hemoglobin

Question 23

Thrombocytopenia

Answer 23

Bleeding condition with insufficient production of platelets

Question 24

Von Willebrand’s disease

Answer 24

Hemorrhagic disorder with tendency to bleed from mucous membranes - lack of clotting factor called Factor VIII

Question 25

Plasmapharesis

Answer 25

Process of removing blood from a person, centrifuging it, and returning only red blood cells to the person

Question 26

Sider(o)-

Answer 26

Iron

Question 27

Erythroclasis

Answer 27

fragmentation of RBCs

Question 28

Dissolution of red blood cells

Answer 28

Lysemia

Question 29

Normal red blood cell

Answer 29

normocyte

Question 30

Irregularly shaped red blood cells

Answer 30

poikilocyte

Question 31

white blood cell cancer

Answer 31

leukemia

Question 32

types of anemia (7)

Answer 32

Iron deficiency anemia
Aplastic anemia - failure of bone marrow to produce enough red blood cells
Pernicious anemia - shape and number of rbcs changes due to lack of sufficient vitamin B12
Sickle cell anemia
Hemolytic anemia - characterized by destruction of rbcs
Posthemorrhagic anemia - results from sudden dramatic loss of blood
Thalassemia - inability to produce sufficient hemoglobin