Chapter 13 Flashcards
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Blood is composed of cells, or formed elements, suspended in a clear, straw-colored liquid called….
Plasma
Polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs)
Or granulocytes.
Platelets are called….
Thrombocytes
What in the blood inhibits blood clotting, so clots do not form?
Anticoagulant Substances
Break down of red blood cells is called….
Hemolysis
Rh Factor
The term Rh positive (Rh+) refers to a person who is born with the Rh antigen on their red blood cells. An Rh negative (Rh-) person does not have the Rh antigen. (Named because it was first found in the blood of a rhesus monkey).
Bas/o
Base (alkaline, the opposite of acid)
Chrom/o
Color
Coagul/o
Clotting
Cyt/o
Cell
Eosin/o
Red, dawn, rosy
Erythr/o
Red
Granul/o
Granules
Hem/o
Hemat/o
Blood
Hemoglobin/o
Hemoglobin
Is/o
Same, equal
Kary/o
Nucleus
Leuk/o
White
Mon/o
One, single
Morph/o
Shape, form
-phil
Attraction
-blast
Immature, embryonic cells
-crit
Separate
Anis/o
Unequal