Chapter 13 Flashcards
Blood System
1
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bas/o
A
base, opposite of acid
2
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chrom/o
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color
3
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coagul/o
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coagulation (clotting)
4
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cyt/o
A
cell
5
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eosin/o
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red, rosy, dawn-colored
6
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erythr/o
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red
7
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granul/o
A
granule(s)
8
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hem/o
A
blood
9
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hemat/o
A
blood
10
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hemoglobin/o
A
hemoglobin
11
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is/o
A
same, equal
12
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kary/o
A
nucleus
13
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leuk/o
A
white
14
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mon/o
A
one, single
15
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morph/o
A
shape, form
16
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myel/o
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bone marrow, spinal cord
17
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neutr/o
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neither, neutral, neutrophil
18
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nucle/o
A
nucleus
19
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phag/o
A
eat, swallow
20
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poikil/o
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varied, irregular
21
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sider/o
A
iron
22
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spher/o
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globe-shaped, round
23
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thromb/o
A
clot
24
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-apheresis
A
removal
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-blast
embryonic, immature cell
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-cytosis
condition of cells, slight increase in numbers
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-emia
blood condition
28
-globin
protein
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-globulin
protein
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-lytic
reducing, destroying, separating, breakdown
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-oid
resembling, derived from
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-osis
condition, usually abnormal
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-penia
deficiency
34
-phage
eat, swallow
35
-philia
attraction for
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-phoresis
carrying, transmission
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-plasia
development, formation, growth
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-poiesis
formation
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-stasis
stopping, controlling, placing
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a-, an-
no, not, without
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anti-
against
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hypo-
below, deficient, under, less than normal
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macro-
large
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mega-
large
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micro-
small
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mono-
one
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pan-
all
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poly-
many, much
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eosinophilia
attraction for red
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pancytopenia
deficiency of cells all
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apheresis
separation of blood into component parts and removal of select portion from blood
52
remission
send back
53
palliative
treating symptoms but not curing disease
54
relapse
disease symptoms reappear, necessitating further treatment
55
Hgb
hemoglobin: blood protein that helps transport oxygen to body tissues
56
PT/PTT
prothrombin time/partial thromboplastin time: test of the ability of blood to clot/clotting factors
57
Ht/Hct
hematocrit: percentage of red blood cells in a volume of blood
58
platelet count
determines number of clotting cells per mm^3 or uL of blood
59
coagulation time
time required for veinous blood to clot in a test tube
60
antiglobulin (Coombs) test
test for presence of antibodies that coat and damage erythrocytes
61
hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
peripheral stem cells from a compatible donor are infused into a recipient's vein to repopulate the bone marrow
62
bleeding time
time required for blood to stop flowing from a small puncture would
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bone marrow biopsy
microscopic examination of a core of bone marrow removed with a needle
