Chapter 13: Circulatory System Flashcards
(103 cards)
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Red blood cells transport nutrients and oxygen
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Erythrocytes
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White blood cells
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Leukocyte
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Platelets; clot blood
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Thrombocytes
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Contain heparin (prevent clotting) and histamine (involved in allergic reaction)
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Basophils
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Types of leukocytes
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Basophils Eosinophils Neutrophils Monocytes Lymphocytes
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Phagocytic cells involved in allergic responses and parasitic infections
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Eosinophils
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Phagocytic cells that accumulate at sites of infection
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Neutrophils
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Phagocytic cells that become macrophage and digest bacteria and tissue debris
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Monocytes
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Control the immune response; make antibodies to antigens
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Lymphocytes
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Bas/o
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Base
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Chrom/o
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Color
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Coagul/o
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Clotting
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Cyt/o
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Cell
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Eosin/o
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Red, dawn, rosy
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Erythr/o
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Red
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Granul/o
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Granules
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Hem/o
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Blood
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Hemat/o
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Blood
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Hemoglobin/o
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Hemoglobin
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Is/o
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Same, equal
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Kary/o
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Nucleus
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Leuk/o
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White
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Mon/o
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One, single
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Morph/o
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Shape, form
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Myel/o
Bone marrow
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Neutr/o
Neutral
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Nucle/o
Nucleus
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Phag/o
Eat, swallow
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Poikil/o
Varied, irregular
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Sider/o
Iron
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Spher/o
Globe, round
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Thromb/o
Clot
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Red blood cell
Erythrocyte
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White blood cell with reddish granules; numbers increase in allergic reactions
Eosinophils
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Protein threads that form the basis of a clot
Fibrin
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Method of separating out plasma proteins by electrical charge
Electrophoresis
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Foreign material that invades the body
Antigens
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Pigment produced from hemoglobin when red blood cells are destroyed
Bilirubin
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An undifferentiated blood cell is called a
Hematopoietic stem cell
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Anticoagulant found in the blood
Heparin
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A disorder of red blood cell morphology is
Poikilocytosis
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Deficiency in numbers of white blood cells
Neutropenia
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Immature red blood cell
Erythroblast
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Derived from bone marrow
Myeloid
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Breakdown of recipients red blood cells when incompatible bloods are mixed
Hemolysis
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Sideropenia occurs causing deficient production of hemoglobin
Iron deficiency anemia
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Reduction in red cells due to excessive cell destruction
Hemolytic anemia
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Failure of blood cell production due to absence of formation of cells in the bone marrow
Aplastic anemia
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Inherited defect in ability to produce hemoglobin
Thalassemia
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Lack of mature red cells due to inability to absorb vitamin B12 into the body
Pernicious anemia
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Excessive deposits of iron throughout the body
Hemochromatosis
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Symptoms of pallor, shortness of breath, infection, bleeding gums, predominance of immature and abnormally functioning leukocytes, and low numbers of mature neutrophils in a young child may indicate a diagnosis of
Acute lymphocytic leukemia
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Excessive bleeding caused by congenital lack of factor VIII or IX
Hemophilia
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Venous blood is clotted in a test tube
Coagulation time
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Sample of blood is spun in a test tube so that red cells fall to the bottom and percentage of RBCs are taken
Hematocrit
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Blood smear is examined to determine the shape or form of cells
Red blood cell morphology
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Leukocytes are stained and counted under a microscope to see numbers of mature and immature forms
White blood cell differential
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Venous blood is collected; anticoagulant added and the distance cells fall in a period of time is determined
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
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Blood protein that maintains the proper proportion and concentration of water in blood
Albumin
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Swelling; fluid leaks out into tissue spaces
Edema
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IgM, IgC, IgA, IgD, and IgE are all
Immunoglobulins
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Symptoms of disease return
Relapse
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Reliving symptoms, but not curing disease
Palliative
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White blood cell; phagocyte and precursor of a macrophage
Monocytes
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Thrombocytes
Platelets
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Bone marrow cell; gives rise to many types of blood cells
Hematopoietic stem cell
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Leukocyte formed in lymph tissue; produces antibodies
Lymphocyte
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Leukocyte with dense reddish granules; associated with allergic reactions
Eosinophil
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Leukocyte (poly) formed in bone marrow and having a neutral-staining granule
Neutrophil
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Leukocyte whose granules have an affinity for basic stain; releases histamine and heparin
Basophil
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Liquid portion of blood
Plasma
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Hormone secreted by the kidney to stimulate erythrocyte production in bone marrow
Erythropoietin
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Proteins in plasma; can be separated into alpha, beta and gamma types
Globulin
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Plasma protein that maintains the proper amount of water in blood
Albumin
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Proteins made by lymphocytes in response to antigens in the blood
Immunoglobulins
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Irregularity in shape
Poikilocytosis
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Immature red cells
Erythroblast
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Reduction of hemoglobin (color)
Hypochromic
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Increase in numbers of small cells
Microcytosis
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Erythremia
Polycythemia Vera
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Increase in numbers of large cells
Macrocytosis
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Formation of red cells
Erythropoiesis
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Destruction of red cells
Hemolysis
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CLL
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
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AML
Acute myeloid leukemia
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Relieving but not curing
Palliative
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Deficiency of all blood cells
Pancytopenia
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Increase in numbers of granulocytes; seen in allergic conditions
Eosinophilia
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Symptoms of disease return
Relapse
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Multiple pinpoint hemorrhages; blood accumulates under the skin
Purpura
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Separation of blood into its components
Apheresis
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Symptoms of disease disappear
Remission
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A stained red blood smear is examined to determine the shape of individual red blood cells
Red blood cell morphology
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Measures the percentage of red blood cells in a volume of blood
Hematocrit
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Determines the number of clotting cells per cubic millimeter
Platelet count
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Ability of venous blood to clot in a test tube
Coagulation time
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Measures the speed at which erythrocytes settle out of plasma
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
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Determines the numbers of different types of WBCs
WBC differential
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Determines the presence of antibodies in infants of Rh-negative women or patients with autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Coombs test
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Undifferentiated blood cells from a donor are infused into a patient being treated for leukemia or aplastic anemia
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
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Time it takes for a small puncture to stop bleeding
Bleeding time
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Needle is introduced into the bone marrow cavity, and the small amount is aspirated and then examined under the microscope
Bone marrow biopsy
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Blood is collected from and later re-infused into the same patient
Autologous transfusion
