Chapter 15 Feed and Protect Me

Question 1

This system encompasses the production and transport of blood through the body

Answer 1

hematologic

Question 2

___ supplies tissues with oxygen, nutrients and chemicals

Answer 2

Blood

Question 3

combining form blood

Answer 3

hem/o; hemat/o

Question 4

suffix formation

Answer 4

-poiesis

Question 5

formation of blood

Answer 5

hematopoiesis

Question 6

substance that prevents blood from clotting

Answer 6

anticoagulant

Question 7

process of blood clotting

Answer 7

coagulation

Question 8

liquid portion of blood w/o clotting proteins

Answer 8

serum

Question 9

liquid portion of blood w/ clotting proteins

Answer 9

plasma

Question 10

combining form fibrin

Answer 10

fibrin/o

Question 11

combining form clot

Answer 11

thromb/o

Question 12

mature red blood cells

Answer 12

erythrocyte

Question 13

combining form red

Answer 13

erythr/o

Question 14

suffix cell

Answer 14

-cyte

Question 15

blood protein that transports oxygen

Answer 15

hemoglobin

Question 16

combining form bone marrow

Answer 16

myel/o

Question 17

red blood cells are produced in the

Answer 17

bone marrow

Question 18

a cell that eats

Answer 18

phagocyte

Question 19

study of blood

Answer 19

hematology

Question 20

white blood cell

Answer 20

leukocyte

Question 21

combining form white

Answer 21

leuk/o

Question 22

A _____ is a cell that contains granules in the cytoplasm, and a _____ does not.

Answer 22

granulocyte; agranulocyte

Question 23

Types of White Blood Cells

Answer 23

neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, monocytes, lymphocytes

Question 24

Abbreviation for white blood cells and red blood cells

Answer 24

WBC; RBC

Question 25

white blood cells are made in the

Answer 25

bone marrow

Question 26

clotting cells are made in the

Answer 26

bone marrow

Question 27

nucleated clotting cell:

Answer 27

thrombocyte

Question 28

anucleated clotting cell

Answer 28

platelet

Question 29

condition of less than the normal amount of red blood cells and/or hemoglobin

Answer 29

anemia

Question 30

suffix for a decrease in a cell type

Answer 30

-penia

Question 31

suffix that indicates an increase in a cell type

Answer 31

-phillia

Question 32

suffix indicates increase in cell numbers

Answer 32

-cytosis

Question 33

breaking down of red blood cells

Answer 33

hemolysis

Question 34

loss of blood

Answer 34

hemorrhage

Question 35

controlling bleeding

Answer 35

hemostasis

Question 36

yellow serum is

Answer 36

icteric

Question 37

elevation in WBC #s

Answer 37

leukocytosis

Question 38

decrease in WBC #s

Answer 38

leukopenia

Question 39

white, cloudy serum; excessive fat in blood

Answer 39

lipemia

Question 40

deficiency in all types of blood cells

Answer 40

pancytopenia

Question 41

excessive RBCs

Answer 41

polycythemia

Question 42

decrease in clotting cell #s

Answer 42

thrombocytopenia

Question 43

The ____ system functions as part of the immune system, returns excess lymph to the blood and absorbs and transports fat soluble vitamins from the digestive tract

Answer 43

lymphatic

Question 44

combining form lymph

Answer 44

lymph/o

Question 45

clear fluid that exists between the cells and tissues of an organ

Answer 45

interstitial fluid

Question 46

small bean shaped structures that filter lymph

Answer 46

lymph nodes

Question 47

lymphatic tissue that protect the nose and throat

Answer 47

tonsils

Question 48

combining form tonsils

Answer 48

tonsill/o

Question 49

organ in cranial abdomen that filters foreign material from blood, stores RBCs and maintains balance of cells and plasma

Answer 49

spleen

Question 50

combining form spleen

Answer 50

splen/o

Question 51

combining form thyums

Answer 51

thym/o

Question 52

combining form immune, means protected

Answer 52

immun/o

Question 53

type of WBC involved in the immune response against specific anigens

Answer 53

lymphocyte

Question 54

B cell that makes antibodies

Answer 54

plasma cell

Question 55

antibodies made by plasma cells are called

Answer 55

immunoglobulins

Question 56

overreaction of immune system

Answer 56

hypersensitivity

Question 57

disorder in which the body makes antibodies directed against itself

Answer 57

autoimmune disease

Question 58

disease of the lymph nodes

Answer 58

lymphadenopathy

Question 59

enlargement of spleen

Answer 59

splenomegaly

Question 60

combining form tumor

Answer 60

onc/o

Question 61

cancerous tumor

Answer 61

maligant

Question 62

nonmalignant tumor

Answer 62

benign

Question 63

abnormal new growth of tissue

Answer 63

neoplasm

Question 64

spread of tumor from the original site

Answer 64

metastasis