Chapter 6-Blood And Lymphatic Systems

Question 0

Anticoagulant

Answer 0

A drug that prevents clotting of the blood

Question 1

Autologous blood

Answer 1

Blood donated and stored for a patient for future use

Question 2

Autoimmune disease

Answer 2

Abnormal function of the immune system that causes the body to produce antibodies against itself

Question 3

Anemia

Answer 3

Reduced number of red blood cells, hemoglobin, resulting in the inability for red blood cells to transport oxygen

Question 4

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)

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Caused by HIV, that causes immune cells to be ineffective

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Blast/o, -blast

Answer 5

Germ or bud

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Active immunity

Answer 6

Long lasting immunity that results from the stimulating the body to produce it’s own antibodies

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Antibody

Answer 7

Substance produced by the body that destroys an antigen that has entered the body

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Chrom/o, chromat/o

Answer 8

Color

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Blood component therapy

Answer 9

Transfusion of a specific blood component (blood cells, platelets )

Question 10

Cross matching

Answer 10

Method of matching a donors blood to the recipient

Question 11

Antigen

Answer 11

A substance that when is introduced to the body, causes the formation of antibodies against it

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Chyl/o

Answer 12

Juice

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Hemoglobin

Answer 14

Protein-iron compound in erythrocytes that transports oxygen and carbon dioxide

Question 15

Hemostatic

Answer 15

A drug that stops the flow of blood within the vessels

Question 16

Hem/o, hemat/o

Answer 16

Blood

Question 17

Erythropenia

Answer 17

Abnormally reduced number of red blood cells

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Erythrocyte

Answer 20

Red blood cell

Question 21

Homologous blood

Answer 21

Blood voluntarily donated by any person for someone in need of it

Question 22

Immun/o

Answer 22

Safe

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Hemolysis

Answer 24

Breakdown of the red blood cell membrane

Question 25

Immunosuppression

Answer 25

Impaired ability to provide an immune response

Question 26

Lymph/o

Answer 26

Clear fluid

Question 27

Immunocompromised

Answer 27

Impaired immunologic defenses

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Leukocyte

Answer 30

White blood cells

Question 31

Immunity

Answer 31

Process of a disease protection include by exposure to an antigen

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Lymphadenectomy

Answer 33

Removal of a lymph node

Question 34

Lymphadenotomy

Answer 34

Incision into a lymph node

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Morph/o

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Form

Question 35

Lymph

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Fluid that is circulated through the lymph vessels

Question 36

Phag/o

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Eat or sallow

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Lymph nodes

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Small, oval structures that filter lymph from lymph vessels

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Lymph ducts

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Collecting channels that carry lymph from the lymph nodes to the veins

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Leukemia

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Chronic disease of the blood forming organs

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Lymphoma

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Any neoplastic disorder of the lymph tissue

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Lymphadenopathy

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Enlarged lymph nodes

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Metastasis

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Cancer cells are spread to blood or lymph circulation

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Plas/o

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Formation

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Plasma

Answer 43

Liquid portion of the blood and lymph

Question 43

Lymph capillaries

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Microscopic vessels that draw lymph from tissues to the lymph vessels

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Platelets

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Thrombocytes (cell fragments in the blood that at essential for blood clotting)

Question 45

Reticul/o

Answer 45

A net

Question 46

Passive immunity

Answer 46

Short lasting immunity that results from the foreign antibodies that are conveyed

Question 48

Pancytopenia

Answer 48

Abnormally reduced number of all cellular components in the blood

Question 50

Serum

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Liquid portion of the blood that remains after clotting

Question 50

Rh factor

Answer 50

Lack of antigens on the surface of red blood cells, causing a reaction between rh +/-

Question 50

Rh negative

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Absence of antigens

Question 51

Rh positive

Answer 51

Presence of antigens

Question 52

Splen/o

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Spleen

Question 52

Spleen

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Organ between the stomach and the diaphragm that filters out aging blood cells

Question 52

Splenomegaly

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Enlargement of the spleen

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Thromb/o

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Clot

Question 54

Splenectomy

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Removal of a spleen

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Thym/o

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Thymus gland

Question 55

Thymus

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Primary gland of the lymphatic system, located within the mediastinum, that helps maintain the body's immune response

Question 55

Thymectomy

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Removal of the thymus gland

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Phlebotomy / venipuncture

Answer 56

Incision into or puncture of a vein to withdraw blood for testing

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Vasoconstrictor

Answer 57

A drug that causes narrowing of blood vessels (decreased blood flow)

Question 58

Vasodilator

Answer 58

A drug that causes dilation of blood vessels, increasing blood flow