Creative Study Chapter 8

Question 1

What does the blood do?

Answer 1

Transports oxygen, nutrients, and hormones to body cells; Carries wastes and carbon dioxide away from the cells

Question 2

What does the lymphatic system do?

Answer 2

Protects the body by filtering microorganisms and foreign particles from lymph; Supports activities of lymphocytes in immune response; Maintains body’s internal fluid environment as an intermediary between blood capillaries and tissue cells; Carries fats away from digestive organs

Question 3

blast/o

Answer 3

germ or bud

Question 4

-blast

Answer 4

germ or bud

Question 5

chrom/o

Answer 5

color

Question 6

chromat/o

Answer 6

color

Question 7

chyl/o

Answer 7

juice

Question 8

cyt/o

Answer 8

cell

Question 9

hem/o

Answer 9

blood

Question 10

hemat/o

Answer 10

blood

Question 11

immun/o

Answer 11

immune, resistant

Question 12

lymph/o

Answer 12

clear fluid

Question 13

morph/o

Answer 13

form

Question 14

myel/o

Answer 14

bone marrow or spinal cord

Question 15

phag/o

Answer 15

eat or swallow

Question 16

plas/o

Answer 16

formation

Question 17

reticul/o

Answer 17

a net

Question 18

splen/o

Answer 18

spleen

Question 19

thromb/o

Answer 19

clot

Question 20

thym/o

Answer 20

thymus

Question 21

Erythrocytes

Answer 21

Red Blood Cells

Question 22

Hemoglobin

Answer 22

Protein-Iron compound in RBCs

Question 23

Platelets

Answer 23

Cell fragments essential for blood clotting

Question 24

What are the 3 types of white blood cells?

Answer 24

Leukocytes, Granulocytes, Agranulocytes

Question 25

Leukocytes

Answer 25

White Blood Cells

Question 26

Immunity

Answer 26

Process of disease protection induced by exposure to an antigen

Question 27

Antigen

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Antibody

Answer 28

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

Question 29

Active Immunity

Answer 29

Long-lasting immunity that results from stimulating the body to produce its own antibodies

Question 30

Natural Immunity

Answer 30

Developed in response to an infection

Question 31

Artificial Immunity

Answer 31

Developed in response to the administration of a vaccine

Question 32

Passive Immunity

Answer 32

Short-lasting immunity that results from foreign antibodies that are conveyed naturally through the placenta to a fetus or artificially by injection of a serum containing antibodies

Question 33

AIDS

Answer 33

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Question 34

ALT

Answer 34

Alanine Aminotransferase (enzyme)

Question 35

AST

Answer 35

Aspartate Aminotransferase (enzyme)

Question 36

BMP

Answer 36

Basic Metabolic Panel

Question 37

BUN

Answer 37

Blood Urea Nitrogen

Question 38

CBC

Answer 38

Complete Blood Count

Question 39

CD

Answer 39

Cluster of Differentiation

Question 40

CMP

Answer 40

Comprehensive Metabolic Panel

Question 41

CO2

Answer 41

Carbon Dioxide

Question 42

CT

Answer 42

Computed Tomography

Question 43

ESR

Answer 43

Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate

Question 44

HCT

Answer 44

Hematocrit

Question 45

HGB

Answer 45

Hemoglobin

Question 46

HIV

Answer 46

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Question 47

MCH

Answer 47

Mean Corpuscular (cell) Hemoglobin

Question 48

MCHC

Answer 48

Mean Corpuscular (cell) Hemoglobin Concentration

Question 49

MCV

Answer 49

Mean Corpuscular (cell) Volume

Question 50

NK

Answer 50

Natural Killer (cell)

Question 51

PET

Answer 51

Positron-Emission Tomography

Question 52

PLT

Answer 52

Platelet Count

Question 53

PMN

Answer 53

Polymorphonuclear (Leukocytes)

Question 54

PT

Answer 54

Prothrombin Time

Question 55

PTT

Answer 55

Partial Thromboplastin Time

Question 56

RBC

Answer 56

Red Blood Cell; Red Blood Count

Question 57

Rh+

Answer 57

Rh Positive

Question 58

Rh-

Answer 58

Rh Negative

Question 59

RRR

Answer 59

Relative Risk Reduction; Regular Rate and Rhythm

Question 60

RTO

Answer 60

Return to Office

Question 61

WBC

Answer 61

White Blood Cell; White Blood Count