Disorders of Bone Marrow Week 3

Question 1

Blood

Answer 1

supplied body tissues with oxygen, nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, glucose and amino acids, and various chemicals such as hormones.

Question 2

hem/o hemat/o

Answer 2

combining forms for blood

Question 3

hemotology

Answer 3

the study of blood

Question 4

hematopoiesis

Answer 4

the medical terminology for the formation of blood

Question 5

poiesis

Answer 5

suffix that means formation

Question 6

drawing blood

Answer 6

a common term for collecting a blood sample

Question 7

anticoagulant

Answer 7

prevents clotting of the blood

Question 8

EDTA and Heparin

Answer 8

types of anticoagulants used in blood tubes

Question 9

Coagulation

Answer 9

the process of clottings.

Question 10

buffy coat

Answer 10

the layer that appears t the interface of the erythorocytes and plasma

Question 11

Serum

Answer 11

the liquid portion of bblood with clotting protiens removed

Question 12

plasma

Answer 12

the straw colored fluid portion of blood that transports nutrients, hormons and waste products.

Question 13

colloid

Answer 13

a liquid that contains suspended particles (in the case of plasma, most of the suspended particles are clotting proteins)

Question 14

fibrinogen and prothrombin

Answer 14

clotting protiens found in plasma

Question 15

fibrin/o

Answer 15

the combining form that means fibrin or threads of a clot

Question 16

pro

Answer 16

the prefix that means before

Question 17

thromb/o

Answer 17

the combining form that means clot

Question 18

albumin

Answer 18

another exampple of a plasma protien

Question 19

cholesterol and triglyceride

Answer 19

types of lipids that circulate in the blood

Question 20

erythorocyte

Answer 20

a matures red blood cell and is abbreviated RBC

Question 21

erythr/o

Answer 21

the combining form that means red

Question 22

cyte

Answer 22

suffix that means cell

Question 23

hemoglobin

Answer 23

the blood protein that transports oxygen

Question 24

heme

Answer 24

the nonprotein iron containing portion of hemoglobin

Question 25

central pallor

Answer 25

the central pale area of the RBC that represents the thinnest part of the biconcave disc

Question 26

myel/o

Answer 26

the combining form for bone marrow

Question 27

reticulocyte

Answer 27

an immature, non-nucleated erythrocyte characterized by polychromasia or a meshlike pattern of threads.

Question 28

reticulocytosis

Answer 28

the increase of reticulocytes as the bone marrow responds to blood loss.

Question 29

Macrophage

Answer 29

a large cell that destroys by eating

Question 30

macr/o

Answer 30

the combining form that means large

Question 31

phage

Answer 31

suffix that means eating

Question 32

phagocyte

Answer 32

a cell that eats. the formal definition is a leukocyte that ingests foreign material

Question 33

hematology

Answer 33

the study of blood

Question 34

morphology

Answer 34

the study of form or shape

Question 35

leukocyte

Answer 35

a white blood cell that is abbreviated WBC

Question 36

leuk/o

Answer 36

the combining form that means white

Question 37

leukocytopoiesis

Answer 37

the production of white blood cells also known as leucopoiesis

Question 38

granulocyte

Answer 38

a cell that contains prominent grainlike selocytes in its cytoplasmtructur

Question 39

agranulocyte

Answer 39

a cell that does not contain prominent grainlike structures in its cytoplasm

Question 40

basophilic

Answer 40

means stained readily with basic or blue dyes in many commonly used stains such as hematoxylin and eosin Giemsa, and Wrights

Question 41

eosinophilic

Answer 41

means stained readily with acidic or pink dyes in many commonly used stains such as H&E, Giemsa, and Wrights

Question 42

thrombocyte

Answer 42

a nucleated clotting cell,

Question 43

platelet

Answer 43

an anucleated clotting cell

Question 44

megakaryocyte

Answer 44

a large nucleated cell found in the bone marrow from which platelets are formed

Question 45

blood smear

Answer 45

blood specimen for microscopic examination in which blood is spread thinly across a microscope slide and typically stained

Question 46

bone marrow biopsy

Answer 46

sample of bone marrow obtained by needle aspiration for examination of the cells

Question 47

ultrasound

Answer 47

diagnostic procedure to image the structures of blood vessels and flow of blood through theses vessels.

Question 48

anemia

Answer 48

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

Question 49

basopenia

Answer 49

deficiency in the number of basophils in the blood

Question 50

penia

Answer 50

the suffix that indicates the decrease in a particular type of cell.

Question 51

basophilia

Answer 51

elevation in teh number of basophils in the blood

Question 52

philia

Answer 52

a suffix that indicates an increase in a particular type of cell.

Question 53

disseminated intravascular coagulation

Answer 53

disorder in which the proteins that control blood clotting become abnormally active, producing clots that obstruct the blood vessels, cut off blood supply to various organs and in time alter the functioning of these organs.

Question 54

dyscarasia

Answer 54

any abnormal condition of the blood

Question 55

edema

Answer 55

accumulation of fluid in the intercellular space

Question 56

edemateous

Answer 56

the adjective form of edema

Question 57

eosinopenia

Answer 57

deficiency in the number of eosinophils in the blood

Question 58

eosinophilia

Answer 58

elevation in the number of eosiniphils in the blood