hemolymphatic system Flashcards
germ, bud
blast/o, -blast
color
chrom/o
juice
chyl/o
blood
hemo, hemato
safe
immun/o
lymph, clear fluid
lymph/o
form
morph/o
eat, swallow
phag/o, -plagia
formation
plas/o
net, web
reticul/o
spleen
splen/o
clot
thromb/o
thymus
thym/o
only fluid tissue in the body that transports various substances and protects the body
blood
filtration of pathogens that promotes immunity
lymph
same or alike
homo
standing
-stasis
liquid portion of blood and lymph
plasma
liquid portion of blood (plasma) after clotting; moistens serous membranes; produced when tissue is inflamed
serum
serum
ser/o
blood
hemato-
to separate
-crit
percentage of the packed blood cells that occupy a volume of a blood sample
hematocrit
protein molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body’s tissues and returns carbon dioxide from the tissues to the lungs
hemoglobin