Vocabulary

Question 0

Specific protein (immunoglobin) produced by lymphocytes in response to bacteria,viruses or other antigens. An antibody is specific to an antigen and inactivates it

Answer 0

Antibody

Question 1

Protein in the blood; maintains the proper amount of water in the blood

Answer 1

Albumin

Question 2

Substance (usually foreign) that stimulates the production of an antibody

Answer 2

Antigen

Question 3

White blood cell containing granules that stain blue; associated with release of histamine and heparin

Answer 3

Basophil

Question 4

Orange-yellow pigment in bile; formed by the breakdown of hemoglobin when rbcs are destroyed

Answer 4

Bilirubin

Question 5

Blood clotting

Answer 5

Coagulation

Question 6

Protein that stimulates growth of white blood cells (granulocytes)

Answer 6

Colony-stimulating factor

Question 7

Differentiation

Answer 7

Change in structure and function of a cell as it matures; specialization

Question 8

Method of separating serum proteins by electrical charge

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Electrophoresis

Question 9

White blood cell containing granules that stain red; associated with allergic reactions

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Eosinophil

Question 10

Immature red blood cell

Answer 10

Erythroblast

Question 11

Erythrocyte

Answer 11

Red blood cell

Question 12

Hormone secreted by the kidneys; stimulates red blood cell formation

Answer 12

Erythropoietin

Question 13

Protein that forms the basis of a blood clot

Answer 13

Fibrin

Question 14

Plasma protein that is converted to fibrin in the clotting process

Answer 14

Fibrinogen

Question 15

Plasma protein; (alpha, beta, and gamma)

Answer 15

Globulin

Question 16

Granulocyte

Answer 16

White blood cell with numerous dark-staining granules: eosinophil, neutrophil and basophil

Question 17

Cell in the bone marrow that gives rise to all types of blood cells

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Hematopoietic stem cell

Question 18

Blood protein containing iron; carries oxygen in rbcs

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Hemoglobin

Question 19

Destruction or breakdown of blood (rbcs)

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Hemolysis

Question 20

Anticoagulant found in blood and tissue cells

Answer 20

Heparin

Question 21

Response of the immune system to foreign invasion

Answer 21

Immune reaction

Question 22

Protein with antibody activity

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Immunoglobin

Question 23

Leukocyte

Answer 23

White blood cell

Question 24

Lymphocyte

Answer 24

Mononuclear leukocyte that produces antibodies

Question 25

Macrophage

Answer 25

Monocyte that migrates from the blood to tissue spaces. As a phagocyte it engulfs foreign material and debris. In the liver, spleen and bone marrow it destroys worn out rbcs

Question 26

Large platelet precursor cell found in the bone marrow

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Megakaryocyte

Question 27

Leukocyte with one large nucleus, engulfs foreign material and debris

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Monocyte

Question 28

Pertaining to a cell (leukocyte) with a single round nucleus; lymphocytes and monocytes

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Mononuclear

Question 29

Immature bone marrow that gives rise to granulocytes

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Myeloblast

Question 30

Granulocytic leukocyte formed in the bone marrow, phagocytic tissue-fighting cell

Answer 30

Neutrophil

Question 31

Liquid portion of the blood; contains water,proteins,salts, nutrients lipids hormones and vitamins

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Plasma

Question 32

Removal of the plasma from withdrawn blood by centrifuge

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Plasmapheresis

Question 33

Small blood fragment that collects at sites of injury to begin the clotting process

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Platelet

Question 34

Pertaining to a white blood cell with a multi lobed neutrophil

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Polymorphonuclear

Question 35

Plasma protein; concerted to thrombin in the clotting process

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Prothrombin

Question 36

Immature erythrocyte. A network of strands is seen after staining the cell with special dyes

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Reticulocyte

Question 37

Antigen on rbc of rh-positive individuals

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Rh factor

Question 38

Plasma minus clotting proteins and cells

Answer 38

Serum

Question 39

Unspecialized cell that gives rise to mature, specialized forms

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Stem cell

Question 40

Enzyme that converts fibrinogen to fibrin during coagulation

Answer 40

Thrombin

Question 41

Platelet

Answer 41

Thrombocyte