Week 6

Question 1

Anemia

Answer 1

Decreased number of RBCs

Question 2

Hematology

Answer 2

Medical specialty of the blood and its disorders

Question 3

Plasma

Answer 3

Fluid, noncellular component of blood

Question 4

Platelet (thrombocyte)

Answer 4

Small particle involved in the clotting process

Question 5

Serum

Answer 5

Fluid remaining after removal of blood cells and the formation of a clot

Question 6

Erythrocyte

Answer 6

RBC

Question 7

Hemoglobin

Answer 7

Red-pigmented protein that is the main component of RBCs

Question 8

Hemolysis

Answer 8

Destruction of RBCs so that Hb is liberated

Question 9

Hypoxia

Answer 9

Below normal levels of oxygen in tissues

Question 10

Pallor

Answer 10

Paleness to skin

Question 11

Pancytopenia

Answer 11

Deficiency of all types of blood cells

Question 12

Coagulation

Answer 12

Process of blood clotting

Question 13

Embolus

Answer 13

Detached piece of thrombus, a mass of bacteria, quantity of air, or foreign body that blocks a blood vessel

Question 14

Fibrin

Answer 14

Stringy protein fiber that is a component of blood clot

Question 15

Hematoma

Answer 15

Collection of blood that has escaped from vessels into surrounding tissues

Question 16

Hemostasis

Answer 16

Control of or stopping bleeding

Question 17

Antibody

Answer 17

Protein produced in response to an antigen

Question 18

Antigen

Answer 18

Substance capable of triggering an immune response

Question 19

Infusion

Answer 19

Introduction intravenously of a substance other than blood

Question 20

Transfusion

Answer 20

Transfer of blood or a blood component from donor to recipient

Question 21

Allergen

Answer 21

Substance creating a hypersensitivity rxn (allergic)

Question 22

Node

Answer 22

A circumscribed mass of tissue

Question 23

Pathogen

Answer 23

A disease-causing microorganism

Question 24

Efferent

Answer 24

Moving away from a center

Question 25

Afferent

Answer 25

Moving towards a center

Question 26

Immune

Answer 26

Protected from an infectious disease

Question 27

Interstitial

Answer 27

Pertaining to spaces between cells in a tissue or organ

Question 28

Autoimmune

Answer 28

Immune rxn directed against a person's own tissue

Question 29

Anaphylaxis

Answer 29

Immediate severe allergic response

Question 30

Hypersensitivity

Answer 30

Exaggerated abnormal rxn to an allergen

Question 31

Immunodeficiency

Answer 31

Failure of the immune system

Question 32

Immunosuppression

Answer 32

Failure of the immune system caused by an outside agent