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Korahs Anatomy 1 & 2
Anatomy chap 11 Blood
Vocabulary Word | Definitions |
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Anemia | deficient number of red blood cells or deficient hemoglobin |
Antibodies | substance produced by the body that destroys or inactivates a specific substance (antigen) that has entered the body |
Antigen | substance that, when introduced into the body, causes formation of antibodies against it |
Basophil | white blood cell that stains readily with basic dyes |
Buffy Coat | The layer of WBC's and platelets between the packed RBCs on the bottom of the hematocrit tube and the liquid layer of plasma above |
Carbaminohemoglobin | The compound formed by the union of carbon dioxide with hemoglobin |
Embolism | Obstruction of a blood vessel by foreign matter carried in the bloodstream |
Embolus | A blood clot or other substance (bubble of air) that is moving in the blood and may block a blood vessel |
Eosinphil | WBC that is readily stained by eosin |
Erythroblastosis Fetalis | A disease that may develop when an Rh-negative mother has anti-Rh antibodies and gives birth to an Rh-positive baby and the antibodies react with the Rh-positive cells of the baby |
Erythrocyte | Red Blood Cells |
Fibrin | insoluble protein in clotted blood |
Fibrinogen | soluble blood protein that is converted to insoluble fibrin during clotting |
Hematocrit | volume percent of blood cells in whole blood |
Hemoglobin | inron-containing protein in red blood cells |
Heprin | substance obtained from the liver; inhibits blood clotting |
Leukemia | blood cancer characterized by an increase in white blood cells |
Leukocyte | white blood cells |
Leukocytosis | abnormally high white blood cell numbers in the blood |
Leukopenia | abnormally low whit blood cell numbers in the blood |
Lymphocyte | one type of white blood cell |
Monocyte | a phagocyte |
Neutrophil | white blood cell that stains readily with neutral dyes |
Oxyhemoglobin | hemoglobin combined with oxygen |
Pernicious Anemia | a deficiency of red blood cells because of a lack of vitamin B12 |
Phagocyte | WBCs that engulf microbes and digest them |
Plasma | the liquid part of the blood |
Plasma protein | any of several proteins normally found in the plasma; includes albumins, globulins, and fibrinogen |
Polycythemia | an excessive number of RBCs |
Prothrombin | a protein present in normal blood that is required for blood clotting |
Prothrombin activator | a protein formed by clotting factors from damaged tissue cells and platelets; it converts prothrombin into thrombin, a step essential to forming a blood clot |
Serum | blood plasma minus its clotting factors, still contains antibodies |
Thrombin | protein important in blood clotting |
Thrombocyte | also calle3d platelets; play a role in blood clotting |
Thrombosis | formation of a clot in a blood vessel |
Thrombus | stationary blod clot |