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The Blood13
Key Terms & Word Anatomy
Question | Answer |
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Clumping of cells due to an antigen-antibody reaction | Agglutination |
Abnormally low level of hemoglobin or red cells in the blood, resulting in inadequate delivery of oxygen to the tissues | Anemia |
Foreign substance that produces an immune response. | Antigen |
Serum containing antibodies that may be given to provide passive immunity; immune serum | Antiserum |
An instrument that separates materials ion a mixture based on density. | Centrifuge |
Clotting, as of the blood | Coagulation |
Precipitate formed when plasma is frozen and then thawed. | Cryoprecipitate |
Red Blood cell | Erythrocyte |
Blood protein that forms a blood clot | Fibrin |
Volume percentage of red blood cells in whole blood; packed cell volume | Hematocrit |
Iron-containing protein in red blood cells that binds oxygen | Hemoglobin |
Rupture of red blood cells | Hemolysis |
Loss of blood | Hemorrhage |
Stoppage of bleeding | Hemostasis |
Malignant blood disease characterized by abnormal development of white blood cells | Leukemia |
Very large cell that gives rise to blood platelets | Megakaryocyte |
Liquid portion of the blood | Plasma |
Cell fragment that forms a plug to stop bleeding and acts in blood clotting | Platelet |
Another term for Platelet, which is a cell fragment that forms a plug to stop bleeding and acts in blood clotting. | Thrombocyte |
Liquid portion of blood without clotting factors; thin, watery fluid | Serum |
Deficiency of platelets in the blood | Thrombocytopenia |
Introduction of blood or blood components directly into the blood stream | Transfusion |
Erythro/o | Red, Red blood cell |
Leuk/o | White, Colorless |
Thromb/o | Blood clot |
Hemat/o | Blood |
Hemo | Blood |
Morph/o | Shape |
Lymph/o | Lymph, Lymphatic system |
Mon/o | Single, one |
Phag/o | eat, ingest |
Macr/o | large |
Kary/o | Nucleus |
-gen | Producing, originating |
pro- | before, in front of |
-lysis | Loosening, dissolving, separating |
cry/o | Cold |
-emia (from -hemia) | Blood |
-penia | lack of |