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Chapter18 hematolog
Question | Answer |
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Ameboid movement | movement used by leuocytes that permits them to propel themselves from the capillaries into the tissue |
anemia | a condition in which there is a decrease in the erythrocytes or amount of hemoglobin in the blood |
bilirubin | an orange colored bile pigment produced by the break down of heme from the hemoglobin molecule |
diadesis | the ameboid movement of blood cells through the wall of a capillary and out into the tissue |
hematology | the study of blood and blood forming tissues |
hemoglobin | the iron containing pigment of erthrocytes that transports oxygen in the body |
hemolysis | the breakdown of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin into the plasma |
leukocytosis | an abnormal decrease in the number of white blood cells |
leukopenia | an abnormal decrease in the number of white blood cells |
oxyhemoglobin | hemoglobin that has combined with oxygen |
phagocytosis | the engulfing and destruction of foreign particles such as bacteria by special cells called phagocytes |
polycythemia | a disorder in which there is an increase int he red blood cell mass |