phlebotomy medical terminology
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ACCESSIONING | ASSIGNING A UNIQUE NUMBER FOR PATIENT IDENTIFICATION |
| ALBUMIN | THE MOST ABUNDANT PROTEIN IN PLASMA |
| ANASTOMOSIS | THE POINT OF UNION OF TWO HOLLOW OR TUBULAR STRUCTURES; THE CONNECTION OF VEINS |
| ANEMIA | CONDITION IN WHICH THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF RED CELLS IS REDUCED |
| ANGIOLOGY | THE SCIENCE OF BLOOD VESSELS AND LYMPHATICS |
| ANTECUBITAL FOSSA | THE BEND OF THE ARM ADJACENT TO THE ELBOW; THE AREA MOST FREQUENTLY USED FOR VENIPUNCTURES. |
| ANTIBODY | A PROTEIN PRODUCED BY THE BODY WHICH REACTS SPECIFICALLY WITH A FOREIGN SUBSTANCE IN THE BODY. ANTIBODIES ARE PRODUCED BY PLASMA CELLS IN LYMPHOID TISSUE. |
| ANTICOAGULANT | SERVING TO PREVENT THE COAGULATION OF BLOOD. |
| ANTIGEN | ANY PROTEIN NOT NORMALLY PRESENT IN THE BODY AND WHEN INTRODUCED INTO THE BODY STIMULATES THE PRODUCTION OF AN ANTIBODY |
| AORTA | LARGEST ARTERY OF THE BODY. |
| APATHY | LACK OF EMOTION, WITHOUT FEELING, INSENSITIVE |
| ARTERIOLE | A MINUTE ARTERIAL BRANCH WHICH LEADS TO A CAPILLARY. |
| ARTERY | A VESSEL THROUGH WHICH BLOOD PASSES AWAY FROM THE HEART TO THE TISSUES. |
| ATRIUM | A CHAMBER OF THE HEART. THE RIGHT ATRIUM RECEIVES BLOOD FROM THE UPPER PORTION OF THE BODY VIA THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA AND FROM THE LOWER PORTION OF THE BODY BY THE WAY OF THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA. THE LEFT ATRIUM RECEIVES BLOOD FROM THE LUNGS BY WAY OF FOUR PULMONARY VEINS. |
| BASILIC VEIN | LARGE VEIN ON THE INNER SIDE OF THE UPPER ARM |
| BRACHIAL ARTERY | ARTERY WHICH LIES BENEATH THE BASILIC VEIN IN THE ANTECUBITAL FOSSA |
| BUFFY COAT | THIN LAYER BETWEEN THE PLASMA AND RED CELLS IN A VOLUME OF DRAWN BLOOD THAT MOSTLY CONTAINS WHITE CELLS |
| CAROTID | MAJOR ARTERY IN THE NECK LEADING TO THE BRAIN. |
| CAPILLARY | SMALLEST BLOOD VESSEL THAT CONNECTS ARTERIES AND VEINS |
| CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE | (CVP) THE PRESSURE WITHIN THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA; IT REFLECTS THE PRESSURE UNDER WHICH THE BLOOD IS RETURNED TO THE RIGHT ATRIUM. |
| CENTRIFUGE | A DEVICE WHICH SPINS TEST TUBES AT HIGH SPEEDS CAUSING THE HEAVY PARTICLES IN THE LIQUID TO SETTLE TO THE BOTTOM AND THE LIGHTER LIQUID TO THE TOP. |
| CEPHALIC VEIN | LARGE VEIN ON THE OUTERMOST SIDE OF THE UPPER ARM. |
| CHEMOTHERAPY | THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE BY CHEMICAL AGENTS. PROLONGED TREATMENT CAUSES SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE VEINS, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN BLOOD. |
| COUMADIN | A BLOOD THINNING AGENT. PATIENTS TAKING COUMADIN ARE MONITORED BY A PROTHROMBIN TIME BLOOD TEST |
| CYTE | SUFFIX MEANING CELL (LYMPHOCYTE) |
| DIALYSIS | THE PROCESS OF SEPARATING SMALLER MOLECULES FROM LARGER |
| DIGOXIN | A DRUG USED FOR CARDIAC DISORDERS (LANOXIN) |
| EDEMA | AN ABNORMAL ACCUMULATION OF FLUIDS IN THE TISSUES. VENIPUNCTUES IN AN EDEMATOUS AREA CAN BE DIFFICULT AND TEST RESULTS WILL BE ERRONEOUS. |
| ELECTROCARDIOGRAM | TRACING OF THE HEARTS ACTIVITIES |
| EMPATHY | OBJECTIVE AWARENESS. THE RECOGNITION OF AND ENTERING INTO THE FEELINGS OF ANOTHER PERSON. |
| ENDOTHELIUM | THE LAYER OF EPITHELIAL CELLS THAT LINES THE CAVITIES OF THE HEART AND OF THE BLOOD AND LYMPH VESSELS |
| EPITHELIUM | CELLULAR SUBSTANCE OF SKIN AND MUCOUS MEMBRANE. |
| ERTHROCYTES | MATURE RED BLOOD CELLS FORMED IN THE BONE MARROW. |
| FEMORAL | PERTAINING TO THE FEMUR. THE FEMORAL VEIN AND ARTERY ARE LOCATED IN THE GROIN. |
| FIBRIN | PROTEIN SUBSTANCE PRODUCED BY ELEMENTS OF THE BLOOD AND TISSUES WHICH FORM A NETWORK AS THE BASE OF CLOTS. |
| FISTULA | THE ATTACHMENT OF A VEIN TO AN ARTERY TO CHANGE THE FLOW OF BLOOD. MOST COMMONLY SEEN IN DIALYSIS PATIENTS |
| FROTHING | BUBBLES CAUSED BY IMPROPER VENIPUNCTURE TECHNIQUE; NEEDLE NOT PROPERLY SEATED WITHIN THE LUMEN OF THE VEIN, OR USING TOO SMALL NEDDLE FOR VEIN SIZE. |
| GAUGE | THE DIAMETER OF A NEEDLE. THE RECOMMENDED GAUGES FOR VENIPUNCTURE ARE 20 AND 21 GA. THE LARGER THE NUMBER, THE SMALLER THE NEEDLE; AN 18 GA IS LARGER THAN 21 GA. |
| GERIATRIC | PERTAINING TO THE TREATMENT OF THE AGED |
| GLUCOSE | A SUGAR. THE MOST IMPORTANT CARBOHYDRATE IN BODY METABOLISM. |
| GREAT SAPHENOUS | THE LONGEST VEIN IN THE BODY |
| HEMA | PRFIX INDICATING BLOOD. |
| HEMATOCRIT | THE VOLUME PERCENTAGE OF ERYTHROCYTES IN WHOLE BLOOD |
| HEMATOLOGY | THE STUDY OF BLOOD AND BLOOD FORMING TISSUES |
| HEMATOMA | A LOCALIZED COLLECTION OF BLOOD, USUSALLY CLOTTED, IN AN ORGAN SPACE OR TISSUE DUE TO A BREAK IN THE WALL OF A BLOOD VESSEL. IT IS MOST COMMONLY CAUSED BY IMPROPER VENIPUNCTURE TECHNIQUE. |
| HEMO | PREFIX MEANING BLOOD |
| HEMOCONCENTRATION | THE CONCENTRATION OF BLOOD DUE TO PROLONGED APPLICATION OF A TOURNIQUET (LONGER THAN 1 MINUTE) |
| HEMOLYSIS | DESTRUCTION OF RED BLOOD CELLS WITH THE LIBERATION OF HEMOGLOBIN WHICH DIFFUSES INTO THE SURROUNDING FLUID. |
| HEMOSTASIS | THE STOPPAGE OF NORMAL BLOOD FLOW (WITH TOURNIQUET) WITH OUT STASSIS IS WITH OUT TOURNIQUET |
| HEPATITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER OF VIRUS OR TOXIC ORIGIN |
| HYPERGLYCEMIA | ABNORMALLY INCREASES AMOUNT OF SUGAR OR GLUCOSE IN THE BLOOD |
| HYPOGLYCEMIA | ABNORMALLY LOW BLOOD SUGAR OR GLUCOSE IN BLOOD |
| INCOHERENT | UNABLE TO THINK OR EXPRESS ONES THOUGHTS CLEARLY |
| INCONTINENT | UNABLE TO CONTROL BLADDER AND/OR BOWELS |
| INFERIOR VENA CAVA | THE PRINCIPAL VEIN DRAINING THE LOWER PORTION OF THE BODY |
| INSULIN | A HORMONE SECRETED BY THE PANCREAS CONCERNED WITH METABOLISM OF GLUCOSE IN THE BODY |
| IODINE | WHICH IS AN AGENT EFFECTIVE IN THE DESTRUCTION OF BACTERIA. ALCOHOL IS NOT A STERILIZING AGENT, THEREFORE IODINE IS USED TO PREP THE VENIPUNCTURE STIES FRO BLOOD CULTURE COLLECTIONS |
| LANOXIN | A DRUG FOR CARDIAC DISORDERS(DIGOXIN) |
| LETHARGIC | A CONDITION OF DROWINESS OR INDIFFERENCE |
| LEUKEMIA | A DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY EXCESSIVE PRODUCTION OF WBC'S |
| LEUKOCYTES | WHITE BLOOD CELLS |
| LIPEMIA | ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF FAT IN THE BLOOD. THE SERUM OF A LIPEMIC SPECIMEN APPEARS MILKY AND CLOUDY INSTEAD OF CLEAR AND YELLOW. |
| LIVER | LARGEST ORGAN IN THE BODY VITALLY CONCERNED WITH METABOLISM, BLOOD CLOTTING AND PROTEIN |
| LUMEN | THE SPACE WITHIN AN ARETERY, VEIN OR TUBE; THE OPEN PART OF THE VEIN THROUGH WITH BLOOD FLOWS. |
| MEDIAN CUBITAL VEIN | THE MAJOR VEIN OF THE ANTECUBITAL FOSSA MOST COMMONLY USED FOR VENIPUNCTURE. (MIDDLE) |
| METACARPAL VEINS | VEINS IN THE HANDS. |
| METATARSAL VEINS | VEINS IN THE FEET |
| MYELOSUPPRESSIVE | INHIBITING BONE MARROW ACTIVITY, RESULTING IN DECREASE PRODUCTION OF BLOOD CELLS AND PLATELETS. |
| MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION | BLOCKAGE OF THE MUSCULAR TISSUE OF THE HEART (HEART ATTACK) |
| NEONATAL | PERTAINING TO THE FIRST 6 WEEKS OF LIFE. |
| NOSOCOMIAL | HOSPITAL ACQUIRED INFECTIONS |
| PALPATE | TO EXAMINE BY TOUCH, TO FEEL FOR A VEIN AND BE ABLE TO JUDGE DEPTH, DIAMETER, PATENCY, AND DIRECTION |
| PANCREAS | AN ENDOCRINE GLAND WICH PRODUCES INSULIN. |
| PATENCY | THE STATE OF BEING FREELY OPEN.( A VEIN IS PATENT IF IT STILL RETAINS ITS ELASTICITY AND HAS NO BLOCKAGE EITHER FROM SCARRING OR BRUISING) |
| PATHOLOGY | THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF THE NATURE OF DISEASES |
| PERIPHERAL BLOOD | BLOOD OBTAINED FROM THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE BODY |
| PHLEBO | PREFIX MEANING VEIN |
| PHLEBOLOGY | THE STUDY OF VEINS AND THEIR DISEASES |
| PLASMA | THE CLEAR, YELLOWISH FLUID PORTION OF BLOOD IN WHICH CELLS ARE SUSPENDED. |
| PLATELETS | CELLULAR COMPONENTS IN THE BLOOD THAT AIDS IN THE COAGULATON. |
| PRANDIAL | PERTAING TO A MEAL. ( POST PRANDIAL IS AFTER A MEAL) |
| PULMONARY ARTERY | AN ARTERY IN WHICH BLOOD TRAVELS DIRECTLY FRON THE HEART TO THE LUNGS |
| PULMONARY VEINS | FOUR VEINS WHICH RETURN OXGENATED BLOOD FROM THE LUNGS TO THE LEFT ATRIUM OF THE HEART |
| RADIAL ARTERY | THE ARTERY LOCATED INTHE WRIST |
| RENAL | PERTAINING TO THE KIDNEYS |
| SCLEROSED | HARDENED AND OR THICKENED, AS IN THE WALL OF A DAMAGED VEIN. |
| SERUM | CLEAR WATERY FLUID WHICH SEPARATES FROM BLOOD WHEN IT CLOTS |
| SHUNT | AN ARTIFICIALLY CREATED PASSAGE TO CHANGE THE FLOW OF FLUIDS; TO DIVERT FLOW FROM ONE MAIN ROUTE TO ANOTHER. |
| SPLEEN | ORGAN SITUATED IN THE LEFT UPPER PART OF THE ABDOMEN WHICH MANUFACTURES, STORES AND DESTROYS BLOOD CELLS |
| SUPERIOR VENA CAVA | THE PRINCIPAL VEIN DRAINING THE UPPER PORTION OF THE BODY |
| SYNCOPE | FAINTING |
| SYNOVIAL FLUID | FLUID FROM THE JOINTS |
| THROMBOCYTES | PLATELETS |
| THROMBOSIS | FORMATION OF A CLOT WITHIN A BLOOD VESSEL |
| TRANSFIXION | THE ACT OF PIERCING THROUGH AN OBJECT WITH A POINTED WEAPON |
| URINALYSIS | THE EXAMINATION AND ANALYSIS OF URINE |
| VASCULAR | PERTAINING TO THE BLOOD VESSELS |
| VEIN | BLOOD VESSELS CARING BLOOD TO THE HEART, EXCEPT FOR THE PULMONARY VEINS, WHICH CARRY OXYGENATED BLOOD |
| VENIPUNCTURE | THE ACT OF PUNCTURING A VEIN TO OBTAIN A BLOOD SAMPLE |
| VENOUS BLOOD | BLOOD OBTAINED FROM A VEIN; OXYGEN-DEPLETED BLOOD WHICH IS DARKER THAN ARTERIAL BLOOD. |
| VENOUS RETURN | THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD RETURNING TO THE AROTA OF THE HEART |
| VENTRICLE | A SMALL CAVITY, SUCH AS ONE OF THE LOWER CHAMBERS OF THE HEART. |
| WHOLE BLOOD | BLOOD CONTAINING ALL COMPONENTS. ALSO REFERRED TO AS MACRO METHOD TECHNIQUE |
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