A&P III-BLOOD STUDY GUIDE
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 HEMATOLOGY | a scientific study of blood and blood forming tissues |
| HEMATOLOGIST | medical speciqlist in the sutdy of hematology |
| PLASMA | 55 % of total blood |
| YELLOW FLUID | 90 % WATER |
| REMAINING 10% | electrolytes, proteins, fats, glucose and bilirubin, and gases, plasma proteins |
| Gamma | antibodies in immune system |
| Albumins | 60% plasma, protein, maintain normal blood volume and blood pressure |
| Fibriogens | 4% plasma protein, essential in the process of blood clotting |
| poikilocytosis | irregularity in shape |
| erythrocytopenia | deficiency in numbers |
| hypochromia | reduction of hemoglobin |
| microcytosis | increase of numbers in small cells |
| erythremia | polychtemia vera |
| microcytosis | increase in numbers of large cells |
| erythropoiesis | formation of red cells |
| Hemolysis | destruction of red cells |
| sickle cell anemia | crescent shape abnormal hemoglobin |
| aplastic anemia | lack of poor developed bone marrow |
| thalassemia | inability to produce hemoglobin |
| CLL | chronic lymphocytic leukemia |
| AML | acute myelogenous leukemia |
| autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura | antibody that destroys platelets |
| hemophilia | excessive bleeding caused by hereditary lack of protein |
| relieving but not curing | pallative |
| Deficiency of all blood cells | pancytopenia |
| increase in numbers of granulocytes seen in allergic conditions | eosinophilia |
| symptoms of disease return | relapse |
| multiple pinpoint hemorrhages blood accumulates under the skin | purpura |
| separation of blood into its components | apheresis |
| symptoms of disease disappear | remission |
| liquid portion of blood | plasma |
| antigen | substance that the body recognizes as foreign and invokes an immune response |
| RH factor | importan antigen located onthe surface of the RBC |
| How did RH get it name? | named after the rhesus monkey |
| hemopoiesis | formation of blood |
| hemocytoblasts | immature blood cell |
| differentiation | changes in tructure and function of a cell as it matures specialization |
| oxyhemoglobin | protein and iron containing oxygen |
| typed of granulocytes | eosinophil, neutrophil, and basophil |
| thrombocytes | platelets formed in red bone marrow |
| agglutination | process of clumping together |
| polycythemia vera | general increase in blood cells |
| hemochromatosis | excessive iron deposits through out the body |
| pernicious anemia | resulting from deficiency of mature RBC's |
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