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51 Cards in this Set
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blast/o
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germ or bud
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chrom/o, chromat/o
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color
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chyl/o
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juice or fluid
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cyt/o
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cell
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hem/o, hemat/o
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blood
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immun/o
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safe
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lymph/o
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clear fluid
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morph/o
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form
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myel/o
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bone marrow or spinal cord
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phag/o
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eat or swallow (think esophagus)
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reticul/o
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a net
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splen/o
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spleen
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thromb/o
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clot
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thym/o
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thymus gland
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plasma
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liquid portion of the blood and lymph
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serum
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liquid portion of the blood that remains after clotting
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erythrocyte
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red blood cell
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leukocyte
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white blood cell
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granulocytes
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group of leukocytes containing granules in their cytoplasm
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neurtophil
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granular leukocyte
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basophil
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granular leukocyte names for the dark stain of it's granules
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lymphocyte
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an agranulocytic leukocyte that is active in the process of immunity
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monocyte
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an angranulocytic leukocyte that performs phagocytosis to fight infection
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platelets
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thrombocytes; call fragments in the blood that are essential for blood clotting
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thymus
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primary gland of the lymphatic system
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spleen
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organ between stomach and diaphgram that filters out aging blood cells, removes cellular debris, and provides an environment for lymphocytes
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lymph
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fluid that is circulated through the lymph vessels
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lymph capillaries
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microscopic vessels that draw lymph from tissues to the lymph vessels
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lymph vessels
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vessels that receive lymph from the lymph capillaries and circulate it to the lymph nodes
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lymph nodes
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many small, oval structures that fileter lymph from the lymph vessels
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lymph ducts
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collecting channels that carry lymph from the lymph nodes to the veins
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immunity
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process of disease protection induced by exposure to an antigen
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antigen
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a substance, that when introduced into the body, causes the formation of antibodies against it
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antibody
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a substance produced by the body that destroys an antigen that has entered the body
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active immunity (chicken pox)
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long lasting immunity that results from stimulating the body to produce its own antibodies ("artificially")
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passive immunity
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short lasting immunity that results from foreign antibodies that are conveyed "naturally"
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acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)
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syndrome caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
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anemia
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condition of reduced number of red blood cells
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aplastic anemia
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failure of bone marrow to produce red blood cells
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iron deficiency anemia
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microcytic hypochromic type of anemia characterized by a lack of iron
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pernicious anemia
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macrocytic normochromatic type of anemia characterized by an inadequate supply of vitamin b12
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autoimmune disease
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any disorder characterized by abnormal function of the immune system that causes the body to produce antibodies against itself
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erthroblastosis fetalis
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disorder that results from the incompatability of a fetus with Rh positive blood and a mother with Rh negative blood
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Rh factor
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presence or lack of antigens on the surface of red blood cells
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Rh positive
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presence of antigens
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Rh negative
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absence of antigens
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hemophilia
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groud of hereditary bleeding disorders caused by a defect in clotting factors necessary for the coagulation of blood
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metastasis
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process in which cancer cells are spread by blood or lymph circulation to a distant organ
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septicemia
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systemic disease caused by infection with microorganisms and their toxins in circulating blood
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anticoagulant
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druf that prevents clotting of the blood
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hemostatic
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drug that stops the flow of blood within the vessels
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