Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
54 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
bilirubin
|
Orange-yellow pigment in bile. It is formed by the breakdown of hemoglobin when red blood cells die.
|
|
|
fibrinogen
|
Plasma protein that is converted to fibrin in the clotting process
|
|
|
hemolysis
|
Destruction or breakdown of blood (red blood cells)
|
|
|
heparin
|
Anticoagulant found in blood and tissue cells.
|
|
|
bas/o
|
base (alkaline, the opposite of acid)
|
|
|
chrom/o
|
color
|
|
|
coagul/o
|
clotting
|
|
|
cyt/o
|
cell
|
|
|
eosin/o
|
red, dawn, rosy
|
|
|
erythr/o
|
red
|
|
|
granul/o
|
granules
|
|
|
hem/o
|
blood
|
|
|
hemaglobin/o
|
hemaglobin
|
|
|
is/o
|
same, equal
|
|
|
kary/o
|
nucleus
|
|
|
leuk/o
|
white
|
|
|
mon/o
|
one, single
|
|
|
morph/o
|
shape, form
|
|
|
myel/o
|
bone marrow
|
|
|
neutr/o
|
neutral (neither base nor acid)
|
|
|
nucle/o
|
nuclues
|
|
|
phag/o
|
eat, swallow
|
|
|
poikil/o
|
varried, irregular
|
|
|
sider/o
|
iron
|
|
|
spher/o
|
globe, round
|
|
|
thromb/o
|
clot
|
|
|
-apheresis
|
removal,a carrying away
|
|
|
-blast
|
immature cell, embryonic
|
|
|
-cytosis
|
abnormal condition of cell
|
|
|
-emia
|
blood condition
|
|
|
-globin, globulin
|
protein
|
|
|
-lytic
|
pertaining to destruction
|
|
|
-oid
|
derived from
|
|
|
-osis
|
abnormal condition
|
|
|
-penia
|
deficiency
|
|
|
-phage
|
eat, swallow
|
|
|
-philia
|
attraction for (increase in cell numbers)
|
|
|
-phoresis
|
carrying, transmission
|
|
|
-poiesis
|
formation
|
|
|
-stasis
|
stop, control
|
|
|
anemia
|
deficiency in erythrocytes or hemoglobin
|
|
|
aplastic anemia
|
Failure of blood cell production due to aplasia ( absence of development, formation) of bone marrow cells.
|
|
|
hemolytic anemia
|
reduction in red cells due to excessive destruction
|
|
|
pernicious anemia
|
Lack of mature erythrocytes caused by inability to absorb vitamin B into the body
|
|
|
sickle cell anemia
|
a hereditary condition charactterized by abnormal sickly shape of erythrocytes and by hemolysis.
|
|
|
thalassemia
|
an inherited defect in the ability to produce hemoglobin , usually seen in persons of Mediterranean backround
|
|
|
hemochromatosis
|
excess iron deposits throughout the body
|
|
|
hemophilia
|
Excessive bleeding caused by hereditary lack of one of the protein substances necessary for blood clotting.
|
|
|
multiple myeloma
|
malignant neoplasm of bone marrow
|
|
|
antiglobulin test
|
test for the presence of antibodies that coat and damage erythrocytes
|
|
|
bleeding time
|
time required for blood to stop flowing from a tiny puncture wound
|
|
|
prothrombin time
|
test of the ability of blood to clot
|
|
|
partial thromboplastin time
|
measures the presence of plasma factors that act in a portion of the coagulation pathway
|
|
|
hematocit GCT
|
Percentage of erythrocytes in a volume of blood.
|
