Medical Terminology - Chapter 9 - Blood, Lymph, And Immune Systems

Front 1

antibody

Back 1

protective protein produced by B lymphocytes in response to presence of a foreign substance called an antigen

Front 2

antigen

Back 2

substance recognized as harmful to the host and stimulates formation of antibodies in an immunocompetent individual

Front 3

bile pigments

Back 3

substances derived from the breakdown of hemoglobin, produced by the liver, and excreted in the born of bile

Front 4

cytokines

Back 4

chemical substances produced by certain cells that initiate, inhibit, increase, or decrease the activity of other cells

Hint 4

cytokines are important chemical communicators in the immune response, regulating many activities associated with immunity and inflammation

Front 5

extracellular fluid

Back 5

all body fluids found outside cells, including interstitial fluid, plasma, lymph, and CSF

Hint 5

provides stable environment for body cells

Front 6

host

Back 6

organism that maintains and harbors another organism

Front 7

immunocompetent

Back 7

ability to develop an immune response, or the ability to recognize antigens and respond to them

Front 8

natural killer cells

Back 8

specialized lymphocytes that kill abnormal cells by releasing chemicals that destroy the cell membrane causing its intracellular fluids to leak out

Hint 8

NK cells destroy virally infected cells and tumor cells

Front 9

aden/o

Back 9

gland

Front 10

agglutin/o

Back 10

clumping, gluing

Front 11

bas/o

Back 11

base, alkaline

Front 12

blast/o

Back 12

embryonic cell

Front 13

eosin/o

Back 13

dawn (rose-colored)

Front 14

granul/o

Back 14

granule

Front 15

hem/o

hemat/o

Back 15

blood

Front 16

immun/o

Back 16

immune, immunity, safe

Front 17

lymphaden/o

Back 17

lymph gland

Front 18

lymph/o

Back 18

lymph

Front 19

lymphangi/o

Back 19

lymph vessel

Front 20

myel/o

Back 20

bine marrow, spinal cord

Front 21

neutr/o

Back 21

neutral, neither

Front 22

phag/o

Back 22

swallowing, eating

Front 23

plas/o

Back 23

formation, growth

Front 24

poikil/o

Back 24

vaired, irregular

poikilocyte- cell that is irregular or varies in shape

Front 25

reticul/o

Back 25

net, mesh

Front 26

ser/o

Back 26

serum

Front 27

sider/o

Back 27

iron

sideropenia - deficiency of iron

Front 28

splen/o

Back 28

spleen

Front 29

thromb/o

Back 29

blood clot

Front 30

thym/o

Back 30

thymus gland

Front 31

-blast

Back 31

embryonic cell

Front 32

-emia

Back 32

blood condition

Front 33

-globin

Back 33

protein

Front 34

-graft

Back 34

transplantation

Front 35

-osis

Back 35

abnormal condition, increase (used primarily with blood cells)

Front 36

-penia

Back 36

decrease, deficiency

Front 37

-phil

Back 37

attraction for

Front 38

-phoresis

Back 38

carrying, transmission

Front 39

-phylaxis

Back 39

protection

Front 40

-poiesis

Back 40

formation, production

Front 41

-stasis

Back 41

standing still

Front 42

allo-

Back 42

other, differing from the normal

Front 43

aniso-

Back 43

unequal, dissimilar

Front 44

iso-

Back 44

same, equal

Front 45

anisocytosis

Back 45

condition of marked variation in the size of erythrocytes when observed on blood smear

Front 46

ascites

Back 46

accumulation of serous fluid in the peritoneal or pleural cavity

Front 47

bacteremia

Back 47

presence of viable bacteria circulating in the bloodstream usually transient in nature

Front 48

graft rejection

Back 48

destruction of transplanted organ or tissue by recipients immune system

Front 49

graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)

Back 49

condition that occurs following bone marrow transplant in which the immune cells in the transplanted bone marrow produce antibodies against the host's tissues

Hint 49

GVHD can be acute or chronic. the cute form appears within 2 months of the transplant, the chronic form usually appears within 3 months. GVHD may also occur as a reaction to a blood transfusion

Front 50

hematoma

Back 50

localized accumulation of blood, usually closeted, in an organ, space or tissue due to a break in or severing of a blood vessel

Front 51

hemoglobinopathy

Back 51

any disorder caused by abnormalities in the hemoglobin molecule

Front 52

hemolysis

Back 52

destruction of RBCs with a release of hemoglobin that diffuses into the surrounding fluid

Front 53

immunity

Back 53

state of being protected against infectious disease

Front 54

active immunity

Back 54

immunity produced by the person's own immune system

Front 55

passive immunity

Back 55

immunity in which antibodies or other immune substances formed in one individual are transferred to another individual to provide immediate temporary immunity

Front 56

lymphadenopathy

Back 56

any disease of the lymph nodes

Front 57

lymphosarcoma

Back 57

malignant neoplastic disorder of lymphatic tissue (not related to hodgkin disease)

Front 58

septicemia

Back 58

serious, life-threatening bloodstream infection that may arise from other infections throughout the body, such as pneumonia, UTIs, meningitis, or infections of the bone or GI tract, also called blood infection or blood poisoning

Front 59

serology

Back 59

lab test to detect the presence of antibodies, antigens, or immune substances

Front 60

titer

Back 60

blood test that measures the amount of antibodies in blood, commonly used as indicator for immune status