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Chapter 9 The Blood and Lymphatic Systems
The Blood and Lymphatic Systems, Dr. T, EU
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
10/03/2011

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Agglutination
Definition

The clumpting of cells as a result of interaction with specific antibodies called agglutinins. 

Agglutinins are used in blood typing and in identifiying or estimating the strength of immunoglobulins or immune serums

 

(ah-gloo-tih-NAY-shun)

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Albumin
Definition

A plasma protein. Various albumins are found in practically all animal tissues and in many plant tissues. In blood, albumin helps maintain blood volume and blood pressure

 

(al-BEW-min)

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Allergen
Definition

A substance that can produce a hypersensitive reaction in teh body

 

(AL-er-jin)

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Anaphylaxis
Definition

An exaggerated, life-threatening hypersensitivity reaction to a preveiously encountered antigen

 

(an-ah-fih-LAK-sis)

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Anisocytosis
Definition

An abnormal condition of the blood characterized by red blood cells of variable and abnormal size

 

(an-ih-soh-sigh-TOH-sis)

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Antibodies
Definition
Substances produced by the body in response to bacteria, viruses, or other foreign substances. Each class of antibody is named for its action. 
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Antigens
Definition
A substance, usually a protein, that causes the formation of an antibody and reacts specifically with that antibody
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Ascites
Definition

An abnormal intraperitoneal (within the peritoneal cavity) accumulation of a fluid containing large amoutns of proteins and electrolytes

 

(ah-SIGH-teez)

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Basophil
Definition

A granulocytic white blood cell characterized by cytoplasmic granules that stain blue when exposed to a basic dye. 

Basophils represent 1% or less of the total white blood cell count. 

 

(BAY-soh-fill)

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Bilirubin
Definition

The orange-yellow pigment of bile formed principally by the breakdown of hemoglobin in red blood cells after termination of their normal life span. 

 

(bill-ih-ROO-bin)

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Coagulation
Definition
The process of transforming a liquid into a solid, especially of the blood
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Corpuscle
Definition

Any cell of the body; a red or white blood cell

 

(KOR-pus-ehl)

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Dyscrasia
Definition

An abnormal condition of the blood or bone marrow, 

such as leukemia, aplastic anemia, or prenatal Rh incompatibility

 

(dis-KRAY-zee-ah)

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Edema
Definition

The abnormal accumulation of fluid in interstitial spaces of tissues

 

(eh-DEE-ma)

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Electrophoresis
Definition
The movement of charged suspended particles through a liquid medium in response to charnges in an electric field. Charged particles of a given substance migrate in a predictable direction and at a characteristic speed
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Eosinophil
Definition
A granulocytic, bilobed leukocyte somewhat larger than a neutrophile characterize by large numbers of coarse, refractile, cytoplasmic granules that stain with the acid dye eosin
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Erythremia
Definition

An abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells

 

(ehr-rih-THREE-mee-ah)

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Erythroblast
Definition
An immature red blood cell
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Erythroctye
Definition
A mature red blood cell
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Erythropoiesis
Definition

The process of red blood cell production

 

(eh-rith-roh-poy-EE-sis)

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Erythropoietin
Definition
A hormone synthesized mainly in the kidneys and released into the bloodstream in response to anoxia (lack of oxygen). The hormone acts to stimulate and regulate the production of erythrocytes and is thus able to increase the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood 
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Fibrin
Definition
A stringy, insoluble protein that is the substance of a blood clot
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Fibrinogen
Definition
a plasma protein convered into fibrin by thrombin in the presence of calcium ions 
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Globin
Definition

A group of four globulin protein molecules that become bound by the iron in heme molecules to form hemoglobin

 

(GLOH-bin)

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Globulin
Definition
A plasma protein made int eh liver. Globulin helps in teh synthesis of antibodies
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Granulocyte
Definition

A type of leukocyte characterize by the presence of cytoplasmic granuels

 

(GRAN-yew-loh-sight)

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Hematologist
Definition
A medical specialist in the field of hematology
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Hematology
Definition

the scientific study of blood and blood-forming tissues

 

(hee-mah-TALL-oh-jee)

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Hemoglobin
Definition
A complex protein-iron compound in the blood that carries oxygen to the cells from the lungs and carbon dioxide away from the cells to the lungs
Term
Hemolysis
Definition

The breakdown of red blood cells and the release of hemoglobin that occurs normally at the end of the life span of a red cell 

Term
Hemorrhage
Definition

A loss of a large amount of blood in a short period of time, either externally or internally. Hemorrhage may be arterial, venous, or capillary

 

(HEM-eh-rij)

Term
Hemostasis
Definition

The terminatin of bleeding by mechanical or chemical means or by the complex coagulation process of the body, consisting of vasoconstriction, platelet aggregation, and thrombin and fibrin synthesis. 

 

(hee-moh-STAY-sis)

Term
Heparin
Definition

A naturally occurring anticlotting factor present in the body

 

(HEP-er-in)

Term
Hyperalbuminemia
Definition

an increased level of albumin in the blood

 

(high-per-al-byoo-mih-NEE-mee-ah)

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Hyperbilirubinemia
Definition
greater than normal amounts of the bile pigment, bilirubin, in the blood
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Hyperlipemia
Definition

An excessive level of blood fats, usually caused by a lipoprotein lipase deficiency or a defect in the conversion of low-density lipoproteins to high-density lipoproteins; also called hyperlipidemia


(high-per-lip-EE-mee-ah)

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Leukocyte
Definition

A white blood cell, one of the formed elements of the circulating blood system

 

(LOO-koh-sight)

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Leukocytopenia
Definition

an abnormal decrease in number of white blood cells to fewer than 5,000 cells per cubic millimter 

 

(loo-koh-sigh-toh-PEE-nee-ah)

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Megakaryoctye
Definition

An extremely large bone marrow cell

 

(meg-ah-KAIR-ee-oh-sight)

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Monocyte
Definition

A large mononuclear leukocyte

 

(MON-on-sight)

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Myeloid
Definition

Of or pertaining to the bone marrow or the spinal cord

 

(MY-eh-loyd)

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Neutrophil
Definition

A polymorphonuclear (multilobed nucleus) granular leukocyte that stains easily with neutral dyes

 

(NOO-troh-fill)

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Pancytopenia
Definition

A marked reduciton in the number of the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets

 

(pan-sigh-toh-PEE-nee-ah)

Term
Pica
Definition

A craving to eat unusually substances (non-food substances), including but not limited to things such as clay, dirt, starch, chalk, glue, ice, and hair. 

This appetite disorder occurs with some nutritional deficiency states such as iron deficiency anemia. It may also occur in pregnancy. 

 

(PIE-kah)

Term
Plasma
Definition

The watery, straw-colored, fluid portion of the lymph and the blood in which the leukocytes, erythrocytes, and platelets are suspended. 

 

(PLAZ-mah)

Term
Platelet
Definition
A clotting cell; a thrombocyte
Term
Prothrombin
Definition

A plasma protein precursor of thrombin. It is synthesized in teh liver if adequate vitamin K is presnet 

 

Term
Reticulocyte
Definition

An immature erythrocyte characterized by a meshlike pattern of threads adn particles at the former site of the nucleus

 

(reh-TIK-yoo-loh-sight)

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Septicemia
Definition

Systemic infection in which pathogens are present in the circulating bloodstream, having spread from an infectin in any part of the body

 

(sep-tih-SEE-mee-ah)

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Seroconversion
Definition

A change in serologic tests from negative to positive as antibodies develop in reaction to an infection or vaccine

 

(see-roh-con-VER-zhun)

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Serology
Definition

The branch of laboratory medicine that studies blood serum for evidence of infeciton by evaluatin gantigen-antibody reactions

 

(see-RALL-oh-jee)

Term
Serum
Definition

Also called blood serum. The clear, thin, and skicky fluid portion of the blood that remains after coagulation. Serum contains no blood cells, platelets, or fibrinogen

 

(SEE-rum)

Term
Splenomegaly
Definition

An abnormal enlargement of the spleen

 

(splee-noh-MEG-ah-lee)

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Stem Cell
Definition
A formative cell; a cell whose daughter cells may give rise to other cell types
Term
Thrombin
Definition
An enzyme formed from prothrombin, calcium, and thromboplastin in plasma during the clotting process. It causes fibrinogen to change to fibrin, which is essential in the formation of a clot. 
Term
Thrombocyte
Definition
A clotting cell; a platelet
Term
Thrombocytopenia
Definition

An abnormal hematologic condition in which the number of platelets is reducted

 

(throm-boh-sigh-toh-PEE-nee-ah)

Term
Thromboplastin
Definition

A complex substance that initiates teh clotting process by converting prothrombin into thrombin in teh presence of calcium ion

 

(throm-boh-PLAST-in)

Term
Thrombus
Definition
A clot
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Anemia
Definition

there is a decrease in hemoglobin in teh blood to levels below the normal range, resulting in a deficiency of oxygen being delevered to the cells 

 

(an-NEE-mee-ah)

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