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Body tissue is composed of…
Formed elements suspended in plasma
Formed elements (cells)
-erythrocytes
-leukocytes
-platelets
Plasma (liquid)
-water
-proteins
-gases, salts
Serum
Blood plasma without the fibrinogens
Erythrocytes (RBC)
-hemoglobin
-protein
-transport of respiratory gases (CO2 and O2)
-biconcave disks (lack nucleus)
Leukocytes (WBC)
-protection and defense
-tissue repair
-some are macrophages (perform phagocytosis)
Platelet (thrombocytes)
-hemostasis (ability to control bleeding)
-thrombocytopenia (low platelet count
Lymphatic system
-network of vessels that drain fluid and return to blood)
-maintains the cells (WBC); immunity
Lymphatic structures
Lymph nodes, Vessels, and Fluid, Tonsils, Thymus, and Spleen
Immune system
Protects the body against disease-causing organisms
Types of defense (immune system)
Innate; Acquired
Innate
Present at birth
Acquired
Develops throughout a lifetime with each encounter with a pathogen/foreign substance
Antibody
Protective protein produced by B lymphocytes in response to the presence of a specific foreign substance called an antigen
Antigen
Substance, recognized as harmful to the host, that stimulates formation of antibodies in an immunocompetent individual
Bite pigment
Substance derived from the breakdown of hemoglobin nd excreted by the liver
Cytokine
Chemical substance produced by certain cells that initiates, inhibits, increases, or decreases activity in other cells; chemical communication
Dendritic cell
Specialized type of monocyte that display antigens on its cell surface and presents them to components of the immune system
Natural killer (NK) cells
Specialized lymphocytes that destroy virally infected cells and tumor cells by releasing chemical that disrupt their cell membranes, causing their intercellular fluid to leak out
aden/o
gland
agglutin/o
clumping, gluing
blast/o
embryonic cell
chrom/o
color
erythr/o
red
granul/o
granule
hem/o
blood
hemat/o
blood
immun/o
immune, immunity, safe
leuk/o
white
lymph/o
lymph
lymphaden/o
lymph gland (node)
lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
morph/o
form, shape, structure
myel/o
bone marrow; spinal cord
nucle/o
nucleus
phag/o
swallowing, eating
poikil/o
varied, irregular
ser/o
serum
sider/o
iron
splen/o
spleen
thromb/o
blood clot
thym/o
thymus gland
-blast
embryonic cell
-globin
protein
-penia
decrease, deficiency
-phil
attraction for
-phylaxis
protection
-poiesis
formation, production
-stasis
standing still
-ation
process (of)
-osis
abnormal condition; increase
-ic
pertaining to
-emia
blood condition
-oid
resembling
mono-
one
neutr/o
neutral, neither
ana-
against; up; back
aniso-
unequal, dissimilar
Anaphylaxis
Life threatening allergic response
Hematopoiesis/hemopoiesis
The development of blood cells
Hemoglobin
“Blood protein”
Petechia
Pinpoint hemorrhages on the lower leg which are associated ith thrombocytopenia
Hematoma
Localized accumulation of blood
Lymphadema
An accumulation of lymph fluid in tissue, usually in the arm or leg
Sepsis
The presence of bacteria or toxins in the blood (blood poisoning)
Hypochromatic
Deficiency in the number of RBC and their pigment hemoglobin which gives the cells color
Autoimmune
All disorder which attack the body’s own tissue
Kaposi sarcoma
This disease is a malignancy of connective tissues like muscle and bone
Erythrocytosis
Condition of elevated levels of RBCs
Thrombocytopenia
Decrease or deficiency of platelets cell fragments
Anisochromic
Another name for hypochromia
Anisochromic
Pertaining to unequal cell color
CBC
Abbreviation or a broad screening test for anemias and coagulation disorders
Sickle cell anemia
Genetic disease of RBC in which the child only has the disease if both parents possess the trait
Infectious mononucleosis
Infectious disease is caused by EBV can cause splenomalgy and helptomeglay
Anticoagulant
Pharmaceutical (which prevent blood clots) are: heparin, warfarin, dibigatran
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