Vet Med Term. Ch 15: Feed and Protect Me (Hematologic system)

The — encompasses the production of blood and the transport of blood throughtout the body

Hematologic system

The combining forms for blood are — and —

Hem/o

Hemat/o

— is the medical term for formation of blood

Hematopoiesis

The suffix — means formation

-poiesis

Blood can be collected in a tube that has an — which is a substance that prevent clotting of blood

Anticoagulant

— and — are type of anticoagulationts found in blood tubes and are used clinically as drugs

EDTA and Herparin

— is the process of clotting

Coagulation

When blood coagulates, a layer of leukocytes and thrombocytes forms, which appears at the interface of the erythrocytes and plasma after blood is centrifuged. This layer is called the —

Buffy coat

— is the liquid portion of blood with clotting proteins removed

Serum

— is the straw colored fluid portion of blood that transports nutrients, hormones, and waster products

Plasma

Clotting proteins found in plasma include — and —

Fibrinogen and Prothrombin

— is another example of a plasma protein

Albumin

Fats also sirculate in plasma. — and — are types of lipids that circulate in blood

Cholesterol and Triglyceride

An — is a mature red blood cell and abbreviated RBC

Erthrocyte

The combining from — means red

erythr/o

Erythrocytes have a biconcave disk shape and contain —, a blood protein that transports oxygen

Hemoglobin

— is the nenportein iron-containing portion of hemoglobin

Heme

The central pale area of the RBC that represent the thinnest part of the biconcave disk is the area of —

Central pallor

The combining form for bone marrow is —

Myel/o

A — is an immature, non-nuculated erthrocyte characterized by polychromasis or a meshlike pattern of threads

Rectculocyte

Rectculocytes may increase as the bone marrow responds to blood loss; — is seen with regenerative anemia

Reticulocytosis

A — is a large cell that destroys by eating (what destoryes RBCs after they are no longer useful)

Macrophage

The combing from — means large, the suffix — means eating

Macr/o

-phage

A — is a “cell that eats”

Phagocyte

— is the study of blood

Hematology

— is the study of rom or shape

Morphology

— is the production of white blood cells; also called leucopoiesis

Leukocytopoiesis

A — is a cell that contains prominent grainlike structures in its cytoplasma

Granulocyte

An — is a cell that doesnt contain prominent grainlike structures in its cytoplasma

Agranulocyte

— means stained readily with basic, or blue dyes in many commonly used stains such as hematoxylin and eosin (H&E), Giemsa, and Wright’s

Basophilic

— means stained readily with acidic, or pink dyes in many commonly used stains such as H&E, Giemsa, and Wright’s

Eosinophilic

A — is a nucleated clostting cell

Thrombocyte

— is an anucleated clotting cell

Platelet

A — is a large, uncleated cell found in the bone marrow from which platelets are formed

Egakaryocyte