Med term unit 8

Plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets

Transports oxygen and carbon dioxide through the blood as the cells travel through the circulatory system

To fight off infection

The help to clot the blood

The bone marrow

Plasma acts as the liquid component of blood; the albumin in the plasma helps to maintain the proper amount of water in the blood; fibrinogen and prothrombin help with clotting

A, AB, O, and B

AB+

O-

Integumentary system, respiratory, digestive, lymphatic

Also known as lymphatic fluid or interstitial fluid

Contains leukocytes and plasma but does not contain erythrocytes or platelets

filter foreign substances from lymph and produces lymphocytes which detect and destroy foreign cells

trap pathogens that enter through the mouth and nose

secretes thymosin which stimulates the bone marrow to manufacture T cells

filters blood through hemolysis

protect the body against harmful invaders that enter through the digestive system

filters the blood by destroying worn out red blood cells; produces lymphocytes, stores thrombocytes, and serves as a reservoir for blood

when we contract an infection

occurs when we are given a vaccine

when antibodies are passed from a mother to a child through breastfeeding or the placenta

when we are injected with antibodies from the blood serum of an individual that has already been infected

disorder involving a deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin

blood fails to clot normally due to the absence of a clotting protein in the blood

cancer of the blood-forming tissue of bone marrow; causes an excessive increase in WBCs

cancer of the blood in which plasma cells grow uncontrollably in the bone marrow

bone marrow disorder that causes excessive production of RBCs

suppression of the immune response caused by exposure to HIV which destroys the body’s infection

a disease in which the immune system attacks the cells or tissues in one’s own body

malignant cancer of the lymph nodes and lymphatic tissue

acute, infectious illness, usually caused by the Epstein Barr virus, and marked by an increased number of atypical lymphocytes and monocytes

enlargement of the spleen which is often associated with the destruction of blood cells

separation of blood into its component parts using a special machine

the removal of a small piece of living tissue for microscopic examination to determine the presence of the disease

any of a variety of tests that measure the ability of a patient's blood to clot properly

measures the total number of RBC’s, WBC’s and platelets in the blood

a test that measures immunoglobulins in the blood based on differences in electrical charge and reactivity

screen’s a person’s blood for antigen

drug that fights or prevents bacterial infections

a hormone

drug that kills or damages cells, preventing them from proliferating

a drug that prevents or reduces the body’s normal reactions to invasion

Adenoids

Clumping; sticking together

Vessel (blood)

Artery

Cell

Red

Fungus

Blood

Blood

Blood

Physician; treatment

Immune; protection

Nucleus

White

Study

Break down; dissolve; loosen

Lymph

Lymph

Lymph node

Lymph vessel

Shape; form

Bone marrow; spinal cord

Nucleus

Disease

Eat; swallow; digest

Vein

Serum; serous

Spleen

Clot

Thymus

Tonsils

Poison

Vein

Vein

Virus

Not; without

Not; without

Against

Self

Together; with

In; within

On; over; upon

Large

Large

Change; beyond

One; single

New

Many; much

Before; forward

Across

Pertaining to

Process; condition

Developing cell

To separate

Cell

(noun suffix with no meaning)

Surgical removal; excision

Blood condition