Chapter 8 Hematology/Immunology

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Across
  1. 3. drug that breaks down blood clots
  2. 5. a granulocyte that releases heparin to control the size of a blood clot
  3. 7. dilation of blood vessels
  4. 8. disease of hemoglobin
  5. 12. this occurs when anti-A antibody is added to type A blood
  6. 15. 92% of this blood component is water
  7. 16. (2 words)overdevelopment of the thymus
  8. 18. absence of a spleen or of spleen function
  9. 19. A ____injury occurs after blood flow is restored
  10. 21. study of veins
  11. 22. this leukocyte phagocytizes bacteria and has 3+ nuclear lobes
  12. 23. pain in the spleen
  13. 25. mass of blood within an organ, cavity, or tissue
  14. 27. formation of blood cells
  15. 28. this blood component makes up roughly 45% in a healthy blood sample
  16. 30. inflammation of the liver and spleen
  17. 32. blockage in a blood vessel caused by a mass of matter
  18. 35. blockage of a vessel (embolism) caused by a clot that has broken off from where it formed
  19. 38. condition characterized by an increase in the number of oval-shaped red blood cells
  20. 39. the type of anemia caused by red blood cells not being formed in sufficient quantities
Down
  1. 1. like a massive lymph node; filters old blood cells out of the bloodstream
  2. 2. condition characterized by large red blood cells
  3. 4. abbreviated Hct
  4. 6. a small bruise
  5. 9. inadequate blood flow
  6. 10. substance that causes the body to produce antibodies
  7. 11. platelets form a plug to make a temporary clot, and this protein makes a permanent one
  8. 13. protein that provides protection (immunity) against disease
  9. 14. having an immune system incapable of responding normally and completely to a pathogen or disease
  10. 17. deficiency in white blood cells
  11. 20. deficiency in the number of platelets (clot cells)
  12. 24. Patients with lymphatic system disorders can have this (swelling in their extremities)
  13. 26. immature red blood cell; the root comes from its netlike appearance
  14. 29. drug that breaks down blood clots
  15. 31. rupture of the spleen
  16. 33. deficiency in the number of red blood cells
  17. 34. condition characterized by an abnormally large number of mononuclear leukocytes
  18. 36. excessive blood loss
  19. 37. also known as "floating spleen"