Across
- 2. The most common leukemia in adults (acronym)
- 5. Very agressive and the most common in children (acronym)
- 8. arises directly or indirectly from hemopoietic stem cells
- 10. deficiency of platelets in the blood. This causes bleeding into the tissues, bruising, and slow blood clotting after injury
- 13. the presence of abnormally few neutrophils in the blood, leading to increased susceptibility to infection
- 15. A type of lymphoma in which –Reed-Sternberg cells must be present
- 17. the maturation of the cells is preserved but the unregulated proliferation results in the accumulation of leukemic cells in the bone marrow
- 18. the acummulating leukemic cells are immature or have undergone a defect in maturation
Down
- 1. unpaired pharyngeal tonsil in the roof of the pharynx, paired palatine tonsils & lingual tonsils scattered in the root of the tongue (two words)
- 3. largest mass of lymphatic tissue
- 4. The primary treatment for leukemia
- 6. examination of the antigens on the cell surface and the antibodies produced by the body that match the antigen
- 7. 95% have the Philadelphia chromosome (acromnym)
- 9. arises from other cells populating in bone marrow
- 11. a small red or purple spot caused by bleeding into the skin
- 12. in order for a patient to recieve a bone marrow transplant, their own bone marrow must be destroyed by this radiation procedure (acronym)
- 14. a heterogeneous group of lympho-proliferative malignancies with differing patterns of behavior and responses to treatment (hyphenated)
- 16. lymphatic organ and site where T lymphocytes mature, larger in children and more active in pediatric immunity