| A | B |
|---|
| universal precautions | safety precautions used with everyone to prevent transmission of pathogens |
| potentially infectious materials | may contain pathogens; examples: blood, feces (stool),urine,spinal fluid |
| mucous membranes | pathogens may enter through these; includes eyes, nose, mouth |
| non-intact skin | skins has been broken |
| aseptic | free from infection |
| anticoagulant | prevents blood from clotting |
| leech | blood-sucking worm |
| vein | carries blood TOWARD heart |
| artery | carries blood AWAY from heart; elastic |
| capillary | smallest blood vessel; between an artery and vein |
| deoxygenated | without oxygen |
| oxygenated | with oxygen |
| erythrocyte | red blood cell; carries oxygen to tissues |
| leukocyte | white blood cell; body's defense mechanism |
| thrombocyte | platelet; aids in clotting |
| phagocytosis | engulfing or ingesting a cell |
| anemia | not enough red blood cells and hemoglobin |
| hemoglobin | found in red blood cell; red pigment that carries O2 and CO2 to body |
| blood typing | determing A, B, O, AB |
| A | most common blood type |
| O | universal donor |
| Rh | antigen that can harm unborn fetus |
| phlebotomist | person who collects blood |
| serum | clear or pale-yellow liquid |
| plasma | liquid portion of unclotted blood |
| white | leuk/o |
| blood clot or coagulation | throm/o |
| red | erythr/o |
| eating or digesting | phag/o |
| blood | hem/o/ato |
