| A | B |
|---|
| Plasma | Straw colored liquid, made of 92% water but makes up 55% of blood volume |
| Erythrocytes | Red Blood Cells,no nucleus, lives apprx 120 days |
| Leukocytes | white blood cells, natural defense against disease & infection |
| Thrombocytes | Platelets, smallest blood cells, initiation of blood clotting process, forms the "platelet plug" to stop bleeding |
| Fibrinogen | a protein which is converted into fibrin by the action of thrombin |
| hemoglobin | red pigment of blood, made of iron and protein molecules, transports oxygen to tissues and CO2 away from tissues |
| Oxyhemoglobin | forms when hemoglobin combines with oxygen, gives blood bright red color, found in arteries |
| Carbon Monoxide Poisoning | colorless/odorless gas, CO combines w/ hemoglobin blocking O2, cells are deprived of O2 |
| Erythropoiesis | manufacture of red blood cells, occurs in red bone marrow |
| Hemolysis | rupture &/or bursting of red blood cells |
| Pathogenic | disease causing |
| Leukocytosis | an increase in the # of WBC's |
| leukopenia | a decrease in the normal # of WBC's |
| Coagulation | process of blood clotting |
| Universal Donor | Type O |
| Universal Recipient | Type AB |
| Erythroblastosis Fetalis | Hemolytic disease of the newborn |
| Anemia | blood disorder characterized by reduction in RBC's or Hgb |
| Iron Def Anemia | condition resulting from lack of adequate amts of iron in the diet |
| Pernicious Anemia | caused by decrease of B12 or lack of intrinsic factor in the stomach |
| Sickle Cell Anemia | blood disorder where the RBC's are crescent shaped blocking vessels, inherited |
| Embolism | obstruction of a blood vessel by a circulating blood clot, fat globule, air bubble or piece of tissue |
| Thrombus | blood clot formed in a blood vessel |
| Hemophilia | sex-linked, hereditary bleeding disorder occurring only in males offspring but is transmitted by females, characterized by prolonged clotting time and abnormal bleeding |
| thrombocytopenia | decreased # of platelets |
| Leukemia | cancerous condition in which there is a great increase in the # of WBC's |
