Chapter 13

Question 1

bas/o

Answer 1

base, opposite of acid

Question 2

chrom/o

Answer 2

color

Question 3

coagul/o

Answer 3

coagulation (clotting)

Question 4

cyt/o

Answer 4

cell

Question 5

eosin/o

Answer 5

red, rosy, dawn-colored

Question 6

erythr/o

Answer 6

red

Question 7

granul/o

Answer 7

granule(s)

Question 8

hem/o

Answer 8

blood

Question 9

hemat/o

Answer 9

blood

Question 10

hemoglobin/o

Answer 10

hemoglobin

Question 11

is/o

Answer 11

same, equal

Question 12

kary/o

Answer 12

nucleus

Question 13

leuk/o

Answer 13

white

Question 14

mon/o

Answer 14

one, single

Question 15

morph/o

Answer 15

shape, form

Question 16

myel/o

Answer 16

bone marrow, spinal cord

Question 17

neutr/o

Answer 17

neither, neutral, neutrophil

Question 18

nucle/o

Answer 18

nucleus

Question 19

phag/o

Answer 19

eat, swallow

Question 20

poikil/o

Answer 20

varied, irregular

Question 21

sider/o

Answer 21

iron

Question 22

spher/o

Answer 22

globe-shaped, round

Question 23

thromb/o

Answer 23

clot

Question 24

-apheresis

Answer 24

removal

Question 25

-blast

Answer 25

embryonic, immature cell

Question 26

-cytosis

Answer 26

condition of cells, slight increase in numbers

Question 27

-emia

Answer 27

blood condition

Question 28

-globin

Answer 28

protein

Question 29

-globulin

Answer 29

protein

Question 30

-lytic

Answer 30

reducing, destroying, separating, breakdown

Question 31

-oid

Answer 31

resembling, derived from

Question 32

-osis

Answer 32

condition, usually abnormal

Question 33

-penia

Answer 33

deficiency

Question 34

-phage

Answer 34

eat, swallow

Question 35

-philia

Answer 35

attraction for

Question 36

-phoresis

Answer 36

carrying, transmission

Question 37

-plasia

Answer 37

development, formation, growth

Question 38

-poiesis

Answer 38

formation

Question 39

-stasis

Answer 39

stopping, controlling, placing

Question 40

a-, an-

Answer 40

no, not, without

Question 41

anti-

Answer 41

against

Question 42

hypo-

Answer 42

below, deficient, under, less than normal

Question 43

macro-

Answer 43

large

Question 44

mega-

Answer 44

large

Question 45

micro-

Answer 45

small

Question 46

mono-

Answer 46

one

Question 47

pan-

Answer 47

all

Question 48

poly-

Answer 48

many, much

Question 49

eosinophilia

Answer 49

attraction for red

Question 50

pancytopenia

Answer 50

deficiency of cells all

Question 51

apheresis

Answer 51

separation of blood into component parts and removal of select portion from blood

Question 52

remission

Answer 52

send back

Question 53

palliative

Answer 53

treating symptoms but not curing disease

Question 54

relapse

Answer 54

disease symptoms reappear, necessitating further treatment

Question 55

Hgb

Answer 55

hemoglobin: blood protein that helps transport oxygen to body tissues

Question 56

PT/PTT

Answer 56

prothrombin time/partial thromboplastin time: test of the ability of blood to clot/clotting factors

Question 57

Ht/Hct

Answer 57

hematocrit: percentage of red blood cells in a volume of blood

Question 58

platelet count

Answer 58

determines number of clotting cells per mm^3 or uL of blood

Question 59

coagulation time

Answer 59

time required for veinous blood to clot in a test tube

Question 60

antiglobulin (Coombs) test

Answer 60

test for presence of antibodies that coat and damage erythrocytes

Question 61

hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Answer 61

peripheral stem cells from a compatible donor are infused into a recipient's vein to repopulate the bone marrow

Question 62

bleeding time

Answer 62

time required for blood to stop flowing from a small puncture would

Question 63

bone marrow biopsy

Answer 63

microscopic examination of a core of bone marrow removed with a needle