Exam 6: Blood and the Lymphatic and Immune Systems

Excessive cholesterol in the bloodstream is called hyperlipidemia.

A medical term that means white blood cell is ________.

Which of the following terms means to cut into the spleen?

The blood clotting process is called hemostasis.

Which is the severe itching associated with hives?

A type and cross-match double-checks the blood type of both the donor's and recipient's blood.

A hematinic medication increases the number of erythrocytes in the blood.

Which of the following is NOT a pathogen?

The combining form that means thymus is ________.

Which of the following blood tests measures the volume of red blood cells within the total volume of blood?

Which of the following medications keeps a virus from successfully reproducing?

Which of the following is the most important standard precaution?

Pneumocystis pneumonia is commonly seen in patients with AIDS.

Which of the following conditions results in thick blood as a result of having too many red blood cells?

Hodgkin's disease is a type of lymphoma.

Which of the following medications dissolves an existing clot?

Which of the following terms means blood destruction?