Exam 9: Blood, Lymphatic, and Immune Systems

The combining form for iron is sider/o.

The axillary nodes are in the armpit.

What are chemical messengers secreted by cells of the immune system that direct immune cellular interactions?

A blood sample of a patient with sickle cell anemia shows an abnormality of cell:

A group of blood tests to measure calcium, glucose, electrolytes, creatinine, and BUN is called a _____________________.

Axillary lymph glands are located in the:

Which term means "removal of white blood cells"?

What type of anemia describes a group of inherited disorders that affect people of Mediterranean, African, and Southeast Asian descent? ____________________

The term for stopping or controlling bleeding is homeostasis.

A mismatch between mother and fetus of what factor causes HDN?

The measurement of the percentage of RBCs in the blood is:

A hematocrit measures the percentage of RBCs in the blood.

Removal of the pharyngeal tonsils is:

The combining form for the gland instrumental in the development of T cells is:

A protein-iron pigment is hemolysis.

Monocytes change into ____, destroy pathogens, and collect debris from damaged cells.

Another term for lymph is intrastitial fluid.

What type of blood loss is long term? ____________________

A radiographic visualization of a lymph gland is a lymphadenography.

Drugs that increase the production of RBCs are: