Exam 6: Hematology and Immunology /Blood and the Lymphatic System

Anemia is characterized by ________.

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

If you have a severe sore throat,the physician might find ________ on your physical exam.

All of these are laboratory tests that measure how quickly the blood clots EXCEPT ________.

Which cells are active in the blood-clotting process?

Which word parts do you need to build a medical word that means "excessive flow or discharge of blood"?

Pancytopenia is a condition of decreased numbers of platelets in the blood.

Briefly describe how the blood forms a clot.

A ________ is a type of white blood cell that is an agranulocyte and has just a thin ring of cytoplasm and a round nucleus.

Why would periodic phlebotomy be used to treat a patient with polycythemia vera?

Immunoglobulins are also known as ________.

All of the following are TRUE of the spleen EXCEPT ________.

The formed elements of the blood are suspended in the liquid known as ________.

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is caused by ________.

Platelets are active in which process?

There are ________ different classes of immunoglobulins.

Which type of drug is given to suppress the immune response and decrease inflammation?

Each of the following is a meaning for the combining form myel/o- EXCEPT ________.

The common name is "the kissing disease," but healthcare professionals know it as ________.

When clotting factors in the plasma are activated to form a blood clot,the fluid portion of plasma that remains is then known as ________.