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

Where is the thymus located?

The combining form poikil/o-,a seen in poikilocytosis,means ________.

Which is a condition in which the number of erythrocytes in the blood is decreased?

Immunology is the medical specialty that studies the anatomy and physiology of the blood.

The tissue types of a bone marrow donor and a recipient patient are matched for ________.

Which infectious disease is caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)?

________ are the largest type of leukocyte.

Which medical word is used to refer to cancer of the white blood cells?

________ is the medical procedure to remove a sample of venous blood for testing.

Based on the meaning of the word part path/o-,you can define the word pathogen as an organism that produces ________.

The primary accented syllable in the word corticosteroid (kor-tih-koh-stair-oyd)is ________.

All of these help form a clot EXCEPT ________.

A slightly immature erythrocyte that is just released into the blood is known as a/an ________.

Before a patient can receive a blood transfusion,a/an ________ must be done.

The heterophil antibody test can aid in the diagnosis of ________.

T lymphocytes mature in the ________.

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

By dividing the word phlebotomy into its word parts,we can see that it means "a person who specializes in a vein cut."

Select the CORRECT spelling of the word that means "red blood cell."

Blood group antigens are protein molecules located on the cell membranes of ________.