Blood and Lymphatic Systems

Worksheet: Chapter 9

Abbrev/Acronym / Meaning/Definition
AIDS / Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
ARC / AIDS-related complex
ELISA / Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
HIV / Human immunodeficiency virus

Important word elements:

Word Element / Meaning/Definition / Word Element / Meaning/Definition
Agglutin/o / To clump / -globin / Containing protein
Blast/o / Embryonic stage of development / Hem/o, hemat/o / blood
Chrom/o / color / Leuk/o / white
Cyt/o / Cell / -lytic / destruction
-emia / Blood condition / -penia / Decrease in
Erythr/o / red / -phag/o, -phage / To eat

Create 4 words using the above word elements Could be any words, but here are some examples

1. leukocytopenia

2. agglutination

3. leukemia

4. hemoglobin

· What are the types of ANEMIAS? Aplastic anemia=inadequacy of the formed blood elements-problem with the bone marrow, hemolytic anemia=extreme reduction in circulating RBC’s due to their destruction, iron deficiency anemia=lack of hemoglobin level due to a lack of iron in the body, pernicious anemia=deficiency of mature RBC’s and the formation and circulation of megaloblasts, sickle cell anemia=RBC’s shaped like a cresent, which results in low oxygen levels

· What characterizes HEMOPHILIA?: the blood isn’t able to clot properly because of the absence of antihemophilic factor 8. The symptoms are bleeding in joints, gums, or mouth, extreme pain and joint deformity.

· What characterizes LEUKEMIA?: uncontrolled increase of immature WBC’s eventually leading to infection, anemia and thrombocytopenia.

· What is a THROMBUS? What is an EMBOLUS? A clot that forms and stays in place in a blood vessel. An embolus is a dislodged, circulating clot

What is Bleeding time? Prothrombin time is a blood test used to evaluate how your blood is clotting. A normal PT is 10-13.4 seconds. A patient with a PT of 30 or higher is at a high risk for hemorrhage

What is CBC? Complete blood count

· What is AIDS caused by? Damage of the helper T cell lymphocytes and the CD4 count reaches 200

· What is LYMPHOMA? A tumor of the lymph

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