blood
The thick red fluid that flows through the body's blood vessels and transports important substances throughout the body.
formed elements
The cellular elements of blood; erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets.
plasma
the liquid part of blood
buffy coat
thin, whitish layer at junction between the formed elements & plasma
albumin
Protein in blood; maintain the proper amount of water in the blood
hematocrit
The percentage of erythrocytes to total blood volume
hemoglobin
The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen
anemia
Reduced number or size of the red blood cells
polycythemia
an excessive or abnormal increase in the number of erythrocytes
leukocytosis
WBC, an abnormal increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood(11,000) as a result of infection
leukopenia
an abnormal lowering of the white blood cell count
leukemia
Cancer characterized by an increase of abnormal white blood cell
Megakaryocytes
fragments of bizarre multinucleate cells
Hemocytoblast
stem cells that give rise to all the formed elements of the blood
Erythropoietin
the process of erythrocyte formation
Hematopoiesis
formation of blood cells
Erythrocytes
red blood cells
Leukocytes
white blood cells
neutrophills
the most abundant of white blood cells; multilobed nucleus & very fine granules that respond to both acid & basic stains
Eosinophils
granular white blood cells whose granules readily take up a stain called eosin
Basophils
white blood cells whose granules stain deep blue with basic dye; have a relatively pale nucleus and granular-appearing cytoplasm
lymphocytes
Large dark purple nucleus; agranular white blood cells formed in the bone marrow that mature in the lymphoid tissue
monocytes
large single-nucleus white blood cell; agranular leukocyte-fight chronic infections (tuberculosis)
platelets
one of the iregular cell fragments of blood; involved in clotting