Blood
This liquid portion of blood is mostly water.
What is plasma?
hem/o means:
What is blood?
Lymphatic trunks merge into this.
What are lymphatic ducts?
lymph/o means:
What is lymph?
Medical term for white blood cell.
What is leukocyte?
These cells carry oxygen.
What are erythrocytes?
erythr/o means:
What is red?
This organ removes old red blood cells and filters blood.
What is the spleen?
immun/o means:
What is protection?
What is O-?
These cells help form clots.
What are platelets (thrombocytes)?
leuk/o means:
What is white?
T lymphocytes mature here
Thymus
aden/o means:
What is gland?
Build the term meaning “too many white blood cells.”
What is leukocytosis?
These cells protect the body from infection.
What are leukocytes?
thromb/o means:
What is clot?
These proteins help the body recognize and fight pathogens.
What are antibodies?
splen/o means:
What is spleen?
A patient with a low platelet count is at risk for this problem.
What is excessive bleeding?
This is the control of bleeding to maintain homeostasis.
What is hemostasis?
-penia means:
What is too few / deficiency?
This gland shrinks after puberty.
What is the thymus?
thym/o means:
What is thymus?
Break down leukopenia.
leuk/o = white, -penia = too few → too few white blood cells