Blood Components
These are the four main components of blood.
What are Erythrocytes, Leukocytes, Thrombocytes, and Plasma?
This type of WBC is responsible for killing bacteria, fungi, and foreign debris.
What are Neutrophils?
The medical term meaning "Spleen."
What is splen/o?
The abbreviation "Ab" stands for this protein.
What is Antibody?
The three primary functions of the lymphatic system are maintaining fluid balance, supporting immune response, and this.
What is filtering and removing pathogens?
This cell has a biconcave shape, no nucleus, and is filled with hemoglobin.
What is an Erythrocyte
These cells help fight viruses and are responsible for making antibodies.
What are Lymphocytes?
The combining form phag/o translates to this action.
What is "to eat or swallow"?
This vaccination protects against measles, mumps, and rubella.
What is MMR?
This organ filters blood, recycles iron, and helps fight infection.
What is the Spleen?
This liquid component carries nutrients, hormones, proteins, waste, and gases.
What is Plasma?
This WBC kills parasites, cancer cells, and is involved in allergic responses.
What are Eosinophils?
The meaning of the suffix -plasm.
What is "formative material of cells"?
The abbreviation "CIS" stands for this specific diagnosis.
What is Carcinoma in situ?
The first line of defense in the immune system includes these barriers.
What are physical and chemical barriers (or skin and mucous membranes)?
The primary role of these cells is to aid in blood clotting and form plugs at injury sites.
What are Platelets (Thrombocytes)
This cell's primary function is to "clean up" damaged cells.
What are Monocytes?
The definition of the root sarc/o.
What is "connective tissue"?
"HZ" is the abbreviation for this condition.
What is Herpes Zoster?
This cancer originates from lymphocytes and is characterized by Reed-Sternberg cells.
What is Hodgkin's Lymphoma?
Sickle Cell Anemia is a disease associated with the dysfunction of this specific blood component.
What are Erythrocytes?
This disease is characterized by the body attacking its own cells
What is autoimmune?
This combining form means "lymph vessels."
What is lymphangi/o?
This abbreviation stands for Varicella.
What is VSZ?
These stimulate the immune system to recognize pathogens for a quicker future response.
What are Vaccines?