Blood Terms to Know |
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Formed
Elements
Hematocrit
Plasma
Erythrocytes
Leukocytes
Monocytes
Neutrophils
Lymphocytes
Osmotic
Pressure Electrolytes
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Vocabulary Activity: use these word roots to fill in the blanks |
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Hypo- = low Hyper- = high -emia = in the blood -uria = in the urine Hemo- or hemat- = bloody -cyt = cell -penia = low number of cells in blood -ysis = breaking cells |
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Hyperbilirubinemia = ______________________________________________ Hypoxemia = _________________________________________________ _________________________________________ = low Potassium in the blood _________________________________________= hemoglobin in the blood _________________________________________= hemoglobin in the urine _________________________________________= high calcium in the blood Hypercholesterolemia = _________________________________________________ Bilirubinuria = _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________= bloody urine _________________________________________= protein in the urine Hypoalbuminemia = ______________________________________________________ _________________________________________ = blood in the thorax Hematocyturia = ________________________________________________________ _________________________________________ = white blood cells in the urine Thrombocytopenia = _____________________________________________________ Hemolysis = ____________________________________________________________ Hyponatremia = _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________ = low levels of white blood cells _________________________________________ = breaking down white blood cells |
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