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blood and lymphatic system
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
03/19/2012
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Term
ana-
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up, toward, apart
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homo-
 Definition
same
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iso-
 Definition
equal
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macro-
 Definition
large
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micro-
 Definition
small
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pro-
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before
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trans-
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through, across beyond
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aden/o
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gland
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aut/o
 Definition
self
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bacter/o, bacteri/o
 Definition
bacteria
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blast/o
 Definition
germ, bud, developing cell
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chromat/o
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color
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erythr/o
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red
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fung/o
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fungus
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hem/o, hemat/o
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blood
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immun/o
 Definition
exempt,immunity
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leuk/o
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white
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lymph/o
 Definition
clear water, fluid
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mon/o
 Definition
one
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myel/o
 Definition
bone marrow
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nucle/o
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kernel, nucleus
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path/o
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disease
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plas/o
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change
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poikil/o
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irregular
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septic/o
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putrefying
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splen/o
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spleen
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staphyl/o
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grape-like clusters
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strept/o
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twisted or gnarled
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therm/o
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heat
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thromb/o
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clot
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thym/o
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wart-like, thymus gland
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tox/o, toxic/o
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poison
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vir/o
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virus
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-crit
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to separate
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-cyte
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cell
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-emia, -hemia
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condition of blood
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-globin
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globe-like protein
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-lysis
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to loosen, dissolve
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-osis
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condition of
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-penia
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abnormal reduction in number, deficiency
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-pexy
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surgical fixation, suspension
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-phil, -philia
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loving, effinity for
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-phylaxis
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protection
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-poiesis
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formation
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-stasis
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standing still
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-therapy
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treatment
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bacteria
 Definition
single-celled organisms that lack a nucleus and are much smaller in size than human cells
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erythrocytes
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transports O2 and CO2, RBCs
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leukocytes
 Definition
fight infections WBCs
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monocytes
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actively phagocytic and may transform to macrophages
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lymphocytes
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key players in fightin infections, T and B cells
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phagocytosis
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engulfing foreign substances, performed by neutrophils, monocytes, and eosinophils
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thrombocytes
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formed elements that are fragments of whole cells, platelets, primary role in coagulation to form blood clots
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erythrocytes
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red blood cells, provide transport of oxygen due to the presence of the protein hemoglobin within the cells
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hematopoiesis
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process of blood-cell formation within the red bone marrow
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hemoglobin
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an abundant protein in RBCs that has a high-bonding affinity for oxygen and CO2
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immunity
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the status of being immune or successfully resistant to infection
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immune response
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the series of mechanisms the body uses to defend from infection
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lymph
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a yellowish fluid channeled through lymphatic capillaries, vessels, and and trunks
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lymph nodes
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pea-sized organs filled with WBCs that filter out foreign materials from the lymph , swell when fighting infections
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lymphatic capillaries
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microscopic, blind-ended vessels into which intersitial fluid diffuses
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