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Acidiphil
Granular leukocyte containing cytoplasmic granules that are easily stained by eosin or other acid dyes
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Agranulocyte
White blood cells that do not contain granules in the cytoplasm
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Albumin
Simple proteins that can be coagulated by heat and are involved in transportation of steroids and fatty acids and osmotic pressure regulation
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Ameboid
Ability of a cell to change form or shape and has the ability to move
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Anemia
Pathological deficiency in the oxygen carrying component of the blood, measured in unit volume concentrations of hemoglobin, red blood cell volume, or red blood cell number
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Arteriole
Smallest true artery that connect with the capillary network
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Artery
Any of a branching system of muscular, elastic blood vessels that blood away from the heart to the cells, tissues, and organs of the body
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Atrium
One of two upper chambers of the heart that receives blood from the veins and forces it into a lower chamber by muscle contraction
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Basophil
Granular leukocyte containing cytoplasmic granules that are easily stained by basic dyes
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Blood
Fluid consisting of plasma, blood cells, and platelets that is circulated through the vertebrate vascular system, carrying oxygen and nutrients to and waste materials away from all body tissues
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Blood vessel
Elastic tubular channel (artery, vein, or capillary, through which blood circulates
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Capillary
Any of a group of vessels in which blood flows from cells, tissues and organs of the body back to the heart
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Cardiovascular system
System that functions to carry nutrients and waste throughout body
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Chromoprotein
Protein combined with a pigment
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Coagulation
Process of changing from a liquid to a gel or solid state by a series of chemical reactions, especially the process that results in the formation of a blood clot
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Endocardium
Thin serous membrane, composed of endothelial tissue, that lines the interior of the heart
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Endoplasmic reticulum
Organelles composed of interconnected network of tubules, vesicles, and cisternae within cells that synthesize lipids and proteins
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Eosinophil
Granular leukocyte containing cytoplasmic granules that are easily stained by eosin or other acid dyes
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Epicardium
Outermost of the heart tissue that is composed of a single sheet of squamous epithelial cells overlying connective tissue
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Erythrocyte
Red blood cell that is a nonnucleated, yellowish, biconcave disk, containing hemoglobin and functions to transport oxygen
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Erythropoiesis
Production of erythrocytes by red bone marrow
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Erythropoietin
Hormone produced by kidney that stimulates RBC formation
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Fibrinogen
Glycoprotein that is essential for the coagulation of blood
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Globulin
Simple proteins that function as transport proteins and as antibodies
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Granulocyte
White blood cells with granules in the cytoplasm
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Heart
Chambered muscular organ in vertebrates that pumps blood received from the veins into the arteries, thereby maintaining the flow of blood through the entire circulatory system
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Hematology
Study of blood, blood?forming tissues and blood disorders
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Hemoblobin
Iron?containing protein found in RBC that carries oxygen from the lungs to the tissues of the body and gives these cells their characteristic red color
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Hemolysis
Process of breaking down of RBS, releasing the hemoglobin
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Hemophilia
Genetic disorder causing dysfunction of clotting mechanisms
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Hypoxia
Insufficient levels of oxygen in blood or tissue which may lead to death
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Leukemia
Any of various acute or chronic neoplastic diseases of the bone marrow in which unrestrained proliferation of white blood cells occurs
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Leukocyte
White blood cell ameboid movement, whose chief function is to protect the body against microorganisms causing disease
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Lymphocyte
Leukocyte without granules in cytoplasm that are involved in cell?mediated immunity and antibody production
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Metalloprotein
Protein containing one or more metal ions
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Myocardium
Middle and thickest layer of the heart wall, composed of cardiac muscle.
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Neutrophil
Granular leukocyte having a nucleus containing very fine granules that are stainable with neutral dyes
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Neutrophil
Granular leukocyte having a nucleus containing very fine granules that are stainable with neutral dyes
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Pericardium
Double walled sac enclosing the heart forming the pericardial cavity that contains fluid that bathes the heart
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Plasma
Clear, yellowish fluid portion of blood composed mainly of water, proteins blood in which cells are suspended, clotting factors & some nutrients
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Plasma proteins
Proteins found in blood plasma that serve in transportation, immunity, osmotic pressure regulation and coagulation
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Platelet
Irregular shaped, disc?like cytoplasmic body found in blood plasma that promotes blood clotting and has no definite nucleus, no DNA, and no hemoglobin
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Pulmonary circulation
Flow of blood from the right ventricle to the lungs, where carbon dioxide is exchanged for oxygen, and back to the left atrium
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Serum
Clear yellowish fluid obtained upon separating whole blood into its solid and liquid components after it has been allowed to clot
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Spleen
Large organ situated in the upper left part of the abdominal cavity & functions in breakdown of erythrocytes and recycling of RBC components
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Systemic circulation
Flow of oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to body tissues and returning venous (deoxygenated) blood to the right atrium
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Thrombocyte
Irregular shaped, disc?like cytoplasmic body found in blood plasma that promotes blood clotting and has no definite nucleus, no DNA, and no hemoglobin
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Vein
Tiniest blood vessels consisting of a single layer of endothelial cells which are specialized to allow blood to exchange fluids and gasses in with tissue
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Ventricle
One of two lower chambers of the heart that receives blood from a upper chamber and pumps it by muscular contraction into the arteries
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