Blood & Lymphatic Systems: Combining Forms

aplasia is a condition in which ?

a formation (tissue or organ) is absent or defective

reticul/o

a net

Chromatism is a condition of ?

abnormal pigmentation

what is a hemostat?

an agent or device that stops the flow of blood from a vessel.

the combining form meaning germ or bud is?

blast/o

hem/o, hemat/o

blood

the suffix -emia refers to ?

blood condition

myel/o

bone marrow or spinal cord

cyt/o

cell

the suffix of -cyte refers to a ?

cell

Thrombocytes are blood _________ that function to clot the blood

cells

combining form chrom/o or ________________ means___________?

chromat, color

chylemia refers to a presence of ?

chyle in the blood

lymph/o

clear fluid

the combining form lymph/o means ?

clear fluid

A thrombus is a blood ___________ inside a blood vessel.

clot

thromb/o

clot

chrom/o

color

chromat/o

color

suffix -ism means?

condition of

combining form phag/o means?

eat

phag/o

eat or swallow

a phagocyte is a cell that ?

eats bacteria, foreign particles and other cells

Recalling the suffix - megaly means ________, spenomegalyis an enlarged __________.

enlargement, spleen

A network of substances influences the development of red blood cells from a primitive_________ blast (red bud or germ) to a ______________ cyte (from the combining form meaning a net.)

erythro, reticulo

What is the main function of the spleen?

filter blood

Morph/o is a combining form meaning:

form

morph/o

form

plas/o

formation

plas/o is a combining form meaning?

formation

the suffix -poiesis means?

formation

hemopoiesis refers to the process of ?

formation and development of various types of blood cells

blast/o

germ or bud

another combining form for blood is ?

hem/o

Myel/o combined with cyt/o, meaning cell, forms myelocyte which is an:

immature blood cell in the bone marrow

combining form meaning safe is?

immun/o

someones who's immune system has been compromised by disease is said to be?

immunocompromised

chyl/o

juice

combining form chyl/o means?

juice or fluid

using the suffix that means tumor, a neoplasm of the lymphatic system is called:

lymphoma

hematology

medical study of the blood

morpho combined with -logy means

morphology the study of form, including size and shape of a specimen, such as blood cells.

combining form referring to either bone marrow or the spinal cord is:

myel/o

Chromone?

plant pigments

hemocytoblasts are?

primitive stem cells in the bone marrow that develop into blood cells.

Reticulocytes are immature ____________ blood cells, or erthrocytes.

red

erythroblast develop into erythrocytes which are?

red blood cells

immun/o

safe

splen/o

spleen

the combining form for spleen is __________.

splen/o,

suffix from of blast/o

-blast

what does blastogenesis refer to?

the origin or production of cells by budding

Splenectomy means?

the removal of the spleen

reticul/o is a combining form meaning a ?

Net

The combining form meaning clot is

thromb/o

The thymus is a gland in the lymphatic system; the term comes from the combining form ____________.

thym/o

A tumor of thymus tissue is called a:

thymoma

thym/o

thymus gland

the blood and lymphatic system are involved in the immune system? true or false

true

What is a key lymphatic system organ?

Spleen