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
