Def of Term HEMA P1

the study of blood. It involves the study of blood cells and coagulation. It includes the study of diseases associated with the blood, as well as the reaction of the formed elements to the presence of disease.

• Hematology

• Agglutination

• Aggregation

• Anisochromia

• Anisocytosis

clumping of cells

• Hematology

• Agglutination

• Aggregation

• Anisochromia

• Anisocytosis

In blood coagulation, it is the clumping of platelets together in the formation of a platelet plug

• Hematology

• Agglutination

• Aggregation

• Anisochromia

• Anisocytosis

variation in hemoglobin content of red blood cells 

• Hematology

• Agglutination

• Aggregation

• Anisochromia

• Anisocytosis

 increased variation in size of red blood cells

• Hematology

• Agglutination

• Aggregation

• Anisochromia

• Anisocytosis

substance that prevents clot formation; in vivo, includes natural anticoagulants such as Heparin, Antithrombin III, and Proteins C and S; ex vivo, substances that are added to  a blood sample that inhibit clot formation either by binding with calcium, precipitation of calcium, inhibition of thrombin, or removal of fibrin.

• Anticoagulant

• Apoptosis

• Arterial tap

• Basophil

• Blast

programmed cell death; process of ordered removal of organelles and cells

• Anticoagulant

• Apoptosis

• Arterial tap

• Basophil

• Blast

process of blood collection by accessing an artery

• Anticoagulant

• Apoptosis

• Arterial tap

• Basophil

• Blast

white blood cell morphologically characterized by coarse blue - black granules that obscure the view of the nucleus; involved mainly mediating allergic response

• Anticoagulant

• Apoptosis

• Arterial tap

• Basophil

• Blast

early stage of differentiation of a blood cell as it transitions from stem cell to a mature cell. It is normally confined to the bone marrow and is the earliest recognizable  stage of a blood cell using Light Microscopy.

• Anticoagulant

• Apoptosis

• Arterial tap

• Basophil

• Blast