Med Terms Quizzam 1/14/22
pathos, logos - (correct Answer) - The Greek word ___ refers to "tragedy, suffering, any quality which
evokes pity or sadness", and the Greek word ___ means "thought".
study of - (correct Answer) - The English suffix "-logy" means ___.
pathology - (correct Answer) - The medical term ___ refers to "pertaining to injury, disease, or physical
disorder/dysfunction".
study of suffering - (correct Answer) - The medical term "pathology" literally means ___.
vein - (correct Answer) - A ___ is a blood vessel that carries blood towards the heart.
artery - (correct Answer) - A ___ is a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart.
arteriole, venule - (correct Answer) - A ___ is a tiny artery, and a ___ is a tiny vein.
interstitial spaces - (correct Answer) - The ___ are the spaces between the cells of a tissue.
interstital fluid - (correct Answer) - ___ is the name of the clear, pale-yellow fluid found in the spaces
between the cells of tissues.
capillaries - (correct Answer) - ___ are the tiniest blood vessels that connect arteries to veins and are so
small that only one blood cell can get through at a time.
capillary bed - (correct Answer) - A network of branching capillaries is called a ___.
whole - (correct Answer) - When you give blood to the Red Cross, the blood as it comes out is called ___
blood.
erythrocytes/RBCs - (correct Answer) - Of the three types of blood cells in whole blood, the ___ are the
pigmented blood cells that carry oxygen and carbon dioxide.
leucocytes/WBCs - (correct Answer) - Of the three types of blood cells in whole blood, the ___ are the
blood cells that are integral to your immune system.
thrombocytes/blood platelets - (correct Answer) - Of the three types of blood cells in whole blood, the
___are the tiny anuclear blood cells that are important to the formation of blood clots.
plasma - (correct Answer) - Blood ___ is the scientific name for the pale, clear-yellow fluid that the blood
cells are suspended in in whole blood.
anucleate - (correct Answer) - Of the three types of blood cells in your body, red blood cells and blood
platelets are both ___ (do not have nuclei) when mature.
thrombocytes - (correct Answer) - ___ is the scientific name for blood platelets.
leucocytes - (correct Answer) - ___ is the scientific name for white blood cells.
erythrocytes - (correct Answer) - ___ is the scientific name for red blood cells.
, hemoglobin - (correct Answer) - ___ is the scientific name for the pigment of red blood cells that carries
oxygen and carbon dioxide throughout the body.
lymph - (correct Answer) - ___ vessels are tiny, thin-walled vessels of the body that drain the fluid from
the interstitial spaces and carry it towards the heart.
lymph - (correct Answer) - ___ is the name of the clear, pale-yellow fluid that is carried from the tissues
of the body by thin-walled vessels towards the heart.
lymph vessels - (correct Answer) - The ___ are the scientific name for all the thin-walled vessels that
carry fluid from the tissues of the body towards the heart.
cytoplasm - (correct Answer) - ___ is the name of everything inside the cell membrane except the
nucleus.
flow - (correct Answer) - A fluid is defined as any substance that has ___ and that includes liquids, gases,
and plasmas.
diffusion - (correct Answer) - ___ is defined as "the process where the molecules (atoms or ions) in a
fluid that have a net flow from an area where they are more highly concentrated into an area where they
are less concentrated.
high concentration, low concentration - (correct Answer) - Diffusion always takes place from an area of
___ to an area of ___.
osmosis - (correct Answer) - ___ is defined as the diffusion of water across a differentially permeable
membrane.
semi-permeable/selectively permeable/differentially permeable - (correct Answer) - A ___ membrane is
a membrane that allows some substances to pass through more readily than others.
plasma membrane/plasmalemma/cell membrane - (correct Answer) - The ___ of the living organisms are
examples of naturally occurring differentially permeable membranes.
hemolysis - (correct Answer) - ___ is the process where red blood cells burst (due to diffusion) when
placed in a water solution greater than 99.1% water.
crenation - (correct Answer) - ___ is the process where red blood cells shrivel up and die when placed in
a water solution significantly less than 99.1% water.
Ringer's - (correct Answer) - ___ solution is a sterile solution where all the ions and molecules normally
dissolved in the liquid portion of whole blood are found in the same concentration.
interstitial fluid - (correct Answer) - When chemicals from the cytoplasm of a tissue leave the cell, they
become part of the ___ of that tissue.
cytoplasm - (correct Answer) - When chemicals from the interstitial fluid enter a cell, they become part
of the ___ of that cell.
lymph - (correct Answer) - When interstitial fluid enters a lymph vessel, it is called ___.
pathos, logos - (correct Answer) - The Greek word ___ refers to "tragedy, suffering, any quality which
evokes pity or sadness", and the Greek word ___ means "thought".
study of - (correct Answer) - The English suffix "-logy" means ___.
pathology - (correct Answer) - The medical term ___ refers to "pertaining to injury, disease, or physical
disorder/dysfunction".
study of suffering - (correct Answer) - The medical term "pathology" literally means ___.
vein - (correct Answer) - A ___ is a blood vessel that carries blood towards the heart.
artery - (correct Answer) - A ___ is a blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart.
arteriole, venule - (correct Answer) - A ___ is a tiny artery, and a ___ is a tiny vein.
interstitial spaces - (correct Answer) - The ___ are the spaces between the cells of a tissue.
interstital fluid - (correct Answer) - ___ is the name of the clear, pale-yellow fluid found in the spaces
between the cells of tissues.
capillaries - (correct Answer) - ___ are the tiniest blood vessels that connect arteries to veins and are so
small that only one blood cell can get through at a time.
capillary bed - (correct Answer) - A network of branching capillaries is called a ___.
whole - (correct Answer) - When you give blood to the Red Cross, the blood as it comes out is called ___
blood.
erythrocytes/RBCs - (correct Answer) - Of the three types of blood cells in whole blood, the ___ are the
pigmented blood cells that carry oxygen and carbon dioxide.
leucocytes/WBCs - (correct Answer) - Of the three types of blood cells in whole blood, the ___ are the
blood cells that are integral to your immune system.
thrombocytes/blood platelets - (correct Answer) - Of the three types of blood cells in whole blood, the
___are the tiny anuclear blood cells that are important to the formation of blood clots.
plasma - (correct Answer) - Blood ___ is the scientific name for the pale, clear-yellow fluid that the blood
cells are suspended in in whole blood.
anucleate - (correct Answer) - Of the three types of blood cells in your body, red blood cells and blood
platelets are both ___ (do not have nuclei) when mature.
thrombocytes - (correct Answer) - ___ is the scientific name for blood platelets.
leucocytes - (correct Answer) - ___ is the scientific name for white blood cells.
erythrocytes - (correct Answer) - ___ is the scientific name for red blood cells.
, hemoglobin - (correct Answer) - ___ is the scientific name for the pigment of red blood cells that carries
oxygen and carbon dioxide throughout the body.
lymph - (correct Answer) - ___ vessels are tiny, thin-walled vessels of the body that drain the fluid from
the interstitial spaces and carry it towards the heart.
lymph - (correct Answer) - ___ is the name of the clear, pale-yellow fluid that is carried from the tissues
of the body by thin-walled vessels towards the heart.
lymph vessels - (correct Answer) - The ___ are the scientific name for all the thin-walled vessels that
carry fluid from the tissues of the body towards the heart.
cytoplasm - (correct Answer) - ___ is the name of everything inside the cell membrane except the
nucleus.
flow - (correct Answer) - A fluid is defined as any substance that has ___ and that includes liquids, gases,
and plasmas.
diffusion - (correct Answer) - ___ is defined as "the process where the molecules (atoms or ions) in a
fluid that have a net flow from an area where they are more highly concentrated into an area where they
are less concentrated.
high concentration, low concentration - (correct Answer) - Diffusion always takes place from an area of
___ to an area of ___.
osmosis - (correct Answer) - ___ is defined as the diffusion of water across a differentially permeable
membrane.
semi-permeable/selectively permeable/differentially permeable - (correct Answer) - A ___ membrane is
a membrane that allows some substances to pass through more readily than others.
plasma membrane/plasmalemma/cell membrane - (correct Answer) - The ___ of the living organisms are
examples of naturally occurring differentially permeable membranes.
hemolysis - (correct Answer) - ___ is the process where red blood cells burst (due to diffusion) when
placed in a water solution greater than 99.1% water.
crenation - (correct Answer) - ___ is the process where red blood cells shrivel up and die when placed in
a water solution significantly less than 99.1% water.
Ringer's - (correct Answer) - ___ solution is a sterile solution where all the ions and molecules normally
dissolved in the liquid portion of whole blood are found in the same concentration.
interstitial fluid - (correct Answer) - When chemicals from the cytoplasm of a tissue leave the cell, they
become part of the ___ of that tissue.
cytoplasm - (correct Answer) - When chemicals from the interstitial fluid enter a cell, they become part
of the ___ of that cell.
lymph - (correct Answer) - When interstitial fluid enters a lymph vessel, it is called ___.
