Descriptionary

vesical prostate gland, bladder, ureters

volar arches hand, fingers

zygomatico orbit orbital

Blood

anemia a disease causing weakness and fatigue, due to a shortage of red blood cells or a deficiency of their hemoglobin content.

antibodies produced by the white blood cells, vari­ous proteins that fight and neutralize invading dis­ease-causing organisms.

blood clot a jellylike mass of blood tissue formed by clotting factors to stop the flow of blood at the site of an injury.

blood count the number of red and white blood cells in a given volume of blood.

bloodletting the outmoded practice of intentionally bleeding a vein to let out supposed toxins.

blood pressure the pressure of the blood in the arteries.

bone marrow the soft material inside bones where most blood cells are manufactured.

coagulation the clotting of blood.

corpuscles blood cells.

cyanosis blue skin tone caused by a deficiency of oxygen in the blood.

embolus a blood clot formed in a vessel in one part of the body that travels to another part of the body.

erythrocytes red blood cells.

fibrin a factor in the blood that enmeshes blood cells and helps form a clot.

hemal pertaining to blood or blood vessels.

hematology the study of blood and its diseases.

hematoma a local swelling filled with blood.

hematopoiesis the process of blood cell manufac­ture in bone marrow.

hemoglobin the respiratory pigment in red blood cells.

hemophilia a disorder caused by a deficiency or absence of clotting factors in the blood, and charac­terized by uncontrollable bleeding, even from minor injuries.

hemorrhage copious or uncontrollable bleeding.

hemostasis the body's collective methods of control­ling bleeding, including vasoconstriction and platelet clumping.

leukemia a disease of the blood and blood-manu­facturing tissues, characterized by an increase in leu­kocytes or white blood cells and producing exhaus­tion and anemia.

leukocytes white blood cells.

pernicious anemia a severe form of anemia charac­terized by an abnormal development of red blood cells and accompanied by gastrointestinal disturbances and lesions of the spinal cord.

plasma a yellowish or straw-colored liquid made of protein and water in which blood cells float and circulate throughout the body.

plasma lipid the fat carried in blood.

platelets the blood component responsible for the clotting of blood.

red blood cells the blood cells that pick up oxygen in the lungs and distribute it throughout the body.

septicemia a blood infection.

sickle-cell anemia a hereditary disorder charac­terized by sickle-shaped or crescentlike blood cells that help protect against malaria but impede circula­tion and frequently cause premature deaths among blacks.

thrombocytes platelets.

thrombocytopenia the most common cause of bleeding disorders, characterized by a deficient num­ber of circulating platelets.

thrombolysis the breaking up of a blood clot. thrombus a blood clot.

white blood cells blood cells that manufacture anti­bodies for fighting and neutralizing disease-causing organisms.

veins

Name

anterior jugular

azygos

basilar

cavernous sinus cephalic

common facial coronary sinus coronary of stomach diploic emissary external jugular

(Does not include veins that travel with arteries of the same name.)

Area Drained

front of neck

right side of chest wall

posterior base of brain

back of eye

inner side of hand and forearm

side of face

heart

stomach

skull

skull

side of neck

great cardiac great cerebral great saphenous hemiazygos hemorrhoidal hepatic

inferior petrosal sinus inferior sagittal sinus inferior vena cava innominate intercavernous sinus

internal cerebral internal jugular

internal vertebral middle cardiac occipital sinus

parambilical plexus

portal

posterior left ventricle

prostatic

pudendal plexus

pyloric

sinus

small saphenous superior ophthalmic superior petrosal sinus superior sagittal sinus superior vena cava

transverse sinus vesical plexus vorticose heart ventricles brain

inner side of leg and thigh left side of back and chest rectum, end of colon liver skull

cerebrum of brain abdomen, thighs, legs head and neck one of a pair of large channels containing venous blood in the skull

inner cerebrum

very large vein draining the

brain, face, and neck spinal cord and spine back of heart

cerebellum of brain near posterior base of skull

navel area

any conglomeration of network of veins

abdominal organs and intestines

left ventricle of heart

prostate gland

penis

stomach

any large channel of venous

blood back of leg and foot eye area brain

outer cerebrum

head, neck, arms, chest well

brain

bladder, prostate gland eyeball

hormones