Ch 22/40

Question 1

Chemical in a blood tube that prevents the clotting of the blood by removing the calcium from the blood or by stopping the formation of thrombin

Answer 1

Anticoagulant

Question 2

Device that spins tubes using centrifugal force to separate the fluid portion of blood from the formed elements

Answer 2

Centrifuge

Question 3

Red blood cell

Answer 3

Erythrocyte

Question 4

A large bruise, accumulation of blood around the venipuncture site during or after venipuncture caused by the leakage of blood from where the needle punctured the vein

Answer 4

Hematoma

Question 5

White blood cell

Answer 5

Leukocyte

Question 6

Puncturing into a vein with a needle to obtain a blood sample

Answer 6

Venipuncture

Question 7

Degree of thickness of a liquid

Answer 7

Viscosity

Question 8

Spread of disease causing microorganism over long distances through the air

Answer 8

Airborne transmission

Question 9

Freedom from any infectious material

Answer 9

Aseptic

Question 10

Micro-organism capable of causing disease found in blood or components of blood

Answer 10

Blood borne pathogen

Question 11

Contagious

Answer 11

Communicable

Question 12

Field of science that studies the history, causes and patterns of infectious diseases

Answer 12

Epidemiology

Question 13

Waste matter

Answer 13

Excretion

Question 14

Substance that absorbs and transmits infectious material

Answer 14

Fomite

Question 15

(Human immunodeficiency virus) virus causing AIDS

Answer 15

HIV

Question 16

Microscopic living creature capable of transmission and reproduction in specific circumstances

Answer 16

Microorganism

Question 17

Microorganism that are normally present in a specific site

Answer 17

Normal flora

Question 18

Disease-producing microorganism

Answer 18

Pathogen

Question 19

Substance produced by the cells of glandular organs from materials in the blood

Answer 19

Secretion

Question 20

A carrier of disease usually an insect, that is the causative organism of disease from infected to noninfected individuals

Answer 20

Vector

Question 21

Any material placed in a tube that maintains or facilitates the integrity and function of the specimen

Answer 21

Additive

Question 22

Device used to facilitate vein prominence

Answer 22

Tourniquet