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Question 1

What will the manual, automated, or computer-generated laboratory test reports be placed above in the health record?

Answer 1

SF 545

Question 2

The capillary method along with what other method are the two principal methods of obtaining blood specimens?

Answer 2

Venipuncture

Question 3

What type of blood collection is performed when a small quantity of blood is needed for testing as in the case of some pediatric blood draws?

Answer 3

Capillary

Question 4

Tourniquets should not be left on for more than what time frame when drawing blood?

Answer 4

one minute

Question 5

What precision instrument used extensively in clinical laboratories to observe objects too small to be seen by the unaided eye?

Answer 5

microscope

Question 6

What is the type of microscope most often used in the laboratory referred to as?

Answer 6

compound

Question 7

How many parts does the framework of the compound microscope consist of?

Answer 7

four

Question 8

What may a red cell count that drops below normal value indicate?

Answer 8

anemia

Question 9

What delivers and releases oxygen to the tissues and facilitates carbon dioxide excretion

Answer 9

hemoglobins

Question 10

Normal WBC values in adults range from 4,800 to how many cells per cubic millimeter?

Answer 10

10,800

Question 11

What is the condition referred to as when WBC rises above normal values?

Answer 11

Leukocytosis

Question 12

What accounts for the largest percentage of leukocytes found in a normal blood sample, and function by ingesting invading bacteria?

Answer 12

neutrophils

Question 13

What destroys parasites and respond in immediate allergic reactions

Answer 13

Eosinophil

Question 14

What is associated with immune response and the body’s defense against viral infections?

Answer 14

Lymphocytes

Question 15

What is the largest of the normal white blood cells that controls microbial, and fungal infections as well as removes damaged cells from the body?

Answer 15

monocytes

Question 16

What are bacteria that causes diseases called?

Answer 16

pathogens

Question 17

Temperature, oxygen, nutrition, and along with what else are the four growth requirements for bacteria?

Answer 17

Moisture

Question 18

What are organisms that reproduce in the presence of oxygen called?

Answer 18

aerobes

Question 19

What are organisms that do not reproduce in the presence of oxygen called?

Answer 19

anaerobes

Question 20

What is used to enhance the visualization of microorganisms on the smear

Answer 20

gram staining

Question 21

What consists of procedures by which antigens and reacting serum globulin antibodies may be measured qualitatively and quantitively

Answer 21

serology

Question 22

What is a substance that when introduced into an individual’s body is recognized as foreign by an individual’s immune system and causes a detectable reaction?

Answer 22

antigen

Question 23

What are specific defensive proteins that are produced when an antigen stimulates individual cells?

Answer 23

antibodies

Question 24

The RPR Card test is a non-specific, easy performed screening test for what?

Answer 24

syphilis

Question 25

Fungi reproduce by spores that germinate into long filaments called what?

Answer 25

hyphae

Question 26

What does the normal daily urine volume for adults average ?

Answer 26

1500 ML

Question 27

What is defined as the density of a solution compared to an equal volume of distilled water?

Answer 27

specific gravity

Question 28

The specific gravity of a 24-hour urine specimen may vary from 1.001 to what while in presence of a disease?

Answer 28

1.060

Question 29

What is specific gravity measured with?

Answer 29

index refractometer

Question 30

What in the urine always indicates some form of kidney disorder and should always be reported?

Answer 30

casts