Chp. 5 Vocab

Question 1

Also called blood films; procedure consists of a thin layer of blood smeared on a microscope slide and then stained to allow microscopic examination

Answer 1

Peripheral blood smears

Question 2

Blood yet procedure performed on microscopic slides that gives information about the number and shape of blood cells

Answer 2

Blood smear

Question 3

Also known as dermal puncture or finger stick; used to collect small samples of blood composed of capillary, venous, or arterial blood

Answer 3

Capillary puncture

Question 4

Lab test used to check for bacteria or other micro organisms in a blood sample

Answer 4

Blood culture

Question 5

Type of blood culture bottle used to collect specimens to test for microbes that thrive in air

Answer 5

Aerobic blood culture bottle

Question 6

Type of blood culture bottle used to collect specimens to test for microbes that thrive in an airless environment

Answer 6

Anaerobic blood culture bottle

Question 7

Antiseptic antibacterial agent used to help cleanse the patients skin for blood collection

Answer 7

Chlorhexidine gluconate

Question 8

Place where blood is collected from donors, typed , separated into components , stored, and prepared for transfusions

Answer 8

Blood bank

Question 9

When patient donates blood to be used for their own needs for future use

Answer 9

Autologous transfusion

Question 10

Form of phlebotomy prescribed as treatment for patients who have polycythemia Vera or hemochromatosis

Answer 10

Therapeutic phlebotomy

Question 11

High red blood cell count

Answer 11

Polycythemia Vera

Question 12

High iron count

Answer 12

Hemochromatosis

Question 13

Removal of blood plasma from a patients body without withdrawing the blood itself. Process separates the blood into plasma and cells, returning the cells to patients blood. Known as power red

Answer 13

Apheresis

Question 14

Removal of blood plasma from whole blood

Answer 14

Plasmapheresis