Clinical Chemistry Flashcards
What laboratory is concerned with the measurement of levels of chemical components in body fluids for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes?
Clinical Chemistry Laboratory
What type of blood specimen has both liquid and cellular portions?
Whole blood
What do you call the fluid portion of anticoagulated blood?
Plasma
What do you call the fluid portion of clotted blood?
Serum
What type of blood specimen is deoxygenated and dark red in color?
Venous blood
What type of blood specimen is oxygenated and bright red in color?
Arterial blood
True or False.
Serum lacks fibrinogen.
True
Recite the veins in order of their option for blood extraction.
- Median cubital vein
- Cephalic vein
- Basilic vein
What is the most preferred site for blood extraction?
Median cubital vein
What is the standard size of the gauge for blood extraction?
21 gauge
What is the standard size of the gauge for blood donations?
18 gauge
What unacceptable specimen is common in patients with high cholesterol?
Lipemic
What unacceptable specimen is seen when the plasma or serum is reddish or pink in color?
Hemolyzed
What unacceptable specimen is seen when the specimen is dark yellow in color and is common in patients with liver problem?
Icteric
Metabolic disease in which blood glucose levels are elevated due to deficiency in insulin secretion or defective insulin action.
Diabetes Mellitus
What type of diabetes mellitus is inborn and IDDM (Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus)?
Type 1
What type of diabetes mellitus is common with adults and is NDDM (Non-insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus)?
Type 2
A condition characterized by hardening and thickening of the walls of arteries.
Arteriosclerosis
What electrolyte is important for muscle contraction and blood coagulation?
Calcium
What is the tumor marker for ovarian cancer?
CA125
What is the tumor marker for breast cancer?
CA153
What is a tumor marker for gastric, pancreatic, and colorectal cancers?
CA19.9
What electrolyte is important for the regulation of neuromuscular excitability, contraction of heart, ICF volume, H+ concentration?
Potassium
What electrolyte is involved in maintaining osmolality blood volume and electric neutrality?
Chloride
What electrolyte is a component of phospholipids, nucleic acids, creatine phosphate, and ATP?
Phosphate
