Comprehensive Metabolic Panel (CMP)

Question 1

What is a comprehensive metabolic panel?

Answer 1

A blood sample test that measures 14 different substances in your blood (8+6).

*It provides important information about your body’s chemical balance and metabolism (how your body transforms the food you eat into energy).

Question 2

The 3 additional tests in a CMP include:

Answer 2

1. Total protein
2. Bilirubin
3. Albumin

Question 3

A CMP also measures the following 3 liver enzymes:

Answer 3

1. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
2. Alanine transminase (ALT)
3. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)

Question 4

_____ _____ is a rough measurement of the total amount of _____ and _____, which are proteins in your blood.

Answer 4

Total protein is a rough measurement of the total amount of albumin and globulins, which are proteins in your blood.

Question 5

_____ is a waste product that’s made from the breakdown of red blood cells.

Answer 5

Bilirubin is a waste product that’s made from the breakdown of red blood cells.

Question 6

Your _____ is in charge of removing bilirubin from your body.

Answer 6

Your liver is in charge of removing bilirubin from your body.

Question 7

Albumin is a _____ that your _____ makes.

Answer 7

Albumin is a protein your liver makes.

Question 8

_____ transports important substances through your _____ and keeps _____ from _____ out of your blood vessels.

Answer 8

Albumin transports important substances through your bloodstream and keeps fluid from leaking out of your blood vessels.

Question 9

_____ are substances that act as catalysts and allow certain _____ _____ to happen.

Answer 9

Enzymes are substances that act as catalysts and allow certain bodily processes to happen.