Definitions

Question 1

Flint glass

Answer 1

Inexpensive glass with low resistance to heat and chemicals

Question 2

Volumetric pipette

Answer 2

Pipette for measuring anything that requires precise measurement

Question 3

Erlenmeyer flask

Answer 3

Flat-bottomed, conical flask used for mixing

Question 4

Serological pipette

Answer 4

Pipette that is graduated down to the tip of apparatus and used to measure viscous liquids

Question 5

Borosillicate glass

Answer 5

Non-reactive, highly thermal-resistant glass with low alkali content; PYREX and KIMAX

Question 6

Polypropylene

Answer 6

Lightweight plastic that can withstand heat sterilization

Question 7

Safety bulb

Answer 7

Serves as a vacuum source for filling reagents through a pipette

Question 8

Water bath

Answer 8

Container filled with heated water and used to incubate samples in water at a constant temperature over longer periods of time

Question 9

Graduated cylinder

Answer 9

Long straight-sided container with calibrated markings with a high degree of accuracy → used for 24hr urine volumes

Question 10

Beaker

Answer 10

Wide, straight-sided cylindrical vessel used for general mixing and reagent preparation

Question 11

pH meter

Answer 11

Device which measures hydrogen ion concentration

Question 12

TD

Answer 12

To deliver → last drop is not blow out (gravity is used)

Question 13

TC

Answer 13

To contain → last drop remaining needs to be blown ou

Question 14

Autoclave

Answer 14

Sterilization chamber using steam under pressure

Question 15

Incubator

Answer 15

An enclosed apparatus providing a controlled environment which may grow bacteria

Question 16

Microtome

Answer 16

Instrument used for cutting extremely thin sections of tissues for viewing under a microscope in pathology

Question 17

Graduated pipette

Answer 17

Cylindrical tube used to deliver a measured volume of liquid between two calibration/graduation marks on the tubev

Question 18

Analytical balance

Answer 18

Instrument used to weigh substances to a high degree of precision and accuracy

Question 19

Mohr pipette

Answer 19

Graduated pipette that is calibrated between two marks on the stem

Question 20

Centrifuge

Answer 20

Closed-chambered instrument used to separate specimens

Question 21

Glacial acetic acid

Answer 21

Acetic acid free from water and stored at room temperature in a safety cabinet

Question 22

BSP

Answer 22

Body substance precautions; regulations state that all specimens, fluids, tissues, smears, blood, serum, plasma, swabs, etc must be considered potentially infectious

Question 23

Venous stasis

Answer 23

Impairment or stopping of blood flow

Question 24

Distilled H2O

Answer 24

Water that is purified and non-ionized → used in the autoclave