Laboratory and Blood Test Terminology Ch 16

Question 1

Venipuncture

Answer 1

Withdrawing blood from a vein (usually with a needle or syringe)

Question 2

Refractometer

Answer 2

An instrument used to determine the deviation of light through objects. Used to measure solute (particle) concentration of serum, urine and other body fluids.

Question 3

Centrifuge

Answer 3

A machine that spins samples very rapidly to separate elements based on density. It’s used to separate the formed elements of blood from the liquid portion of blood. Also separates liquid portion of urine from the heavier solids.

Question 4

Acid

Answer 4

Property of low PH, or high number of hydrogen ions

Question 5

Alkaline (also known as ‘basic’)

Answer 5

Property of high PH, or low number of hydrogen ions

Question 6

Agglutination

Answer 6

Clumping together of cells or particles

Question 7

Assay

Answer 7

Assessment or test to determine the number of organisms, cells, or amount of a chemical substance found in a sample.

Question 8

Complete Blood Count (CBC)

Answer 8

Diagnostic evaluation of blood of blood to determine the number of erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes per cubic millimeter of blood

Question 9

Differential

Answer 9

Diagnostic evaluation of the number and types of white blood cells per cubic millimeter of blood

Question 10

Diluent

Answer 10

Liquid used to make a dilution

Question 11

Enzyme linked Immunosorbent assay (ELSA)

Answer 11

Laboratory test to determine either antigen or antibody in blood

Question 12

Hematocrit or also known as crit, PCV - Packed cell volume

Answer 12

Percentage of erythrocytes in blood; “to separate blood”

Question 13

Hemogram

Answer 13

Record of the findings in examination of blood especially with reference to the numbers, proportions, and morphology of the blood cells

Question 14

Immunofluorescence

Answer 14

Method of tagging antibodies with a luminating dye to detect antigen- antibody complexes

Question 15

leukogram

Answer 15

numeric and descriptive data in the distribution and appearance of WBCs; used to identify a pathologic process

Question 16

profile

Answer 16

group of laboratory testes performed on serum; also called screen or panel; includes tests that measures levels of glucose, liver enzymes, and kidney enzymes

Question 17

prothrombin time

Answer 17

diagnostic evaluation of the number of seconds needed for thromboplastin to coagulate plasma

Question 18

radioimmunoassay

Answer 18

laboratory technique in which a radioactively laebled substance is mixed with a blood specimine to determine the amount of a particular substance in the mixture; also called radioassay

Question 19

red cell count

Answer 19

number of erythrocytes per cubic millimeter of blood

Question 20

serology

Answer 20

laboratory study of serum and the reactions of antigens and antibodies

Question 21

white cell count

Answer 21

number of leukocytes per cubic millimeter of blood