other non blood specimens

Question 1

evaluate fertility & postvasectomy procedures

Answer 1

semen

Question 2

use for easier counting of semen

Answer 2

counting chambers

Question 3

serve as ‘middle man’ of CNS & bloodvessels

Answer 3

cerebrospinal fluid

Question 4

• remove metabolic wastes
• surrounds brain & spinal cord to supply nutrients to nervous tissue
• produce barrier to cushion the brain & spinal cord against trauma

Answer 4

csf

Question 5

normal color of csf

Answer 5

clear & colorless

Question 6

blood should not be found on csf

Question 7

tube 1 collection for csf

Answer 7

chem & immunology

Question 8

tube 2 collection for csf

Answer 8

microbiology

Question 9

tube 3 collection for csf

Answer 9

hema

Question 10

known as ‘joint fluid’

Answer 10

synovial fluid

Question 11

clear, pale-yellow, viscous fluid that lubricates & decreases friction in movable joints

Answer 11

synovial fluid

Question 12

collected by physcians through Arthosyntheses

Answer 12

synovial fluid

Question 13

tube 1 collected for synovial fluid

Answer 13

EDTA/heparin
microscopy

Question 14

tube 2 collecteed for synovial fluid

Answer 14

sterile tube
microbiology

Question 15

tube 3 collected for synovial fluid

Answer 15

non-additive tube
chem,, immunology

Question 16

• pale-yellow, watery,serum like fluid found between double-layered membranes enclosing pleural, pericardial, peritoneal cavities
• collected by physicians

Answer 16

serous fluid

Question 17

tube 1 collected for serous fluid

Answer 17

edta

cell counts/smears

Question 18

tube 2 collected for serous fluid

Answer 18

heparin/sodium fluoride

chem tests

Question 19

tube 3 collected for serous fluid

Answer 19

sterile heparinized tubes

cultures

Question 20

fluid that is aspirated from surrounding of lungs

Answer 20

pleural fluid

Question 21

fluid that is aspirated from abdominal cavity

Answer 21

peritoneal fluid

Question 22

fluid that is aspirated from the abdominal cavity surrounding heart

Answer 22

pericardial fluid

Question 23

• clear, almost colorless
• surrounds & cushions fetus in uterus
• colleccted after 15weeks of gestation
• obtained by needle & the procedure of TRANSABDOMINAL AMNIOCENTESIS

Answer 23

amniotic fluid

Question 24

• fluid is used to detect genetic disorders such as down’s syndrome
• identify hemolytic disease

Answer 24

amniotic fluid

Question 25

* marker of liver disorder * antigen normally present in human fetus is also found in amniotic fluid & maternal serum

Answer 25

alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)

Question 26

abnormal AFP levels indicates problem in fetal development

Question 27

specimen should be protected from light to prevent breakdown of bilirubin & delivered to laboratory ASAP

Question 28

speciemn for chromosome analysis is kept at room temp.

Question 29

specimen for chemistry tests must kep on ice

Question 30

examines stomach contents fro abnormal susbtances & measures gastric acid concentration to evaluate stomach acid production

Answer 30

gastric analysis

Question 31

done by putting tube from mouth/nose thru stomach after fasting tested to determine acidity priro to stimulation

Answer 31

basal gastric analysis

Question 32

microbe that causes TB

Answer 32

acid fast bacillus

Question 33

sputum test for TB

Answer 33

acid fast bacillus culture

Question 34

fluid ejected from trachea, bronchi, lungs thru deeep coughing

Answer 34

sputum

Question 35

most preferred specimen for sputum

Answer 35

1st morning

Question 36

volume for sputum tests

Answer 36

3-5ml

Question 37

less invasive, painless alternative to blood collection for obtaining cells for DNA analysis

Answer 37

buccal swabs

Question 38

fluid secreted by glands in mouth

Answer 38

saliva

Question 39

fluid that detects hormone levels & detect alcohol & drug abuse

Answer 39

saliva

Question 40

used to trace of heavy metal analysis & drug analysis

Answer 40

hair & nails

Question 41

unlike urine & stool this cannot be tampered/altered

Answer 41

hair & nails

Question 42

shows eveidence of chronic drug use rather than recent drug use

Answer 42

hair & nails

Question 43

collecteed & analyze fro hydrogen content in 1 type of lactose tolerance test & detect presence of Helicobacter Pylori (H.Pylori)

Answer 43

breath

Question 44

* test used to identify problems w/ digestion of carbohydrates thought to be most accurate lactose tolerance test * use to detect bacterial overgrowth in small intestine

Answer 44

hydrogen breath test

Question 45

* samples from biopsies & autopsies * collected by pathologist

Answer 45

tissue samples