other non blood specimens Flashcards
evaluate fertility & postvasectomy procedures
semen
use for easier counting of semen
counting chambers
serve as ‘middle man’ of CNS & bloodvessels
cerebrospinal fluid
- remove metabolic wastes
- surrounds brain & spinal cord to supply nutrients to nervous tissue
- produce barrier to cushion the brain & spinal cord against trauma
csf
normal color of csf
clear & colorless
blood should not be found on csf
tube 1 collection for csf
chem & immunology
tube 2 collection for csf
microbiology
tube 3 collection for csf
hema
known as ‘joint fluid’
synovial fluid
clear, pale-yellow, viscous fluid that lubricates & decreases friction in movable joints
synovial fluid
collected by physcians through Arthosyntheses
synovial fluid
tube 1 collected for synovial fluid
EDTA/heparin
microscopy
tube 2 collecteed for synovial fluid
sterile tube
microbiology
tube 3 collected for synovial fluid
non-additive tube
chem,, immunology
- pale-yellow, watery,serum like fluid found between double-layered membranes enclosing pleural, pericardial, peritoneal cavities
- collected by physicians
serous fluid
tube 1 collected for serous fluid
edta
cell counts/smears
tube 2 collected for serous fluid
heparin/sodium fluoride
chem tests