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Question 1

Process of collecting blood
through vein by using incision

Answer 1

PHLEBOTOMY

Question 2

Process of collecting blood
through vein by using incision
or puncture method to draw
blood for analysis or as part
of ______ OR _____ measures
under the physician’s request

Answer 2

THERAPEUTIC or
DIAGNOSTIC

Question 3

2 greek words of phlebotomy

Answer 3

1. Phlebos - vein
2. Temnein (Tomos/Tome) -
   to cut

Question 4

Phlebotomy is also called as

Answer 4

VENESECTION

Question 5

2 latin words of venesection

Answer 5

1. Vena - vein
2. Sectio - cutting

Question 6

Crude tools to cut vessels and
drain blood from the body

Answer 6

Stone Age

Question 7

Ancient Egyptians also practiced
phlebotomy as form of
“bloodletting”

Answer 7

1400 B.C.

Question 8

460-377 BC

Answer 8

Hippocrates (Greek Physician)
● A person’s health depends on
the balance of the 4 humors
1. Earth - blood & brain
2. Air - phlegm & lungs
3. Fire - black bile & spleen
4. Water - yellow bile & gallbladder

Question 9

Earth

Answer 9

blood & brain

Question 10

Air -

Answer 10

• phlegm & lungs

Question 11

Fire -

Answer 11

black bile & spleen

Question 12

Water

Answer 12

yellow & gallbladder

Question 13

Blood letting was performed
by barber surgeons as part of
the treatment for some
illnesses

Answer 13

Middle Ages

Question 14

17th and 18th
centuries

Answer 14

Phlebotomy was treated as a
major therapy

Question 15

Alternative medicine
● Application of special
heated suction cups on
the patient’s skin
● Incision using a fleam or
lancet

Answer 15

Cupping

Question 16

Blood letting was performed
by ____ as part of
the treatment for some
illnesses

Answer 16

barber surgeons

Question 17

Leeching
(Hirudotherapy)

Answer 17

● Uses leeches for bloodletting
used for microsurgical
replantation
● Hirudo medicinalis -
medicinal leech
● Hirudin - anticoagulant
prevents blood clotting

Question 18

MAIN GOALS OF PHLEBOTOMY

Answer 18

1. For DIAGNOSIS and treatment using
   blood samples
2. For TRANSFUSION, to remove blood
   from the donor, and
3. For REMOVAL of blood for
   polycythemia or therapeutic
   purposes

Question 19

For _____ and treatment using
blood samples

Answer 19

DIAGNOSIS

Question 20

For _____, to remove blood
from the donor

Answer 20

TRANSFUSION

Question 21

For _____ of blood for
polycythemia or therapeutic
purposes

Answer 21

REMOVAL

Question 22

2 MAIN METHODS OF PHLEBOTOMY

Answer 22

1. VENIPUNCTURE
   - Method of collection of blood
   through the vein using a needle
2. CAPILLARY PUNCTURE
   - Blood is collected by puncturing
   the skin using a lancet

Question 23

Blood is collected by puncturing
the skin using a lancet

Answer 23

CAPILLARY PUNCTURE

Question 24

Method of collection of blood
through the vein using a needle

Answer 24

VENIPUNCTURE