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Week 2 Test Flashcards

1
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The term thrombus refers to

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A clot in a blood vessel

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2
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What are tendons?

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Fibrous tissue that attaches muscles to bones

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3
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When a piece of skin tissue is examined under a microscope, what type of procedure is being preformed

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Skin biopsy

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4
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What is a milky serum usually represent?

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Lipemic

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5
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A list of professional standards are called

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Code of ethics

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6
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Which of the following liquids may a patient drink when fasting before having bloodwork drawn

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Water

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7
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What is the purpose of having valves

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To keep blood from flowing backwards in the vein

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8
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What is the function of ligaments

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Connects bones To bones

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9
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Metabolic waste in the blood is filtered through the

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Kidneys

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10
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When should a STAT sticker be affixed to a specimen

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When results are needed immediately

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11
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What other term is used for thrombocytes?

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Platelets

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12
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What organ is the largest?

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Skin

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13
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You are preparing to draw blood on a hospitalized patient for a CBC. When should you label the specimen?

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Immediately after the blood draw

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14
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Once a specimen is ordered in the computer system a number is then assigned to that specimen what is that number called ?

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Accession number

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15
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You receive an order to draw blood from a patient for a lipid profile. The physician is most likely to concerned about the patients

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Cardiovascular system

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16
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What blood test checks for typed of arthritis including rheumatoid arthritis

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ESR

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17
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Hemolysis is the destruction/breakdown of

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Red blood cells

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18
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When collecting specimens from a child what would be the best way to put him at ease

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Talk to him directly and briefly explain the procedure

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19
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You receive an order to draw blood from a patient for BUN and creatine. the physician is most likely concerned about the patients

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Urinary system

20
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You receive an order to draw blood from a patient for BUN and creatinine. The physician is most likely cornered about the patient’s

A

Urinary system

21
Q

The vessels that connect the arteries and veins are

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Capillaries

22
Q

What type of contest is given by parent when drawing blood on her child

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Informed consent

23
Q

What is the name of the test that checks for hepatitis, cirrhosis, and other liver diseases

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HFP
hepatic function panel

24
Q

The fluid around the lungs is called

A

Pleural fluid

25
Q

What test screens for adequate levels to maintain calcium in the bones

A

Vitamin D

26
Q

the blood vessels through which the blood moves with minimum force

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Veins

27
Q

Larger arteries branch off into smaller arteries which are called

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Arterioles

28
Q

Clear serum is considered

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Normal

29
Q

Milky serum is a tube is considered

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Lipemic

30
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Dark yellow or green serum in tube is considered

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Icteric

31
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A patient needs to have a CBC, HIV, lipid panel, CMP, random glucose and TSH collected. which of the test above need to be collected as a fasting specimen?

A

Lipid panel

32
Q

Which type of diabetes does the patient body not use insulin efficiently

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Type 2

33
Q

The organ where gas exchange takes place is the

A

Lungs

34
Q

When the labatory scientists have questions concerning a specimen the most important information contained on specimen label is

A

The phlebotomist identification

35
Q

To check for the levels of antibodies to specific antigens, what test would be ordered ?

A

Antibody titers

36
Q

If a patient has not fasted what test will be altered?

A

Glucose, VLDL, triglycerides

37
Q

What type of glucose testing does a patient neeed to have blood drawn after eating a meal

A

Postprandial

38
Q

Liquid wastes are stored in and eliminated by the

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Kidneys

39
Q

Some blood tests need to be performed at specific times. What test needs to be drawn at multiple time intervals?

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GTT

40
Q

A patients needs to have their blood drawn for allergies, infections & anemia. What test would likely be ordered?

A

CBC

41
Q

A 62 yr old women ordered a take home test to for colon cancer what is the test?

A

fecal occult blood

42
Q

When preparing to perform a venipuncture you notice an IV in the patients right hand. Where should you obtain your blood specimen?

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Left hand or anticubital

43
Q

The vessel located in the middle of the anticubital region is called?

A

Median cubital vein

44
Q

What laboratory test can be used to assess the risk of heart disease

A

Lipid panel

45
Q

When a phlebotomist becomes trained in more than one job function they are considered

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multiskilled

46
Q

Some patients want to have other family members make medical decisions for them. In addressing these patients request, healthcare workers must comply with which law?

A

HIPPPA

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