MEDICAL SCIENCES UAMS EXAM SCRIPT
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Normal Hemoglobin range for an adult female. Answer: 12-15
g/dL
◉ Normal hemoglobin range for newborn. Answer: 16.5-21.5 g/dL
◉ Normal hemoglobin range for young children. Answer: 10-15
g/dL
◉ Normal hematocrit range for adult males. Answer: 40%-54%
◉ Normal hematocrit range for adult female. Answer: 35%-49%
◉ Normal hematocrit range for newborn. Answer: 48 - 68 %
◉ Normal ESR for adult males. Answer: 0-15 mm/hr
◉ Normal ESR for adult females. Answer: 0-20 mm/hr
◉ Normal ESR for children. Answer: 0-20 mm/hr
,◉ What % of hemoglobin A is in an adult. Answer: 95-100%
◉ What % of hemoglobin A2 is in an adult?. Answer: 0-3.5%
◉ What % of hemoglobin F is in an Adult?. Answer: 0-2.0%
◉ What % of hemoglobin A is in a newborn?. Answer: 10-40%
◉ What % of hemoglobin A2 is in a newborn?. Answer: 0%
◉ What % of hemoglobin F is in a newborn?. Answer: 60-90%
◉ Globin chain α2γ2. Answer: Hemoglobin F globin
◉ Globin chain α 2δ2. Answer: Hemoglobin A2 globin
◉ Globin chain α 2 β2. Answer: Hemoglobin A globin
◉ What is Emden Meyerhof Pathway?. Answer: Major glycolytic
pathway
Generator of ATP
,◉ What is Hexose Monophosphate Pathway?. Answer: Main line of
injury against oxidative injury
◉ What is Methemoglobin Reductase Pathway?. Answer:
Regeneration of reduced form of hemoglobin
◉ What is Rapoport-Luebering Pathway?. Answer: Increase 2,3 BPG
◉ What is basophilic stippling composed of?. Answer: RNA
◉ What are Howell-jolly bodies composed of?. Answer: DNA
◉ What are reticulocytes composed of?. Answer: RNA
◉ What are Heinz bodies composed of?. Answer: denatured
hemoglobin
◉ What are Pappenheimer bodies composed of?. Answer: iron
◉ What are Cabot rings composed of?. Answer: Remnants of mitotic
spindle
, ◉ What enzyme corresponds with Emden Meyerhof Pathway?.
Answer: Pyruvate Kinase
◉ What enzyme corresponds with Hexose Monophosphate
Pathway?. Answer: Glucose-6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase
◉ What enzyme corresponds with Methemoglobin Reductase
Pathway?. Answer: Methemoglobin Reductase
◉ What enzyme corresponds with Rapoport-Leubering Pathway?.
Answer: Biphosphpglycerate mutase &
Biphosphoglycerate kinase
◉ Emden Meyerhof Pathway defect. Answer: Causes formation of
echinocytes
◉ Hexose Monophosphate Pathway defect. Answer: causes
formation of heinz bodies
◉ Methemoglobin Reductase Pathway defect. Answer: causes an
increased amount of methemoglobin
◉ Rapoport-Leubering Pathway defect. Answer: causes inadequate
oxygen delivery
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
◉ Normal Hemoglobin range for an adult female. Answer: 12-15
g/dL
◉ Normal hemoglobin range for newborn. Answer: 16.5-21.5 g/dL
◉ Normal hemoglobin range for young children. Answer: 10-15
g/dL
◉ Normal hematocrit range for adult males. Answer: 40%-54%
◉ Normal hematocrit range for adult female. Answer: 35%-49%
◉ Normal hematocrit range for newborn. Answer: 48 - 68 %
◉ Normal ESR for adult males. Answer: 0-15 mm/hr
◉ Normal ESR for adult females. Answer: 0-20 mm/hr
◉ Normal ESR for children. Answer: 0-20 mm/hr
,◉ What % of hemoglobin A is in an adult. Answer: 95-100%
◉ What % of hemoglobin A2 is in an adult?. Answer: 0-3.5%
◉ What % of hemoglobin F is in an Adult?. Answer: 0-2.0%
◉ What % of hemoglobin A is in a newborn?. Answer: 10-40%
◉ What % of hemoglobin A2 is in a newborn?. Answer: 0%
◉ What % of hemoglobin F is in a newborn?. Answer: 60-90%
◉ Globin chain α2γ2. Answer: Hemoglobin F globin
◉ Globin chain α 2δ2. Answer: Hemoglobin A2 globin
◉ Globin chain α 2 β2. Answer: Hemoglobin A globin
◉ What is Emden Meyerhof Pathway?. Answer: Major glycolytic
pathway
Generator of ATP
,◉ What is Hexose Monophosphate Pathway?. Answer: Main line of
injury against oxidative injury
◉ What is Methemoglobin Reductase Pathway?. Answer:
Regeneration of reduced form of hemoglobin
◉ What is Rapoport-Luebering Pathway?. Answer: Increase 2,3 BPG
◉ What is basophilic stippling composed of?. Answer: RNA
◉ What are Howell-jolly bodies composed of?. Answer: DNA
◉ What are reticulocytes composed of?. Answer: RNA
◉ What are Heinz bodies composed of?. Answer: denatured
hemoglobin
◉ What are Pappenheimer bodies composed of?. Answer: iron
◉ What are Cabot rings composed of?. Answer: Remnants of mitotic
spindle
, ◉ What enzyme corresponds with Emden Meyerhof Pathway?.
Answer: Pyruvate Kinase
◉ What enzyme corresponds with Hexose Monophosphate
Pathway?. Answer: Glucose-6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase
◉ What enzyme corresponds with Methemoglobin Reductase
Pathway?. Answer: Methemoglobin Reductase
◉ What enzyme corresponds with Rapoport-Leubering Pathway?.
Answer: Biphosphpglycerate mutase &
Biphosphoglycerate kinase
◉ Emden Meyerhof Pathway defect. Answer: Causes formation of
echinocytes
◉ Hexose Monophosphate Pathway defect. Answer: causes
formation of heinz bodies
◉ Methemoglobin Reductase Pathway defect. Answer: causes an
increased amount of methemoglobin
◉ Rapoport-Leubering Pathway defect. Answer: causes inadequate
oxygen delivery
