mlt comprehensive| 569 QUESTIONS| WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

Malpractice Correct Answer: Misconduct or lack of skill by a health-care professional that results in injury to the patient What is a delta check Correct Answer: Comparison of a patient's current resultswith previous result What are the three blood vessels Correct Answer: arteries, capillaries, veins What are arteries (how are they different) Correct Answer: Arteries are thick-walled, elastic, and muscular and carry oxygenated blood to the tissues. What are capillaries (how are they different) Correct Answer: Capillaries are the smallest vessels; they connect the venous and arterial systems. What are veins (how are they different) Correct Answer: Veins are not as thick-walled and muscular as arteries, and veins have valves. Veins transport deoxygenated blood to the lungs. human leukocyte antigen (HLA) Correct Answer: one of several antigens present on leukocytes and other body cells that are important in transplant rejection Hemostasis Correct Answer: the process of stopping bleeding, which includes clot formation and clot dissolution Explain the function of a medical or clinical laboratory. Correct Answer: to perform chemical and microscopic test on blood other body fluids and tissues The clinical laboratory is divided into Correct Answer: Anatomical & Clinical What is serum? Correct Answer: liquid portion of an clotted blood specimen following centrifugation Hematopoiesis Correct Answer: origin/formation of blood cells What is the difference between plasma and serum? Correct Answer: Serum from clotted, plasma from anticoag Where are red blood cells produced? Correct Answer: yolk sac-liver-bone marrow Where are white blood cells (WBCs) produced? Correct Answer: All WBCs are produced in bone marrow; lymphocytes are also produced in lymphoid tissue. What is the function of RBC Correct An