ASCP MLS Exam With 100% Correct Answers 2023

CA-125 - Correct Answer-ovarian cancer tumor marker PSA, PAP - Correct Answer-prostate tumor marker CA-15-3 - Correct Answer-Breast Cancer Tumor Marker CEA - Correct Answer-colon cancer tumor marker hsCRP increased in? - Correct Answer-AMI, inflammation lactate dehydrogenase - Correct Answer-Monitors tissue damage, widely distributed throughout the body creatine kinase - Correct Answer-Found in cardiac, brain, skeletal muscle CK-MB - Correct Answer-Increased in AMI CK-MM - Correct Answer-Increased in muscular disease ALT increased in... - Correct Answer-Hepatitis AST increased in... - Correct Answer-Hepatitis Alkaline phosphatase increased in... - Correct Answer-Hepatitis and bone disorders (found in hepatobiliary and bone) GGT increased in... - Correct Answer-Recent alcohol use, liver disorders Amylase increased in... - Correct Answer-Pancreatitis, not very specific Lipase increased in... - Correct Answer-Pancreatitis, more specific, but rises slower Apolipoproteins - Correct Answer-Proton component free from lipid Friedewald Calculation is for... - Correct Answer-Calculating LDL Friedewald calculation - Correct Answer-(Total chol) - (HDL chol)-(Trig/5) Insulin released when? - Correct Answer-Increased blood glucose Glucagon released when? - Correct Answer-Decreased blood glucose Glycogenolysis - Correct Answer-breakdown of glycogen to glucose Glycolysis - Correct Answer-Breakdown of glucose Insulin does what in the body? - Correct Answer-Decrease glycogenolysis and glycolysis, increase glucose uptake by cells Glucagon does what in the body? - Correct Answer-Increase glycogenolysis, signals liver to breakdown glucose and fat Glucose produced where? - Correct Answer-Produced in liver Hemoglobin is broken down into... (4) - Correct Answer-CO, Globin, Iron, Bilirubin Unconjugated bilirubin - Correct Answer-Indirect, insoluble, bound to albumin conjugated bilirubin - Correct Answer-Direct, bound to water soluble molecule What type of bilirubin is found in urine? - Correct Answer-Unconjugated bilirubin Urobilinogen - Correct Answer-Even more water soluble and easy to excrete than conj. Bilirubin prehepatic jaundice - Correct Answer-Increased bilirubin production due to hemolysis or ineffective erythropoiesis hepatic jaundice - Correct Answer-Abnormal bilirubin metabolism (e.g. cell damage, hepatitis) Post-hepatic jaundice - Correct Answer-Decreased bilirubin excretion, usually caused by obstruction Test results in PRE hepatic jaundice - Correct Answer-Increased indirect serum bilirubin, stool and urine urobilinogen. Normal direct serum bilirubin. Proteins, in order of most anodic to least anodic - Correct Answer-Prealbumin, albumin, alpha 1, alpha 2, beta, gamma Albumin decreased in... - Correct Answer-Inflammation and protein loss Ceruloplasmin - Correct Answer-transports copper Transferrin - Correct Answer-transports iron