PHLEBOTOMY NATIONAL EXAM
(NHA)|COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE WITH
HIGH YIELD QUESTIONS AND 100%
RIGHT/AUTHENTIC ANSWERS|LATEST
VERSION ,ALREADY GRADED A
Characteristics imperative to a phlebotomist - CORRECT
ANSWERS✔️✔️Dependability, honesty, integrity, empathy and compassion,
professional appearance, interpersonal skills
Circulatory system function - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔d ️ eliver oxygen, nutrients,
hormones, & enzymes to cells and transport cellular waste (CO2) to organs where
they can be expelled
The two circulations - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Pulmonary & Systemic
Pulmonary circulation - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️carries deoxygenated blood
from the right ventricle to the lungs and returns oxygenated blood from lungs to
left atrium
Where does oxygenation take place in the lungs? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✔️✔️alveoli
Systemic circulation - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️carries oxygenated blood from
left ventricle throughout the body
Upper chambers of the heart - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️right and left atria
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lower chambers of the heart - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️right and left ventricle
tricuspid valve - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️atrioventricular valve, situated
between right atrium and right ventricle
**to remember this valve is on the right side of the heart-- people TRY to be
RIGHT
pulmonic valve - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️semi-lunar valve situated between the
right ventricle and the pulmonary artery
Mitral valve (or bicuspid) - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️atrioventricular valve
located between the left atrium and left ventricle
aortic valve - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️semi lunar valve situated between the left
ventricle and aorta
Flow of blood through the heart - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Superior and Inferior
Vena Cavae< Right atrium< tricuspid valve< right ventricle< pulmonic valve<
pulmonary artery< lungs< pulmonary vein< left atrium< mitral (bicuspid) valve<
left ventricle< aorta< rest of body
Three layers of the heart - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Endocardium, myocardium,
epicardium
Blood vessels - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules,
veins, superior & inferior vena cavae
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aorta, arteries, and arterioles carry_____ blood _______ the heart - CORRECT
ANSWERS✔️✔️oxygenated & away from
venules, veins, and superior and inferior vena cave carry _____ blood ________
the heart - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️deoxygenated & back to
The average adult has ______ liters of blood - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️5-6
Plasma comprises how much of circulating blood? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✔️✔️55%
Plasma contains.... - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔p ️ roteins, amino acids, gases,
electrolytes, sugars, hormones, minerals, vitamins, and water
What percent of plasma is water? - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️92%
Formed elements comprise what percent of circulating blood? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✔️✔️45%
another name for red blood cells... - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Erythrocytes
What makes up the formed elements? - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️Red blood
cells, White blood cells, and platelets
Another name for white blood cells... - CORRECT ANSWERS✔️✔️leukocytes
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