QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Phlebotomist. Answer: Is a member of a service-oriented industry that
requires professional behavior at all times.
◉ Professsionalism. Answer: Is an attitude and a set of personal
characteristics needed to succeed in this field.
◉ Characteristics Imperative to a Phlebotomist. Answer: -Dependability
-Honest
-Integrity
-Empathy and Compassion
-Professional Appearance
-Interpersonal Skills
◉ Ethical Behavior. Answer: Entails conforming to a standard of right
and wrong to avoid harming the patient in any way.
◉ Code of Ethics. Answer: Standards of right and wrong.
,◉ Physician Office Laboratories. Answer: Can range from simple
screening tests done in a single practice office or specialized testing
done in large group practices.
◉ Reference Laboratories. Answer: These large independent laboratories
perform routine and highly specialized tests that cannot be done in
smaller ones. The phlebotomist may do either on-site or off-site
collections.
◉ Medical Facilities the Phlebotomist May Find Work. Answer: -
Physician Officer Laboratories
-Reference Laboratories
-Urgent Care Centers
-Nursing Home Facilities
-Wellness Clinics
◉ The Circulatory System. Answer: The function of this system is to
deliver oxygen, nutrients, hormones, and enzymes to the cells (exchange
is done at the capillary level) and to transport cellular waste such as
carbon dioxide and urea to the organs (lungs and kidneys, respectively)
where they can be expels from the body.
◉ Pulmonary Circulation (Heart). Answer: This carries deoxygenated
blood from the right ventricle to the lungs (oxygenation takes place at
,the alveoli) and returns oxygenated blood from the lung to the left
atrium.
◉ Systemic Circulation (Heart). Answer: This carries oxygenated blood
from the left ventricle throughout the body.
◉ The Tricuspid Valve. Answer: This is an atrioventricular valve, being
situated between the right atrium and right ventricle.
◉ The Pulmonic Valve. Answer: A semi lunar valve situated between the
right ventricle nd the pulmonary artery.
◉ The Mitral Valve. Answer: This is another atrioventricular valve,
being situated between the left atrium, and left ventricle; also called the
bicuspid valve.
◉ The Aortic Valve. Answer: A semi lunar valve situated between the
left ventricle and the aorta.
◉ Endocardium. Answer: The endothelial inner layer lining of the heart.
◉ Myocardium. Answer: The muscular middle layer of the heart. The
coronary arteries, which supply blood to the heart, are found in this
layer.
, ◉ Epicardium. Answer: The fibrous outer layer of the heart. The
coronary arteries, which supply blood to the heart, are found in this
layer.
◉ The Blood Vessels. Answer: Aorta, Arteries, Arterioles, Capillaries,
Venules, Veins, Superior and Inferior Vena Cava.
◉ Tunica Adventitia. Answer: The outer connective tissue of the blood
vessels (except the capillaries).
◉ Tunica Media. Answer: The middle smooth muscles of the blood
vessels (except the capillaries).
◉ Tunica Intima. Answer: The inner endothelial layer of the blood
vessels (except the capillaries).
◉ The aorta, arteries, and arterioles carry what type of blood from the
heart to the various parts of the body?. Answer: Oxygenated.
◉ The venules, veins and the superior and inferior vena Cavan carry
what type of blood back to the heart?. Answer: Deoxygenated.