Clinical chemistry theory (MLT) Questions With Complete Solutions

Spectrophotometer correct answer: Measures concentration in a solution by calculating absorbance from the transmitted light Beer's law correct answer: Concentration of a substance is directly proportional to absorbed light or inversely proportional to the logarithm of transmitted light Fluorescence or fluorometry correct answer: The emited light of some substances is at a longer wavelength than the absorbed light Turbidimetry correct answer: Method that measures the scattered light Nephlometry correct answer: Method that measures the unscattered light (not transmitted) Electrophoresis correct answer: The migration of charged particles in a medium when an electrical field is applied is called: PKU correct answer: Disease with musty odor, excess phenylpyrovic acid in urine, can't convert phenylpyruvic acid to tyrosine Alakptonuria correct answer: Disease where there is accumulation of homotungestic acid in blood and urine, black urine after exposure to air Maple syrup urine disease correct answer: Disease with accumulation of leucine, isoleucine, and valine in urine, blood and CSF with burnt sugar odor samples Homocystinuria correct answer: Disease with accumulation of homocysteine and methionine, can't produce cystiene Diagnosed by gathric test (screening test) and HPLC (high performance liquid chromatography) Cystinuria correct answer: Defect in renal tubular reabsorption, causes calculi because of accumulation of cystiene 6-8 g/dl correct answer: What is the normal range for plasma protein? 3.5-5.5g/dl correct answer: What is the normal range for albumin? Pre-albumin correct answer: Plasma protein that b