PHLEBOTOMY NATIONAL EXAM (NHA) QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+

Characteristics imperative to a phlebotomist - CORRECT ANSWER-Dependability, honesty, integrity, empathy and compassion, professional appearance, interpersonal skills Circulatory system function - CORRECT ANSWER-deliver oxygen, nutrients, hormones, & enzymes to cells and transport cellular waste (CO2) to organs where they can be expelled The two circulations - CORRECT ANSWER-Pulmonary & Systemic Pulmonary circulation - CORRECT ANSWER-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 ANSWER-alveoli Systemic circulation - CORRECT ANSWER-carries oxygenated blood from left ventricle throughout the body Upper chambers of the heart - CORRECT ANSWER-right and left atria lower chambers of the heart - CORRECT ANSWER-right and left ventricle tricuspid valve - CORRECT ANSWER-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 ANSWER-semi-lunar valve situated between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery Mitral valve (or bicuspid) - CORRECT ANSWER-atrioventricular valve located between the left atrium and left ventricle aortic valve - CORRECT ANSWER-semi lunar valve situated between the left ventricle and aorta Flow of blood through the heart - CO