ASCP BOC Questions and
Answers
Tricuspid Valve
✓~ Blood exits the right atrium through the following valve:
Aortic Valve
✓~ Blood exits the left ventricle through the following valve:
Right Atrium
✓~ Which of the following structures contains deoxygenated blood?
Aorta
✓~ Which of the following structures contains oxygenated blood?
Pulmonary Artery
✓~ Which of the following structures is included in the pulmonary circuit?
Aorta
,✓~ Which of the following structures is included in the systemic circuit?
Aorta
✓~ Which of the following structures contains oxygenated blood?
Arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, veins
✓~ What is the blood flow sequence from the aorta?
Lumen
✓~ The inside of a blood vessel is called the:
Artery
✓~ The blood vessel with the thickest tunica media is the:
Arteries
✓~ Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart are the:
Arteries
✓~ Which of the following blood vessels contains oxygenated blood?
Artery
,✓~ After performing a routine venipuncture, the phlebotomist noticed the blood in the
evacuated tube was bright, cherry red. What vessel did the phlebotomist likely puncture?
Capillary
✓~ The blood vessel whose wall is 1 cell layer thick is the:
Capillaries
✓~ Which of the following blood vessels contains a mixture of oxygenated and
deoxygenated blood?
Capillaries
✓~ Which of the following structures connect arterioles and venules?
Capillaries
✓~ Which of the following blood vessels allows gas and solute exchange between blood
and tissues?
Venous
✓~ Which of the following specimens has the lowest concentration of oxygen?
Veins
, ✓~ The blood vessels with 1-way valves in the lumen are called?
Veins
✓~ Which of the following blood vessels contains deoxygenated blood?
Vein
✓~ After performing a routine venipuncture, the phlebotomist noticed that the blood in the
evacuated tube was dark red. What vessel did the phlebotomist likely puncture?
Superior Vena Cava
✓~ Blood enters the right side of the heart through the:
Pulmonary Veins
✓~ Blood enters the left side of the heart through the:
Thrombin
✓~ The substance that causes fibrinogen to convert to fibrin is:
Calcium
✓~ An element critical to coagulation function in vivo and in vitro is:
Answers
Tricuspid Valve
✓~ Blood exits the right atrium through the following valve:
Aortic Valve
✓~ Blood exits the left ventricle through the following valve:
Right Atrium
✓~ Which of the following structures contains deoxygenated blood?
Aorta
✓~ Which of the following structures contains oxygenated blood?
Pulmonary Artery
✓~ Which of the following structures is included in the pulmonary circuit?
Aorta
,✓~ Which of the following structures is included in the systemic circuit?
Aorta
✓~ Which of the following structures contains oxygenated blood?
Arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, veins
✓~ What is the blood flow sequence from the aorta?
Lumen
✓~ The inside of a blood vessel is called the:
Artery
✓~ The blood vessel with the thickest tunica media is the:
Arteries
✓~ Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart are the:
Arteries
✓~ Which of the following blood vessels contains oxygenated blood?
Artery
,✓~ After performing a routine venipuncture, the phlebotomist noticed the blood in the
evacuated tube was bright, cherry red. What vessel did the phlebotomist likely puncture?
Capillary
✓~ The blood vessel whose wall is 1 cell layer thick is the:
Capillaries
✓~ Which of the following blood vessels contains a mixture of oxygenated and
deoxygenated blood?
Capillaries
✓~ Which of the following structures connect arterioles and venules?
Capillaries
✓~ Which of the following blood vessels allows gas and solute exchange between blood
and tissues?
Venous
✓~ Which of the following specimens has the lowest concentration of oxygen?
Veins
, ✓~ The blood vessels with 1-way valves in the lumen are called?
Veins
✓~ Which of the following blood vessels contains deoxygenated blood?
Vein
✓~ After performing a routine venipuncture, the phlebotomist noticed that the blood in the
evacuated tube was dark red. What vessel did the phlebotomist likely puncture?
Superior Vena Cava
✓~ Blood enters the right side of the heart through the:
Pulmonary Veins
✓~ Blood enters the left side of the heart through the:
Thrombin
✓~ The substance that causes fibrinogen to convert to fibrin is:
Calcium
✓~ An element critical to coagulation function in vivo and in vitro is:
