ASPT EXAM questions answers
analyte ✔✔Subtance or chemical being analyzed or dected in a specimen.
MSDS ✔✔A widely used abbreviation for Material Safety Data Sheet. A
MSDS contains details of the hazards associated with a chemical, and
gives information on its safe use.
aliquot ✔✔a portion of a blood sample that has been removed/separated
from the primary specimen tube.
ABG ✔✔Arterial Blood Gasses
autologous ✔✔term used to describe a transfusion from the recipient's own
blood
tort ✔✔in law, a civil misdeed requiring compensation
striated muscle ✔✔muscle attached to the skeleton, making movement
possible
hematoma ✔✔the collection of blood under the skin as the result of blood
escaping into the tissue from damaged blood vessels. bruise
, mastectomy ✔✔surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor
lysis ✔✔the disintegration of a cell by disruption of the plasma membrane
hemoconcentration ✔✔concentration of blood due to prolonged application
of a tourniquet (longer than 1 minute)
EDTA ✔✔Ethylene Diamine Tetraacetic Acid, Ties up Ca to prevent clotting
of blood. Advantages: Excellent preserving of cells. Disadvantages: Dilution
volume is important. Purple top vacutainer tube.
vein patency ✔✔The state of a vein being freely open
artery ✔✔a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
arterioles ✔✔small arteries that connect to capillaries
PKU ✔✔phenylketonuria (disease due to lack of an enzyme in infants)
vein ✔✔a blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart
analyte ✔✔Subtance or chemical being analyzed or dected in a specimen.
MSDS ✔✔A widely used abbreviation for Material Safety Data Sheet. A
MSDS contains details of the hazards associated with a chemical, and
gives information on its safe use.
aliquot ✔✔a portion of a blood sample that has been removed/separated
from the primary specimen tube.
ABG ✔✔Arterial Blood Gasses
autologous ✔✔term used to describe a transfusion from the recipient's own
blood
tort ✔✔in law, a civil misdeed requiring compensation
striated muscle ✔✔muscle attached to the skeleton, making movement
possible
hematoma ✔✔the collection of blood under the skin as the result of blood
escaping into the tissue from damaged blood vessels. bruise
, mastectomy ✔✔surgical removal of a breast to remove a malignant tumor
lysis ✔✔the disintegration of a cell by disruption of the plasma membrane
hemoconcentration ✔✔concentration of blood due to prolonged application
of a tourniquet (longer than 1 minute)
EDTA ✔✔Ethylene Diamine Tetraacetic Acid, Ties up Ca to prevent clotting
of blood. Advantages: Excellent preserving of cells. Disadvantages: Dilution
volume is important. Purple top vacutainer tube.
vein patency ✔✔The state of a vein being freely open
artery ✔✔a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
arterioles ✔✔small arteries that connect to capillaries
PKU ✔✔phenylketonuria (disease due to lack of an enzyme in infants)
vein ✔✔a blood vessel that carries blood back to the heart
