UAMS UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Normal Hemoglobin range for an adult male - CORRECT ANSWER - 13.5-18 g/dL
Normal Hemoglobin range for an adult female - CORRECT ANSWER - 12-15 g/dL
Normal hemoglobin range for newborn - CORRECT ANSWER - 16.5-21.5 g/dL
Normal hemoglobin range for young children - CORRECT ANSWER - 10-15 g/dL
Normal hematocrit range for adult males - CORRECT ANSWER - 40%-54%
Normal hematocrit range for adult female - CORRECT ANSWER - 35%-49%
Normal hematocrit range for newborn - CORRECT ANSWER - 48 - 68 %
Normal ESR for adult males - CORRECT ANSWER - 0-15 mm/hr
Normal ESR for adult females - CORRECT ANSWER - 0-20 mm/hr
Normal ESR for children - CORRECT ANSWER - 0-20 mm/hr
What % of hemoglobin A is in an adult - CORRECT ANSWER - 95-100%
What % of hemoglobin A2 is in an adult? - CORRECT ANSWER - 0-3.5%
,What % of hemoglobin F is in an Adult? - CORRECT ANSWER - 0-2.0%
What % of hemoglobin A is in a newborn? - CORRECT ANSWER - 10-40%
What % of hemoglobin A2 is in a newborn? - CORRECT ANSWER - 0%
What % of hemoglobin F is in a newborn? - CORRECT ANSWER - 60-90%
Globin chain α2γ2 - CORRECT ANSWER - Hemoglobin F globin
Globin chain α 2δ2 - CORRECT ANSWER - Hemoglobin A2 globin
Globin chain α 2 β2 - CORRECT ANSWER - Hemoglobin A globin
What is Emden Meyerhof Pathway? - CORRECT ANSWER - Major glycolytic pathway
Generator of ATP
What is Hexose Monophosphate Pathway? - CORRECT ANSWER - Main line of injury
against oxidative injury
What is Methemoglobin Reductase Pathway? - CORRECT ANSWER - Regeneration of
reduced form of hemoglobin
What is Rapoport-Luebering Pathway? - CORRECT ANSWER - Increase 2,3 BPG
What is basophilic stippling composed of? - CORRECT ANSWER - RNA
, What are Howell-jolly bodies composed of? - CORRECT ANSWER - DNA
What are reticulocytes composed of? - CORRECT ANSWER - RNA
What are Heinz bodies composed of? - CORRECT ANSWER - denatured hemoglobin
What are Pappenheimer bodies composed of? - CORRECT ANSWER - iron
What are Cabot rings composed of? - CORRECT ANSWER - Remnants of mitotic spindle
What enzyme corresponds with Emden Meyerhof Pathway? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Pyruvate Kinase
What enzyme corresponds with Hexose Monophosphate Pathway? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Glucose-6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase
What enzyme corresponds with Methemoglobin Reductase Pathway? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Methemoglobin Reductase
What enzyme corresponds with Rapoport-Leubering Pathway? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Biphosphpglycerate mutase &
Biphosphoglycerate kinase
Emden Meyerhof Pathway defect - CORRECT ANSWER - Causes formation of
echinocytes
Hexose Monophosphate Pathway defect - CORRECT ANSWER - causes formation of
heinz bodies