ASPT MAIN EXAM SCRIPT 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔hypogycemia - ✔✔low blood sugar
✔✔hyperglycemia - ✔✔abnormally high blood sugar usually associated with diabetes
✔✔sympathetic blood flow - ✔✔...
✔✔hemostasis - ✔✔the stoppage of bleeding
✔✔hematopoiesis - ✔✔the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the
bone marrow)
✔✔spleen - ✔✔Produces blood cells, destroys damaged blood cells, stores blood cells
✔✔anticoagulant - ✔✔medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
✔✔atria - ✔✔the two upper chambers of the heart- the receiving areas that pool
incoming blood.
✔✔the heart - ✔✔Main organ of the circulatory system
✔✔SA node - ✔✔the pace-maker of the heart; where the impulse conduction of the
heart usually starts; located in the top of the right atrium
✔✔AV node - ✔✔atrioventricular node: a small mass of tissue that passes impulses
received from the sinoatrial node to the ventricles
✔✔dermal subcutaneous junction - ✔✔...
✔✔autoregulatory blood flow distress - ✔✔...
✔✔vena cava - ✔✔One of two large vessels (superior and inferior) that return
deoxygenated blood to the right atrium of the heart.
✔✔frothing - ✔✔Bubbles caused by improper venipuncture technique; i.e. needle not
properly seated within the lumen of the vein, or using too small needle for vein size
✔✔coagulant - ✔✔an agent that promotes the clotting of blood
✔✔systemic circulation - ✔✔circulation that supplies blood to all the body except to the
lungs
, ✔✔pulmonary circulation - ✔✔pathway of circulation between the heart and the lungs
✔✔lymphatic circulation - ✔✔One way system that begins in the tissues and ends when
the lymph joins the blood.
✔✔basophils - ✔✔white blood cells that enter damaged tissues and enhance the
inflammation process and contain histamine and heparin
✔✔lymphacytes - ✔✔produces anitbodies
✔✔monocytes - ✔✔a subgroup of mononuclear cells that are called monocytes when
they are in the bloodstream and macrophages when they are in tissues. These cells are
the APC's that mediate endocytosis and presentation of antigen to T and B cells during
immune reactions
✔✔transmission of infection - ✔✔any mode or mechanism by which an infectious agent
is spread through the environment or to another person.
✔✔contact - ✔✔mode of transmission - disease transmitted by direct human contact
✔✔droplet - ✔✔a spray of moist particles 3 feet or less
✔✔airborne - ✔✔mode of transmitted through the air by droplets or particles.
✔✔malpractice - ✔✔professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage
✔✔bloodborne pathogens - ✔✔disease-causing bacteria or viruses that are carried
through the body in the blood or body fluids
✔✔engineering controls - ✔✔controls (e.g. sharps disposal container, self sheathing
needles) that isolate or remove the Bloodborne pathogen hazard from the workplace
✔✔informed consent - ✔✔consent by a patient to undergo a medical or surgical
treatment or to participate in an experiment after the patient understands the risks
involved
✔✔ethics - ✔✔moral principles or values
✔✔biohazard - ✔✔organism, or substance derived from an organism, that poses a
threat to (primarily) human health
✔✔analyte - ✔✔Subtance or chemical being analyzed or dected in a specimen.
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔hypogycemia - ✔✔low blood sugar
✔✔hyperglycemia - ✔✔abnormally high blood sugar usually associated with diabetes
✔✔sympathetic blood flow - ✔✔...
✔✔hemostasis - ✔✔the stoppage of bleeding
✔✔hematopoiesis - ✔✔the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the
bone marrow)
✔✔spleen - ✔✔Produces blood cells, destroys damaged blood cells, stores blood cells
✔✔anticoagulant - ✔✔medicine that prevents or retards the clotting of blood
✔✔atria - ✔✔the two upper chambers of the heart- the receiving areas that pool
incoming blood.
✔✔the heart - ✔✔Main organ of the circulatory system
✔✔SA node - ✔✔the pace-maker of the heart; where the impulse conduction of the
heart usually starts; located in the top of the right atrium
✔✔AV node - ✔✔atrioventricular node: a small mass of tissue that passes impulses
received from the sinoatrial node to the ventricles
✔✔dermal subcutaneous junction - ✔✔...
✔✔autoregulatory blood flow distress - ✔✔...
✔✔vena cava - ✔✔One of two large vessels (superior and inferior) that return
deoxygenated blood to the right atrium of the heart.
✔✔frothing - ✔✔Bubbles caused by improper venipuncture technique; i.e. needle not
properly seated within the lumen of the vein, or using too small needle for vein size
✔✔coagulant - ✔✔an agent that promotes the clotting of blood
✔✔systemic circulation - ✔✔circulation that supplies blood to all the body except to the
lungs
, ✔✔pulmonary circulation - ✔✔pathway of circulation between the heart and the lungs
✔✔lymphatic circulation - ✔✔One way system that begins in the tissues and ends when
the lymph joins the blood.
✔✔basophils - ✔✔white blood cells that enter damaged tissues and enhance the
inflammation process and contain histamine and heparin
✔✔lymphacytes - ✔✔produces anitbodies
✔✔monocytes - ✔✔a subgroup of mononuclear cells that are called monocytes when
they are in the bloodstream and macrophages when they are in tissues. These cells are
the APC's that mediate endocytosis and presentation of antigen to T and B cells during
immune reactions
✔✔transmission of infection - ✔✔any mode or mechanism by which an infectious agent
is spread through the environment or to another person.
✔✔contact - ✔✔mode of transmission - disease transmitted by direct human contact
✔✔droplet - ✔✔a spray of moist particles 3 feet or less
✔✔airborne - ✔✔mode of transmitted through the air by droplets or particles.
✔✔malpractice - ✔✔professional wrongdoing that results in injury or damage
✔✔bloodborne pathogens - ✔✔disease-causing bacteria or viruses that are carried
through the body in the blood or body fluids
✔✔engineering controls - ✔✔controls (e.g. sharps disposal container, self sheathing
needles) that isolate or remove the Bloodborne pathogen hazard from the workplace
✔✔informed consent - ✔✔consent by a patient to undergo a medical or surgical
treatment or to participate in an experiment after the patient understands the risks
involved
✔✔ethics - ✔✔moral principles or values
✔✔biohazard - ✔✔organism, or substance derived from an organism, that poses a
threat to (primarily) human health
✔✔analyte - ✔✔Subtance or chemical being analyzed or dected in a specimen.
