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Medical laboratory technician Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
Thermolabile Ans: affected or changed by heat
Basophils Ans: WBC with dark purple staining granules
Biological hazards Ans: Hazards capable of causing illness in humans
10% bleach (hypochlorite) Ans: Used to clean up biological spills
Mutagen Ans: Substance or physical agent capable of causing sudden
or lasting changes in hereditary features
Dehydration Ans: Controlled removal of free water
twenty-five Ans: Volume of wax should be at least _____times the
volume of the tissue
50-60% Ans: Raising the fixative temperature to 45*c may shorten
fixation time by?
10-20 times volume of specimen Ans: Volume of formalin for tissue
processing should be?
Gooding and Stewart Ans: 5-25% formic acid in water with 5% formalin
decalcifying acid
clearing Ans: Removing alcohol
Helps with tissue transparency
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Wax infiltration Ans: Holds cells, intercellular matrix, and cellular
structures together while sectioning
Embedding Ans: Enclosing the tissue in the infiltration medium used for
processing then allowing to solidify
Microtomy Ans: The cutting of thin sections of tissue for microscopic
examination.
Open tissue processor Ans: Mechanically transfers baskets containing
tissue cassettes from one "station" (chemical bath) to another
Moves the specimen
Closed tissue processor Ans: Carry the solutions to which each
specimen basket is exposed by pumping chemicals in and out of fixed
chambers
Microwave processor Ans: Microwave tissue/reagents for faster
processing
15* Ans: What is the angle to hold/insert the needle when performing
venipuncture?
Hematoma Ans: Most common complication of phlebotomy
21 guage Ans: Most common gauge used in phlebotomy
fibrin clot Ans: clot-forming threads formed at the site of an injury
during coagulation where platelets clump together with various other
substances
epicardium Ans: outer layer of the heart
Myocardium Ans: muscular, middle layer of the heart
endocardium Ans: inner lining of the heart
Medical laboratory technician Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
Thermolabile Ans: affected or changed by heat
Basophils Ans: WBC with dark purple staining granules
Biological hazards Ans: Hazards capable of causing illness in humans
10% bleach (hypochlorite) Ans: Used to clean up biological spills
Mutagen Ans: Substance or physical agent capable of causing sudden
or lasting changes in hereditary features
Dehydration Ans: Controlled removal of free water
twenty-five Ans: Volume of wax should be at least _____times the
volume of the tissue
50-60% Ans: Raising the fixative temperature to 45*c may shorten
fixation time by?
10-20 times volume of specimen Ans: Volume of formalin for tissue
processing should be?
Gooding and Stewart Ans: 5-25% formic acid in water with 5% formalin
decalcifying acid
clearing Ans: Removing alcohol
Helps with tissue transparency
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Wax infiltration Ans: Holds cells, intercellular matrix, and cellular
structures together while sectioning
Embedding Ans: Enclosing the tissue in the infiltration medium used for
processing then allowing to solidify
Microtomy Ans: The cutting of thin sections of tissue for microscopic
examination.
Open tissue processor Ans: Mechanically transfers baskets containing
tissue cassettes from one "station" (chemical bath) to another
Moves the specimen
Closed tissue processor Ans: Carry the solutions to which each
specimen basket is exposed by pumping chemicals in and out of fixed
chambers
Microwave processor Ans: Microwave tissue/reagents for faster
processing
15* Ans: What is the angle to hold/insert the needle when performing
venipuncture?
Hematoma Ans: Most common complication of phlebotomy
21 guage Ans: Most common gauge used in phlebotomy
fibrin clot Ans: clot-forming threads formed at the site of an injury
during coagulation where platelets clump together with various other
substances
epicardium Ans: outer layer of the heart
Myocardium Ans: muscular, middle layer of the heart
endocardium Ans: inner lining of the heart
