Phlebotomy NHA Questions and
Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 |
Correct & Verified
What is the term for the study of blood and its components?
✔✔Hematology
What is the name of the tube additive that prevents clotting by chelating calcium?
✔✔EDTA
What is the first blood draw of the day, usually used for fasting glucose or basal hormone levels?
✔✔Morning specimen
What is the term for a small, localized swelling caused by blood leaking into tissue during
venipuncture?
✔✔Hematoma
What is the medical term for a blood clot forming inside a vessel?
✔✔Thrombosis
1
,What do you call the fluid portion of blood after it has clotted?
✔✔Serum
What is the medical term for a very rapid heart rate, often checked during phlebotomy
procedures?
✔✔Tachycardia
What is the term for the protein in red blood cells responsible for carrying oxygen?
✔✔Hemoglobin
What is the common site for adult venipuncture in the antecubital area?
✔✔Median cubital vein
What is the process of collecting blood by puncturing a vein called?
✔✔Venipuncture
What is the term for when blood pools in a vein and forms a clot before reaching the tube?
2
,✔✔Clotting
What is the term for blood cells that fight infection?
✔✔Leukocytes
What is the sticky protein that helps blood clot called?
✔✔Fibrin
What is the medical term for the deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin?
✔✔Anemia
What is the term for the blood test that measures glucose over the past three months?
✔✔Hemoglobin A1c
What is the term for blood that contains a high concentration of fat or lipids, making it appear
milky?
✔✔Lipemic
3
, What is the medical term for the fainting reaction some patients have during or after a blood
draw?
✔✔Syncope
What is the term for the chemical used to clean the skin before venipuncture?
✔✔Antiseptic
What is the term for the blood cells responsible for clotting?
✔✔Platelets
What is the term for the study of the immune system in relation to blood?
✔✔Immunohematology
What is the name of the clear tube used for serum collection with no additive?
✔✔Red-top tube
What is the term for a vein that feels hard or cord-like, often difficult to puncture?
✔✔Sclerosed vein
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Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 |
Correct & Verified
What is the term for the study of blood and its components?
✔✔Hematology
What is the name of the tube additive that prevents clotting by chelating calcium?
✔✔EDTA
What is the first blood draw of the day, usually used for fasting glucose or basal hormone levels?
✔✔Morning specimen
What is the term for a small, localized swelling caused by blood leaking into tissue during
venipuncture?
✔✔Hematoma
What is the medical term for a blood clot forming inside a vessel?
✔✔Thrombosis
1
,What do you call the fluid portion of blood after it has clotted?
✔✔Serum
What is the medical term for a very rapid heart rate, often checked during phlebotomy
procedures?
✔✔Tachycardia
What is the term for the protein in red blood cells responsible for carrying oxygen?
✔✔Hemoglobin
What is the common site for adult venipuncture in the antecubital area?
✔✔Median cubital vein
What is the process of collecting blood by puncturing a vein called?
✔✔Venipuncture
What is the term for when blood pools in a vein and forms a clot before reaching the tube?
2
,✔✔Clotting
What is the term for blood cells that fight infection?
✔✔Leukocytes
What is the sticky protein that helps blood clot called?
✔✔Fibrin
What is the medical term for the deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin?
✔✔Anemia
What is the term for the blood test that measures glucose over the past three months?
✔✔Hemoglobin A1c
What is the term for blood that contains a high concentration of fat or lipids, making it appear
milky?
✔✔Lipemic
3
, What is the medical term for the fainting reaction some patients have during or after a blood
draw?
✔✔Syncope
What is the term for the chemical used to clean the skin before venipuncture?
✔✔Antiseptic
What is the term for the blood cells responsible for clotting?
✔✔Platelets
What is the term for the study of the immune system in relation to blood?
✔✔Immunohematology
What is the name of the clear tube used for serum collection with no additive?
✔✔Red-top tube
What is the term for a vein that feels hard or cord-like, often difficult to puncture?
✔✔Sclerosed vein
4
