Completion

Complete each statement.

1. Decrease in urine volume: ____________________

2. Ketones in the urine: ____________________

3. Elevated blood sugar: ____________________

4. Excessively high blood insulin levels: ____________________

5. Nonpathogenic microorganisms that normally inhabit the skin and mucous membranes: ____________________

Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. Which of the following Strep organisms causes strep throat and demonstrates beta hemolysis?
a. Streptococcus pneumoniae
b. Streptococcus pyogenes
c. Streptococcus viridans
d. Streptococcus agalactiae

2. Complications such as scarlet fever, rheumatic fever, and glomerulonephritis are found in which of the following organisms?
a. Streptococcus pneumoniae
b. Streptococcus viridans
c. Streptococcus pyogenes
d. Streptococcus agalactiae

Matching

Match the following terms.
a. Anisocytosis
b. Reticulocytes
c. Hematologists
d. Erythroblast
e. Poikilocytosis

____ 1. Immature red cell in bone marrow (also called rubriblast)

____ 2. Variances in red blood cell (RBC) size

____ 3. Newly released RBCs into the blood that still contain some nuclear DNA

____ 4. Abnormally shaped

____ 5. Specialists who evaluate the cellular elements of blood microscopically and analytically

Match the following tests with their possible reference ranges. (Hint: Think of what each measures, and look at the units as well as the numerical ranges.)

a. 1.0 INR
b. 0 to 20 mm/hour
c. 12 to 18 gm/dL
d. 36% to 55%

____ 6. Hemoglobin

____ 7. Hematocrit

____ 8. ESR

____ 9. ProTime

Match the following CBC pathological terms.

a. Abnormal decrease in RBCs
b. Abnormal decrease in WBCs
c. Cancer of the WBCs
d. Abnormal increase in WBCs
e. Abnormal increase in RBCs

____ 10. Leukopenia

____ 11. Polycythemia

____ 12. Leukocytosis

____ 13. Anemia

____ 14. Leukemia

Match each anemia with its cause.

a. Seen with blood loss (menses, ulcers, hemorrhaging)
b. Destruction of circulating RBCs
c. Inherited abnormal hemoglobin S
d. Caused by decreased vitamin B12
e. Destruction of stem cells in bone marrow from toxins

____ 15. Sickle cell anemia

____ 16. Aplastic anemia

____ 17. Pernicious anemia

____ 18. Hemolytic anemia

____ 19. Iron deficiency anemia

Match these leukocyte disorders with their descriptions.

a. Sudden cancer of a nongranulocyte
b. Presence of atypical "reactive" lymphocytes
c. Abnormal decrease of WBCs
d. Increase in WBCs (usually due to infection)
e. Long-term cancer of granulocytes in bone marrow

____ 20. ALL (acute lymphocytic leukemia)

____ 21. Leukocytosis

____ 22. Leukocytopenia

____ 23. CML (chronic myelocytic leukemia)

____ 24. Mononucleosis

Match the following blood panels with their associated tests.

a. Bilirubin, albumin, ALP, GGT, AST, ALT, and LD
b. BUN, creatinine, uric acid, electrolytes
c. T3, T4, and TSH
d. Troponin I&T, the enzyme CK, and myoglobin
e. Positively charged cations and negatively charged anions

____ 25. Cardiac panel

____ 26. Hepatic panel

____ 27. Renal panel

____ 28. Thyroid panel

____ 29. Electrolyte panel

Match the following blood chemicals with their associated disease condition.

a. Gout
b. Nephritis or kidney disease
c. Hepatitis or liver disease
d. Diabetes
e. Coronary artery disease and atherosclerosis

____ 30. Cholesterol

____ 31. Glucose

____ 32. Uric acid

____ 33. Bilirubin

____ 34. BUN

Other

1. Analyze the following urinalysis chemical report by identifying the abnormal results, and then state the possible condition:

Glucose: Negative
Ketones: Negative
Bilirubin: Negative
Specific gravity: 1.025
Blood: 2+
pH: 7.5
Protein: 2+
Urobilinogen: Negative
Nitrite: 2+
Leukocytes: 2+
Possible condition: _______________

2. Tube Order Chart

On the chart provided below

A. Place the following colored Vacutainer tubes in their correct order of collection
B. Place the appropriate additive or anticoagulant found in each tube
C. Identify which tests are used for each tube
Colors: gray, green, red, blue, lavender, gold

Additives and/or anticoagulants: nothing (clot tube), oxalate anticoagulant, heparin anticoagulant, EDTA anticoagulant, SST or clot activator, citrate anticoagulant

Tests typically ordered from colored tube: glucose tests, hematology tests, chemistry/serology (used twice), coagulation tests, special tests