Phlebotomy Ch: 4

Molecules are made up of at least how many atoms?

2

A healthcare provider wants to order a blood test for alanine transaminase and contacts phlebotomy for the correct abbreviation, which is?

ALT

What is the term used to identify the area in front of the elbow?

Antecubital

A patient is standing upright and facing you. What is the name of the front side of the patient?

Anterior

A physician requests that a BMP de drawn. What is the meaning of the abbreviation and in which department should it be completed?

Basic metabolic panel, chemistry

Which of the following abbreviations is NOT a laboratory test?

CNS

Some phlebotomists may be required to take basic life support classes that include?

CPR

You see the word "cyte" at the end of a word. What does this mean?

Cell

What are considered to be the smallest living units in the human body?

Cells

A 58 y/o make has HDL and LDL blood tests ordered. What type of tests are these/

Cholesterol

What word part is placed between the root word and the suffix?

Combining vowel

Which tissue supports other tissues and binds them together?

Connective

When describing a patient's skull, which term would you se?

Cranial

A thoracotomy is a?

Cut or incision into the chest

You are unable to collect capillary blood from the finger of a child who has cold hands that appear bluish. What term is used to describe the color of this child's skin in the documentation of failure to collect a specimen?

Cyanotic

What holds the genetic code that contains all information needed for processes of the body?

DNA

Which of the following structure is the most distal to the shoulder?

Digit

Which 2 words have similar meanings?

Dorsal and back

A patient is standing in the anatomical position. When referring to the midsagittal plane, this divides the patent's body?

Down the middle vertically

Which of the following structures is most proximal to the antecubital area?

Elbow

The umbilical region of the body is directly below what other region?

Epigastric

Which region of the body is the most cranial?

Epigastric

The word "Oculo" means pertaining to the?

Eyes

Some laboratories require candidates to have a "dactylogram" done as part of the pre-employment screening. Another word for dactylogram is?

Fingerprint

A patient show signs of jaundice, which includes yellow pigment to the skin. She also has an enlarged liver. What term is used describe an enlarged liver?

Hepatomegaly

Which region of the body is the most caudal?

Hypogastric

The medical term used to describe "away from the core" is referred to as?

Lateral

Many words used in medical terminology are derived from which language?

Latin

Otitis media is inflammation of the?

Middle ear

The term "oral" pertain to the?

Mouth

A patient who has had multiple blood draws from the same vein may notice some inflammation in the area. This is referred to as?

Phlebitis

You walk into a patient's room to collect a blood specimen and notice that he is lying face down. What term would you use to describe this body position?

Prone

When referring to a location closest to the point of origin, the term used is?

Proximal

When using medical terminology, what term is used for the base meaning of a word?

Root word

You are to draw blood on a patient in the cardiology department. What kind of word part is "cardi"?

Root word

Which of the following structures is located superior to the transverse plane?

Spleen

You notice on your patient that she has veins close to the surface of the skin. The correct term to describe these veins would be?

Superficial

Normally patients have the pain of their hands facing upward when having blood drawn. Which action of the wrist will put the hand in this position?

Supination

You enter a room to collect a blood specimen and notice the sign above the bed states "NPO." This means that?

The patient may not eat or drink anything

Which plane divides the body into superior and inferior portions?

Transverse plane

Which is the most central region of the body?

Umbilical

What test would be performed for the following: pH, Glu, Prot, Ket, Nit, Leuk< and SpGr?

Urinalysis

Which of the following structures inferior to the transverse plane?

Urinary bladder

Which test is part of a CBC?

WBC

The chest and abdomen is divided into 4 quadrants. In which quadrant does the heart lie?

left upper