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LAB 1
Question | Answer |
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WHAT DOES OSHA STAND FOR? | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
WHAT DOES MSDS STAND FOR? | Material Safety and Data Sheet |
WHAT DOES PPE STAND FOR? | Personal Protective Equipment |
WHAT IS THE NUMBER ONE RULE OF RADIOLOGY? | No part of your person should ever be in the primary beam |
SHOULD CHEMICALS EVER BE KEPT ABOVE EYE LEVEL? | NO |
WHAT SHOULD YOU ALWAYS CHECK YOUR ANESTHESIA MACHINE FOR? | Leaks |
WHAT ARE SECONDARY LABELS? | Used to identify what is in the container when it has been removed from the primary (original) container |
WHAT ARE 4 REQUIREMENTS THAT MUST BE IN A VETERINARY LABORATORY IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE CONSIDERED A WORKABLE SPACE? | Sink, electric supply, microscope, supplies, refrigerator, incubator, internet access |
WHAT ARE THE TWO COMPONETS AFTER CENTERFUGATION? | Supernatant (liquid) Sediment (solid) |
DURING WHAT DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE DO WE USE A REFRACTOMETER? | Specific gravity or total protein |
WHAT TEMPERATURE SHOULD INCUBATORS BE KEPT AT? | 37 degrees Celsius |
WHAT IS THE REASON THAT YOU SHOULD NOT TRY TO PUT OUT A FIRE? | If it is too large, is on the building, will block your escape, the roof could fall, etc |
WHAT ARE THE 4 STEPS AND THE WORD THAT YOU NEED TO REMEMBER WHEN PUTTING OUT A FIRE WITH AN EXTINGUISHER? | PASS P- pull A- aim S- squeeze S- sweep |
WHAT TWO ITEMS ARE USED TO CLEAN THE MICROSCOPE? | 1) Alcohol 2) Kim wipe or lens paper |
WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR A RED BLOOD CELL? | erythrocyte |
WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR A WHITE BLOOD CELL? | leukocyte |
WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR A PLATELET? | thrombocyte |
WHAT ANTICOAGULANT IS IN A PURPLE TOP TUBE? | EDTA |
WHAT ANTICOAGULANT IS IN A GREEN TOP TUBE? | Heparin |
WHAT IS THE BEST PLACE TO DRAW BLOOD FROM AND WHY? | Jugular largest vessel |
WHEN MAKING A BLOOD SMEAR, WHAT TYPE OF BLOOD COLLECTION TUBE MUST THE BLOOD COME FROM AND WHY IS IT BEST TO USE THIS TYPE OF BLOOD? | Purple top or EDTA tube, does not change the cell morphology |
WHAT DOES CBC STAND FOR | COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT |
WHAT DOES PCV STAND FOR | PACKED CELL VOLUME |
WHAT UNIT DO WE USE TO EXPRESS PCV | % PERCENTAGE (OF RBCs) |
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LAYER OF THE MICROHEMATOCRIT TUBE THAT INCLUDES THE WBCs AND PLATLETS | BUFFY COAT |
WHAT IS THE TOOL CALLED THAT WE USE TO MEASURE TP | REFRACTOMETER |
WHAT DOES TP STAND FOR | TOTAL PROTEIN |
IF WE SPIN DOWN A GREEN TOP TUBE, WHAT IS THE LIQUID PORTION ON TOP CALLED | PLASMA |
IF WE SPIN DOWN A RED TOP TUBE, WHAT IS THE LIQUID PORTION LEFT ON TOP CALLED | SERUM |
WHEN ADJUSTING FOCUS ON AN OBJECT VIEWED WITH THE 40X OBJECTIVE, WHAT KNOB SHOULD BE USED? | FINE/MICRO ADJUSTMENT KNOB FOCUS KNOB |
WHEN READING A SMEAR WHAT POWER SHOULD YOU BEGIN ON | THE LOWEST POSSIBLE POWER |
WHEN RUNNING A SNAP TEST, HOW MANY DROPS OF BLOOD AND HOW MANY OF CONJUGATE ARE USED | Blood - 3(red) Conjugate -4(blue) |
WHAT WHITE BLOOD CELLS IS ONLY SEEN IN AN UNHEALTHY ANIMAL | Band neutrophil |
LIST THE TWO AGRANULAR WHITE BLOOD CELLS | LYMPHOCYTE; MONOCYTE |
LIST THE THREE GRANULAR WHITE BLOOD CELLS | NEUTROPHIL; EOSINOPHIL; BASOPHIL |
WHEN SHOULD A RETICULOCYTE COUNT BE PERFORMED AND WHAT TYPE OF STAIN IS NECESSARY | When anemia is present to look for immature RBCs New Methylene blue stain (supravital stain) |
HOW SHOULD AN AREA BE PREPARED BEOFRE A BONE MARROW SAMPLE IS OBTAINED | Aseptic/surgical prep |
NAME ONE MORPHOLOGIC ABNORMALITY IN RBCs AND GIVE A REASON WHY IT MAY OCCUR | Rouleaux - refrigerated too long |
NAME ONE MORPHOLOGIC ABNORMALITY OF WBCs AND GIVE ONE REASON WHY IT MIGHT OCCUR | Pressing to hard to make a blood smear |
WHAT ARE THREE MOST COMMON CANINE WHITE BLOOD CELLS IN ORDER | NEUTROPHILS LYMPHOCYTES MONOCYTES |
WHAT IS THE TERM FOR NEOPLASIA OF THE BLOOD MARROW AND BLOOD | LEUKEMIA |
________________ RED BLOOD CELLS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH REGENERATIVE ANEMIA AND _________________RED BLOOD CELLS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IRON DEFIENCY | MACROCYTIC; MICROCYTIC |
NAME TWO CAUSES OF ANEMIA | HEMORRHAGE AND IRON DEFIENCY |
WHAT TERM DESCRIBES A DECREASE OR ABSENCE OF BLOOD CELLS | APLASTIC |
INCREASE OF MACROPHAGES AND NEUTROPHILS IN BONE MARROW | CHRONIC PYOGRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION |
INCREASE OF MACROPHAGES IN BONE MARROW | CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION |
INCREASE IN FIBRIN IN BONE MARROW | FIBRINOUS |
INCREASE OF PLASMA CELLS, MATURE LYMPHOCYTES, AND MAST CELLS IN BONE MARROW | CHRONIC INFLAMMATION |
SAMPLES FROM A SOLID MASS CAN BE COLLECTED IN WHAT 3 WAYS | SWAB; SCRAPE; IMPRINT TECHNIQUE |
FINE NEEDLE BIOPSY CAN COLLECT WHAT | BOTH SOLID AND FLUID SAMPLES |
WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN YOU COLLECT FLUID FROM BODY CAVITIES | CENTESIS |
WHY DO WE GENTLY ROLL SWAB SAMPLES AND NOT RUB THEM ON THE SLIDES | CELL DAMAGE CAN OCCUR |
HOW MANY SLIDES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR TZANCH | 6 SLIDES |
WHERE ARE SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM FOR A FN BIOPSY | PERITONEAL; THORACIC; JOINTS |
NAME 3 TECHNIQUES FOR OBTAINING CYTOLOGY SAMPLES FROM SOLID MASSES | SWAB; SCRAPE; IMPRINT; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATE |
GIVE A SHORT DEFINITION OF THORACOCENTESIS | REMOVAL OF FLUID FROM THE CHEST CAVITY WITH A NEEDLE |
GIVE A SHORT DEFINTION OF CYSTOCENTESIS | REMOVAL OF FLUID FROM THE BLADDER WITH A NEEDLE |
GIVE A SHORT DEFINITION OF ARTHROCENTESIS | REMOVAL OF FLUID FROM THE JOINTS WITH A NEEDLE |
NAME 2 BIOPSY TECHNIQUES | FINE NEEDLE BIOPSY; PUNCH BIOPSY; WEDGE BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPE-GUIDED BIOPSY; EXCISIONAL BIOPSY; INCISIONAL BIOPSY |
PERCUTANEOUS AND OROTRACHEAL ARE TWO TECHNIQUES FOR WHAT PROCEDURE | TRANSTRACHEAL / BRONCHIAL WASH |
PERCUTANEOUS AND OROTRACHEAL: WHICH OF THESE TWO TECHNIQUES REQUIRE THE PATIENT TO BE ANESTHETIZED | OROTRACHEAL |
NAME ONE FACTOR THAT MAY INFLUENCE THE COLOR AND TURBIDITY OF A FLUID SAMPLE | INFLAMMATION; BLOOD CONTAMINATION; PROTEIN CONTENT |
CONCENTRATION TECHNIQUES MAY BE NEEDED FOR ____________CELLULARITY SAMPLES | LOW |
NAME TWO CRITERIA OF MALIGNANCY | ANISOKARYOSIS; PLEOMORPHISM; INCREASED MIOTIC ACTIVITY; COARSE CHROMATIN PATTERN; NULEAR MOLDING; MULTINUCLEATION |
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF CYTOLOGIC EVALUATION IS TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN ____________________AND _________________ | INFLAMMATION NEOPLASIA OR CANCER |
PERITONEAL FLUID COMES FROM THE ____________CAVITY | ABDOMINAL |
PLEURAL FLUID COMES FROM THE _________________CAVITY | THORACIC |
IF YOU ARE COLLECTING A SAMPLE OF PLEURAL OR PERITONEAL FLUID, IN WHAT 2 TUBE TYPES SHOULD YOU MAKE SURE TO PLACE YOUR SAMPLE | PURPLE / EDTA; RED / PLAIN |
NAME 2 COMMON ABNORMAL FINDINGS IN AN EAR CYTOLOGY | BACTERIA YEAST |
NAME 2 CHARACTERISITICS THAT YOU SHOULD NOTE WHEN PERFORMING A SEMEN EVALUATION | VOLUME; GROSS APPEARANCE; MICROSCOPIC APPEARANCE; WAVE MOTION; MICROSCOPIC MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA CONCENTRATION; RATIO OF DEAD/ALIVE SPERMATOZOA; PRESENCE OF FOREIGN CELLS OR MATERIAL |
WHAT IS THE PREDOMINANT CELL TYPE IN A NORMAL LYMPH NODE ASPIRATE | SMALL, MATURE, LYMPHOCYTE |
WHAT IS THE BEST TIME OF DAY TO COLLECT A URINE SAMPLE | FIRST THING IN THE MORNING OR AFTER SEVERAL HOURS WITHOUT WATER |
IF A SUBSTANCE'S CONCENTRATION IN THE URINE EXCEEDS THE LIMIT THAT THE KIDNESY CAN RESORB, WE SAY THAT IT HAS SURPASSED ITS________________________ | RENAL THRESHOLD |
WHAT IS THE FUNCTIONAL UNIT OF THE KIDNEY | NEPHRON |
NAME THE 4 PARTS OF THE URINARY SYSTEM IN ORDER | KIDNEYS URETERS BLADDER URETHRA |
ABOVE WHAT LEVEL (CELLS/MILLILITER) IS MILK CLASSIFIED FROM A COW WITH MASTITIS | 500,000 CELLS/mL |
NAME ONE CAUSE OF A TRANSUDATE | CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE |
NAME TWO CYTOLOGIC SMEAR TECHNIQUES | IMPRESSION SMEAR; COMPRESSION SMEAR; MODIFIED COMPRESSION SMEAR; LINE SMEAR; STARFISH SMEAR; WEDGE SMEAR |
ANESTRUS: | NO VULVAR SWELLING |
PROESTRUS | SWOLLEN VULVA WITH REDDISH DISCHARGE |
ESTRUS: | SWOLLEN VULVA WITH PINKISH TO STRAW COLORED DISCHARGE |
METESTRUS: | DECREASED VULVAR SWELLING AND DISCHARGE |
WHAT ARE THREE TYPES OF PIPETTES | GRADUATED; TD-TO DELIVER; TC-TO CONTAIN |
WHAT IS A MECHANICAL STAGE | HOLDS SLIDES ON MICROSCOPE |
COARSE AND FINE FOCUS KNOBS DO WHAT | FOCUS THE SLIDE |
TOTAL MAGNIFICATON ON THE MICROSCOPE IS CALCULATED BY: | X10 (OCULAR LENS) X X40 (OBJECTIVE LENS) = X400 TOTAL MAGNIFICATION |
WHAT DOES EPO DO | TELLS THE BODY TO MAKE RED BLOOD CELLS |
WHAT IS HEMATOPOIESIS | PRODUCTION OF BLOOD CELLS AND PLATELETS |
NAME TWO AGRANULOCYTES | LYMPHOCYTES MONOCYTES |
WHAT ARE AGRANULOCYTES | WHITE BLOOD CELLS, NO GRANULUES PRESENT |
WHAT ARE GRANULOCYTES | WHITE BLOOD CELLS, GRANULES PRESENT |
NAME THREE GRANULOCYTES | NEUTROPHIL; EOSINOPHILS; BASOPHILS |
WHAT IS ERYTHROPOESIS | PRODUCTION OF ERYTHROCYTES |
WHAT IS LEUKOPOIESIS | PRODUCTION OF LEUKOCYTES |
WHAT DOES -PENIA MEAN | DECREASED NUMBER OF CELLS |
WHAT IS NEUTOPENIA | DECRESED NEUTROPHILS |
WHAT DOES -PHILIA MEAN | INCREASED NUMBER OF CELLS |
WHAT DOES LEFT-SHIFT MEAN | INCREASED NUMBER OF NEUTROPHILS |
ICTERIC MEANS | YELLOW |
LIPEMIC MEANS | CLOUDY |
IF A PCV IS BELOW NORMAL, WHAT DOES IT MEAN | ANEMIA |
IF A PCV IS ABOVE NORMAL, WHAT DOES IT MEAN | POLYCYTHEMIA DEHYDRATION |
WHAT DOES HYPERCELLULAR MEAN | INCREASED : IN CELLS |
WHAT IS HYPOCELLULAR | DECREASED: IN CELLS |
WHAT IS CHRONIC PYOGRANULOMATOUS | INCREASE IN MACROPHAGES AND NEUTROPHILS |
WHAT IS CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS | INCREASE IN MACROPHAGES |
MACROCYTIC | REGENERATIVE ANEMIA |
MICROCYTIC | IRON DEFICIENCY |
HYPOCHROMIC | LOW HGB |
NORMOCHROMIC | NORMAL HGB |
ALL SPECIES EXCEPT ________CAN REGENERATE RBCs VIA BONE MARROW | HORSES |
NORMOCYTIC | SIZE |
NORMOCHROMIC | COLOR |
WHAT IS COAGULOPATHY | BLOOD NOT CLOTTING |
WHAT IS THE AREA WHERE BLOOD, LYMPH VESSELS, NERVES, AND THE URETER ENTER AND LEAVE THE KIDNEYS | HILUS |
THE VOLUME OF URINE PRODUCED IS CONTROLLED BY WHAT TWO HORMONES | ANTIDURETIC HORMONE ALDOSTERONE |
WHAT IS OLIGURIA | DECREASED URINE PRODUCTION |
WHAT IS POLYURIA | INCREASED URINE PRODUCTION |
WHAT IS ANURIA | NO URINE PRODUCTION |
WHAT ARE THE PARTS OF A NEPHRON | RENAL CORPUSCLE; PROXIMAL TUBULE; LOOP OF HENLE; DISTAL TUBULE; COLLECTING TUBULE |
GREEN TOP TUBE: | HEPARIN; PLASMA |
PURPLE TOP TUBE | EDTA USE FOR BLOOD SMEAR BECAUSE IT DOESNT CHANGE THE MORPHOLOGY |
RED TOP TUBE | NOTHING IN IT SERUM |
TIGGER TOP TUBE | CLOTTING GEL SERUM |
WHAT DOES IT USUALLY MEAN IF THE ODOR OF URINE IS FISHY | INFECTION |
WHAT DOES IT USUALLY MEAN IF THE ODOR OF URINE IS FRUITY | DIABETES |
WHAT DOES POIKILOCYTOSIS MEAN | VARIATION IN SHAPE OF CELLS |
WHAT DOES ANISOCYTOSIS MEAN | VARIATION IN SIZE OF CELL |
WHAT IS POLYDIPSIA | INCREASED WATER INTAKE |
WHAT IS THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY RANGE FOR URINE IN DOGS | 1.001-1.060 |
WHAT IS THE AVERAGE SPECIFIC GRAVITY FOR DOGS | 1.025 |
WHAT IS THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY RANGE FOR URINE IN CATS | 1.001-1.080 |
WHAT IS THE AVERAGE SPECIFIC GRAVITY FOR CATS | 1.030 |
pH ABOVE 7.0 | ALKALINE |
pH BELOW 7.0 | ACIDIC |
WHAT IS GLUCOSURIA | PRESENCE OF GLUCOSE |
WHAT IS GLYCOSURIA | PRESENCE OF GLUCOSE |
WHAT IS KETONURIA | PRESENCE OF KETONES |
NAME 4 NORMAL CONSTITUENTS OF URINE SEDIMENT | FEW CASTS; CRYSTALS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; RBCs; WBCs; MUCUS THREADS; SPERM; FAT DROPLETS |
NAME CONSTITUENTS OF ABNORMAL URINE SEDIMENT | MORE THAN A FEW RBCs AND WBCs; HYPERPLASTIC OR NEOPLASTIC EPITHELIAL CELLS; CASTS; CRYSTALS; PARASITE OVA; BACTERIA; YEAST |
WHAT ARE THREE TYPES OF EPITHELIAL CELLS | SQUAMOUS; TRANSITIONAL; RENAL |
SQUAMOUS CELL APPEARANCE | FLAT THIN STRAIGHT EDGES DISTINCT CORNERS |
TRANSITIONAL CELL APPEARANCE | ROUND OCCASIONALLY PEAR SHAPED SMALL |
RENAL CELL APPEARANCE | SMALLEST CELL GENERALLY ROUND |
NAME EXAMPLES OF CASTS | HYALINE GRANULAR CASTS EPITHELIAL CASTS LEUKOCYTE CASTS ERYTHROCYTE CASTS WAXY CASTS FATTY CASTS |
WHAT IS CRYSTALLURIA | PRESENCE OF CRYSTALS |
WHEN LABELING A SAMPLE, WHAT INFO IS PRESENT | DATE AND TIME OF COLLECTION OWNERS NAME PATIENTS NAME CLINIC IDENTIFICATION NUMBER |
MICROBIOLOGICAL TEST MAY BE PERFORMED ON WHAT KIND OF URINE SAMPLE | CYSTOCENTESIS SAMPLES |
URINE SAMPLES SHOULD BE AT LEAST _______CC, AND PREFERABLY _____CC | 1 12 |
HOW LONG IS A URINE SAMPLE GOOD FOR WHEN REFRIDGERATED | 24 HOURS |
NORMAL URINE COLOR SHOULD BE | YELLOW, DUE TO UROCHROME |
ABNORMAL URINE ODORS INCLUDE WHAT | SWEET AMMONIA PUTRID FOUL SMELLING |
NORMAL URINE TRANSPARENCY SHOULD BE | CLEAR |
ABNORMAL URINE TRANSPARENCY APPEARS | HAZINESS TO CLOUDINESS |
WHAT IS ANTIDIURETIC | AGENT OR DRUG WHEN ADMINISTERED CONTROLS BODY WATER BALANCE BY REDUCING URINATION |
WHAT IS ALDOSTERONE | A CORTICOSTEROID HORMONE STIMULATES ABSORPTION OF SODIUM BY THE KIDNEYS, REGULATES WATER AND SALT |
HOW MANY SLIDES SHOULD YOU PREPARE FOR TZANCH | 6 SLIDES |
THE CORRECT MEDICAL TERM FOR A URINARY STONE IS | UROLITH |
URINE SPECIFIC GRAVITY READINGS INDICATE | DISSOLVED SOLIDS |
THE ABILITY TO OBTAIN THE SAME RESULTS, TIME AFTER TIME, ON THE SAME SAMPLE IS | PRECISION |
WHAT ARE 3 TESTS USED TO TEST LIVER FUNCTION | CHOLESTREROL; BILE ACIDS; BILLIRUBIN |
WHAT IS POLLAKIURIA | FREQUENT URINATION |
NAME 3 OF 4 POSSIBLE METHODS FOR COLLECTING URINE | FREE CATCH; EXPRESSION; CATHETERIZATION; CYSTOCENTESIS |
WHAT IS THE EASIEST METHOD TO OBTAIN URINE | FREE CATCH |
WHAT IS THE BEST METHOD TO COLLECT URINE FOR MICROBIOLOGY (CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY) | CYSTOCENTESIS |
WHAT ARE THE 4 COMPONETS OF COMPLETE URINALYSIS | SPECIFIC GRAVITY-REFRACTOMETER; GROSS EXAM - CLARITY, COLOR, ODOR; CHEMISTRY -REAGENT STRIP; MICROSCOPIC EXAM OF SEDIMENT |
NAME 2 REASONS THAT URINE CAN APPEAR RED OR BROWNISH | RED BLOOD CELLS-HEMATURIA HEMOGLOBIN-HEMOGLOBINURIA MYOGLOBIN-MYOGLOBINURIA |
IN URINE HAS A FRUITY ODOR, IT CAN IDICATE THE PRESENCE OF WHAT | KETONES |
NAME 4 THINGS THAT ARE MEASURED ON A URINE CHEMISTRY(REAGENT STRIP) | PH BILIRUBIN PROTEIN BLOOD WBC UROBILINOGEN GLUCOSE KETONES |
WHAT TYPE OF TOXICITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH CALCIUM OXALATE MONOHYDRATE CRYSTALS | ETHYLENE GLYCOL- ANTIFREEZE |
WHAT ARE THE TWO MOST COMMON CRYSTALS SEEN IN URINE AND DESCRIBE THEIR SHAPE | STRUVITE- COFFIN LIDS-EIGHT SIDED CALCIUM OXALATE DIHYDRATE- ENVELOPE OR SEEN WITH AN X |
CALCIUM CARBONATE CRYSTALS ARE CONSIDERED NORMAL IN WHAT SPECIES | HORSES RABBITS |
WHAT BREED OF DOG COMMNLY GETS URATE CRYSTALS AND/OR UROLITHS | DALMATIONS |
NAME TWO POSSILBE CAUSES FOR HEMOLYSIS DURING SAMPLE COLLECTION/HANDLING | USING A MOIST SYRINGE SHAKING THE VIAL INSTEAD OF ROCKING FORCING THE BLOOD THROUGH THE NEEDLE WHEN TRANSFERRING FREEZING EXCESS ALCOHOL ON THE SKIN |
WHAT TWO COMPONETS MAKE UP THE TOTAL PROTEIN | ALBUMIN GLOBULIN |
NAME ONE VALUE THAT DECREASES WITH DAMAGE TO THE LIVE/DEATH OF HEPATOCYTES | ALT; AST; SDH; GLDH |
NAME TWO TESTS THAT INDICATE HOW WELL THE LIVER IS FUNCTIONING | BILIRUBIN; BILE ACIDS; CHOLESTEROL |
WHAT IS BUN (WHAT DOES IT STAND FOR) | BLOOD UREA NITROGEN |
WHAT VALUE IS THE BEST INDICATOR OF RENAL DISEASE PROGRESSION OVER TIME | CREATININE |
THE FLUID PORTION OF THE BLOOD THAT CONTAINS FIBRINOGEN IS: | PLASMA |
SERUM THAT APPEARS RED AFTER CENTRIFUGATION IS DESCRIBED AS: | HEMOLYZED |
SERUM THAT APPEARS YELLOW AFTER CENTRIFUGATION IS DESCRIBED AS: | ICTERIC |
THE A/G RATION REFERS TO: | ALBUMIN/GLOBULIN |
THE ENZYME THAT IS FOUND BOTH FREE IN THE CYTOPLASM AND BOUND TO THE MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE AND THAT MAY BE ELEVATED WITH LIVER DISEASE OR MUSCLE INJURY IS: | AST |
WHAT COMPONENT IS ASSAYED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF JAUNDICE, TO EVALUATE LIVER FUNCTION, AND TO CHECK THAT PATENCY OF BILE DUCTS | BILIRUBIN |
IN ADULT ANIMALS, NEARLY ALL CIRCULATING ALKALINE PHOSPHATE COMES FROM THE | LIVER |
THE MOST COMMONLY USED TESTS OF THE KIDNEY FUNCTION IN DOGS ARE | BUN AND CREATININE |
DEHYDRATION USUALLY RESULTS IN | AZOTEMIA |
WHOLE BLOOD CONTAINS THE PROTEIN___________THAT IS NOT FOUND IN SERUM | FIBRINOGEN |
SERUM CREATININE LEVELS ARE INFLUENCED BY | HOW WELL THE GLOMERULI ARE FILTERING |
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING LIVER ENZYME TESTS IS CONSIDERED A SPECIFIC TEST FOR LIVER DISEASE IN DOGS, CATS AND PRIMATES ONLY? | ALT |
WHICH KIDNEY VALUE IS MOST USEFUL IN DETERMINING TRUE DAMAGE OR FAILURE | CREATININE |
DECREASE IN ALBUMIN MAY OCCUR IN: | CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE |
WHEN EVALUATING THE LIVER OF DOGS AND CATS, AST SHOULD BE ELEVATED IN CONJUNCTION WITH: | ALT |
WHAT SERUM COMPONENT CAN BE USED AS A SCREENING TEST FOR HYPOTHYROIDISM | CHOLESTEROL |
ALT IS ALSO KNOWN AS | SGPT |
ALT IS: | ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE |
ALB IS: | ALBUMIN |
AST IS: | ASPARATATE AMINOTRANSFERASE |
BIL IS: | BILIRUBIN |
GLB IS: | GLOBULIN |
SGOT IS | SERUM GLUTAMIC OXALOACETIC TRANSMINASE |
SGPT IS | SERUM GLUTAMIC PYTUVIC TRANSMINASE |
CREA IS | CREATININE |
IPHOS IS | INORGANIC PHOSPHORUS |
AMY IS | AMYLASE |
LIP IS | LIPASE |
CAL IS | CALCIUM |
CHO IS | CHOLESTEROL |
CK IS | CREATINE KINASE |
NA+ IS | SODIUM |
K+ IS | POTASSIUM |
CL- IS | CHLORIDE |
HCO3- IS | BICARBONATE |
WHAT DOES A BUN TEST DO | MEASURES ABILITY OF THE KIDNEY TO FILTER NITROGENOUS WASTE FROM THE BLOOD |
WHAT DOES A ELEVATED BUN INDICATE | HIGH PROTEIN; KIDNEY DISEASE; DEHYDRATION; LOWER URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION |
WHAT DOES A DECREASED BUN INDICATE | SEVERE LIVER DISEASE |
WHAT DOES ELEVATED CREATININE INDICATE | KIDNEY OBSTRUCTIN; OTHER DISEASES |
WHAT DOES INCREASED CK INDICATE | MUSCLE DAMAGE |
ORDER OF BLOOD DRAW IN TUBES | CITRATES-BLUE; PLAIN RED TOP; TIGER TOP-SERUM SEPERATOR; GREEN-HEPERIN; PURPLE- EDTA; GRAY POTASSIUM OXILATE OR SODIUM FLUORIDE |
WHAT DOES BELOW NORMAL RESULTS ON A PCV INDICATE | ANEMIA; INADEQUATE VOLUME OF BLOOD TO ANTICOAGULANT RATIO |
WHAT DOES ABOVE NORMAL RESULTS ON A PCV INDICATE | POLYCYTHEMIA; DEHYDRATED |
OXYHEMOGLOBIN: | OXYGEN REPLACES CO2 IN RESPIRATION |
METHEMOGLOBIN: | OCCURS NATURALLY |
SULFHEMOGLOBIN | RESULTS FROM CELLS AGING |
URINE BROWN IN COLOR INDICATE | PRESENCE OF MYOGLOBIN |
URINE RED OR REDDISH-BROWN IN COLOR INDICATE | PRESENCE OF RBCS; PRESENCE OF HEMOGLOBIN |
URINE YELLOW-BROWN OR GREEN COLOR INDICATE | CONTAINS BILE PIGMENTS |
DESCRIBE HYALINE CASTS | CLEAR, COLORLESS, COMPOSED MOSTLY OF PROTEINS, CYLINDRICAL, PARALLEL SIDES AND ROUNDED ENDS |
INCREASED HYALINE CASTS INDICATE | FEVER, POOR RENAL FUSION |
DESCRIBE HYALINE CASTS | HYALINE CASTS WITH GRANULES; MOST COMMONLY SEEN |
DESCRIBE EPITHELIAL CASTS | CONSIST OF EPITHELIAL CELLS FROM THE RENAL TUBULES EMBEDDED IN THE HYALINE MATRIX |
DESCRIBE ERYTHROCYTE CASTS | DEEP YELLOW TO ORANGE, CONTAIN RBCS |
DESCRIBE WAXY CASTS | WIDER WITH SQUARE ENDS, DULL, HOMOGENOUS WAXY APPEARANCE |
DESRCIBE FATTY CASTS | CONTAIN DROPLETS OF FAT |
DESCIRBE DIHYDRATE CRYSTALS | SMALL SQUARES WITH AN X- LOOKS LIKE AN ENVELOPE |
DESCRIBE MONOHYDRATE CRYSTALS | SMALL, DUMBBELL SHAPED OR PICKET FENCE |
DESCRIBE URIC ACID CRYSTALS | A VARIETY OF SHAPES USUALLY DIAMOND OR RHOMBOID, YELLOW OR BROWN COLOR-COMMON IN DALMATIONS |
AMORPHOUS URATES | ACIDIC URINE |
AMORPHOUS PHOSPHATES | ALKALINE URINE |
PEARSONEMA PLICA | BLADDER WORM |
DICTOPHYMA RENALE | KIDNEY WORM OF DOGS |
MICROFILARIA IMMITIS | ADULT HEARTWORMS |
WHAT IS LIPURIA | FAT IN URINE |
WHATS DOES AMYLASE DO | BREAKS DOWN SUGARS AND CARBS |
WHAT DOES LIPASE DO | BREAKS DOWN FATTY CHAINS |
WHAT IS TRYPSIN | PROTEOLYTIC ENZYME |
NAME 3 ENDOCRINE PANCREAS TESTS | GLUCOSE; FRUCTOSAMINE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN |
WHAT IS MADE AND USED AS AN ALTERNATE ENERGY TO GLUCOSE | KEYTONES |
WHAT IS THE ANTICOAGULANT OF CHOICE | SODIUM FLUORIDE |
THE PANCREAS HAS WHAT TWO FUNCTIONS | ACINAR AND ENDOCRINE |
WHAT ARE TWO ACINAR FUNCTIONS | AMYLASE AND LIPASE |
WHAT TWO SYSTEMS WORK TOGETHER TO REGULATE PH IN ACID-BASE IMBALANCE | REPIRATORY AND RENAL |
NAME MAJOR ELECTROLYTE CATIONS IN PLASMA | SODIUM; POTASSIUM; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; HYDROGEN |
HYPERNATREMIA | ELEVATED SODIUM LEVELS |
HYPONATREMIA | DECREASED SODIUM LEVELS |
HYPERCHLOREMIA | ELEVATED CHLORIDE LEVELS |
HYPOCHLOREMIA | DECREASED CHLORIDE LEVELS |