12. Total Protein

Question 1

Albumin is what % of total protein? `

Answer 1

60%

Question 2

globulin is what % of total protein? `

Answer 2

40%

Question 3

formed in the liver and therefore measure liver function

Answer 3

albumin

Question 4

main purpose of albumin is maintain

Answer 4

osmotic pressures and transport substances (drugs, hormones, and enzymes)

Question 5

albumin also increases

Answer 5

solubility of materials in blood

Question 6

some globulins are made in the liver, but mostly are made in the

Answer 6

reticuloendothelial system

Question 7

acute phase protein elevated in inflammation, malignancy, or infection

Answer 7

alpha1-antitrypsin

Question 8

90% of alpha1-globulins are

Answer 8

alpha1-antitrypsin

Question 9

lack of alpha1-antitrypsin indicates early onset

Answer 9

emphysema

Question 10

haptoglobins, prothrombin, ceruloplasmin, and cholinesterase

Answer 10

alpha2-globulins

Question 11

ceruloplasmin is used for

Answer 11

copper transport

Question 12

lipoproteins, transferrin, plasminogen, and compliment are

Answer 12

beta1-globulins

Question 13

beta2-globulin is primarily

Answer 13

fibrinogen

Question 14

immune globulins, aka antibodies

Answer 14

gammaglobulins

Question 15

seperates the various components out of serum

Answer 15

serum protein electrophoresis (SPEP)

Question 16

an electric current is passed through the sample causing the charged proteins to migrate into a pattern descriptive of certain diseases

Answer 16

serum protein electrophoresis (SPEP)

Question 17

usually ordered if there is a spike at the

Answer 17

immunoglobin level

Question 18

may represent multiple myeloma or Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia

Answer 18

monoclonal spikes

Question 19

seen in cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome, chronic or acute inflammation

Answer 19

polyclonal spike