Clinical Microscopy Flashcards
(115 cards)
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Moderate hazard. What degree of hazard
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Patient deprived of fluid for 24 hours
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Fishberg test
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Staircase pattern crystal
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Cholesterol
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Gastric tube passed through the nose
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Levin tube
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Term to denote black stool excretion
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Melena
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Tetrahydrobenzoquinoline
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Nitrite reagent strip
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When hands are not visibly soiled
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Apply sanitizer
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Biohazard symbol description
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3 overlapping circles
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Purpose of blueing agent
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To prevent specimen adulteration
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Ealiest form of sperm cell
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Spermatogonium
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Variables in Cockgroft and Gault
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Age, sex, body weight (kg)
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Urine clarity determination
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View through a newspaper print
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Hardening of veins that drain testes
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Varicocele
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hCG is produced by what cell
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Synctiotrophoblast cells of placenta
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Reagent in APT test
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Sodium hydroxide
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Moderately hard renal stone
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Uric acid
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Crystal seen in Fanconi syndrome
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Cystine
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Positive result in MPS test
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Blue color
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No clot formation in the CSF
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Intracranial hemorrhage
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Alternative diluent for sperm dillution
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Chilled (cold) tap water
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Preservation for urine culture
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Refrigeration
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Automated UA stain for DNA
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Phenathridine
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Oval fat bodies are seen in
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Nephrotic syndrome
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Calibration of centrifuge is done every
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3 months
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Limulus Lysate test detects
Gram-negative endotoxin
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Pellicle or weblike clot formation
Tubercular meningitis
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Likely cause of milky urine in female
WBC
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Rubner's test detects what sugar (s)
Glucose and lactose
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Soluble in both chloroform and butanol
Urobilinogen
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Mistaken as Blastomyces in sputum
Myelin globules
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Brown semen indicates
Presence of blood
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What is a telescoped sediment
Variety of casts
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CASA provides determination of
Sperm velocity and trajectory
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Provide documentation of proper sample ID
Chain of custody (COC)
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Color of leukocytes in Sternheimer-Malbin
Pale pink
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Subtract increase WBC for every _____ RBCs
700
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Test for ammonia in the CSF
Glutamine
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Marker (s) for urinary bladder cancer
NMP, BTA
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Normal string length of synovial fluid
4-6 cm
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First fetal bowel movement
Meconium
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Convert brightfield to darkfield, replace
Condenser
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Used to clean optical surfaces of microscope
Lens paper
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S.G of 9% sucrose
1.034 +/- 0.001
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Positive result in the Resorcinol test
Orange-red color
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MAO stands for
Maximum acid output
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Crystalloid concretions in sputum
Broncholiths / pneumoliths
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CSF tube number 4 is sent to
Serology (or Microbiology)
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Term for bright red stool excretion
Hematochezia
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Differentiate bacterial from non-bacterial meningitis
Procalcitonin
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SSA grading: clumps of protein
4+
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Principle of micral test
Enzyme immunoassay
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Normal value for urinary eosinophils
1% or less
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Artifact with dimpled appearance
Starch granules
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Cigarette butt urine crystal
Calcium sulfate
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Color of dead sperm in eosin-nigrosin test
Red
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Urine preservative for 5-HIAA
HCl or boric acid
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Reagent used in the Florence test
Iodine crystals + Potassium iodide
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Deficiency in melanin production
Albinism
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Produced by tracheobronchial tree
Sputum
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Urine is red when myoglobin concentration is
25 mg/dL
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Poison symbol
Skull with crossed bones
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Effect of detergent on glucose reagent strip
False-positive
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AER in microalbuminuria
20-200 ug/min
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Cause of decreased sperm motility with clumping
Male antisperm antibodies
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Flammable chemicals should be stored in
Explosion-proof refrigerator in a remote area
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It supplies blood to the kidneys
Renal artery
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Convert 2 mg/dL urobilinogen into Ehrlich units
2 Ehrlich units (EU)
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Clinical significance of a cylindroid
Same significance as casts
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Other name for apatite
Calcium phosphate
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Branching / staghorn calculi
Triple phosphate / struvite stone
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11th reagent strip pad
Ascorbic acid
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% of lymphocyte population in the BAL
1-15%
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Test to identify unknown body fluid as CSF
Electrophoresis (prealbumin + tau transferrin)
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Synovial fluid appearance in septic arthritis
Cloudy, yellow-green
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Normal appearance of gastric fluid
Pale gray, slightly mucoid
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Length of sperm cell tail
45 um
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Effect of proteinuria on PT-kit result
False-positive
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Effect of p-aminosalicylic acid on UBG
False-positive
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Reading time for blood reagent strip
60 seconds
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Best fire extinguisher for electric fire
Halon foam (halogenated hydrocarbon)
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Benedict's test: yellow-orange color and ppt
3+
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The 4th CSF tube is sent to
Serology (or Microbiology)
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Positive result in foam stability index
Foam / bubbles / effervescence
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Cloudy of milky synovial fluid
Crystal-induced arthritis
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Buffer used in protein reagent pad
Citrate buffer maintained at pH 3.0
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Abstinence period for seminalysis
2-7 days
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% population in macrophages in BAL
56-80%
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Normal synovial WBC count
<200 uL
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Effect of radiographic dye in SSA
False-positive
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Effect of highly alkaline urine in SSA
False-negative
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Elevated in congenital erythrocytic porphyria
Uroporphyrin and coproporphyrin
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Myoglobin concentration causing red urine
25 mg/dL
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Reagent used in Ropes test
2-5% acetic acid
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Gestation period for Down syndrome assessment
15th to 18th week
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TAG level in pseudochylous effusion
<50 mg/dL
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Function of histamine in gastric analysis
Gastric stimulant
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Is empty urine container biohazard
No
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Red precipitate forms after adding ammonium sulfate [(NH4)2SO4)]
Hemoglobin
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1+ protein strip is equivalent to
30 mg/dL
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Benedict's test: green or yellow precipitate
1+
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4+ protein strip is equivalent to
More than or equal to 2,000 mg/dL
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How to quantitate bacteria in UF-1000i
Use of histogram and scattergram
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Performs secondary magnification
Oculars or eyepiece
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Accepted biohazard label color
Fluorescent orange
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Renal threshold for sodium
120 mmol/L
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Renal threshold for ketones
70 mg/dL
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Renal threshold for potassium
None
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Definition of nocturia
Excretion of >500 mL urine at night
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Urine volume needed by urinometer
10 to 15 mL
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Highly refractile RTE cell
Oval fat body
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2nd most prevalent CSF protein
Prealbumin
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Urine SG in acute tubular necrosis
1.010 (isosthenuric)
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How to differentiate hemothorax and hemorrhagic effusion
Run hematocrit on the fluid
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Why is Guiaic preferred in FOBT
To avoid false-positive reactions
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QC in UA laboratory must be done every
Beginning of the shift, or every day
