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CA-125 correct answers ovarian cancer tumor marker
PSA, PAP correct answers prostate tumor marker
CA-15-3 correct answers Breast Cancer Tumor Marker
CEA correct answers colon cancer tumor marker
hsCRP increased in? correct answers AMI, inflammation
lactate dehydrogenase correct answers Monitors tissue damage, widely distributed throughout
the body
creatine kinase correct answers Found in cardiac, brain, skeletal muscle
CK-MB correct answers Increased in AMI
CK-MM correct answers Increased in muscular disease
ALT increased in... correct answers Hepatitis
AST increased in... correct answers Hepatitis
Alkaline phosphatase increased in... correct answers Hepatitis and bone disorders (found in
hepatobiliary and bone)
GGT increased in... correct answers Recent alcohol use, liver disorders
Amylase increased in... correct answers Pancreatitis, not very specific
Lipase increased in... correct answers Pancreatitis, more specific, but rises slower
Apolipoproteins correct answers Proton component free from lipid
Friedewald Calculation is for... correct answers Calculating LDL
Friedewald calculation correct answers (Total chol) - (HDL chol)-(Trig/5)
Insulin released when? correct answers Increased blood glucose
Glucagon released when? correct answers Decreased blood glucose
Glycogenolysis correct answers breakdown of glycogen to glucose
,Glycolysis correct answers Breakdown of glucose
Insulin does what in the body? correct answers Decrease glycogenolysis and glycolysis, increase
glucose uptake by cells
Glucagon does what in the body? correct answers Increase glycogenolysis, signals liver to
breakdown glucose and fat
Glucose produced where? correct answers Produced in liver
Hemoglobin is broken down into... (4) correct answers CO, Globin, Iron, Bilirubin
Unconjugated bilirubin correct answers Indirect, insoluble, bound to albumin
conjugated bilirubin correct answers Direct, bound to water soluble molecule
What type of bilirubin is found in urine? correct answers Unconjugated bilirubin
Urobilinogen correct answers Even more water soluble and easy to excrete than conj. Bilirubin
prehepatic jaundice correct answers Increased bilirubin production due to hemolysis or
ineffective erythropoiesis
hepatic jaundice correct answers Abnormal bilirubin metabolism (e.g. cell damage, hepatitis)
Post-hepatic jaundice correct answers Decreased bilirubin excretion, usually caused by
obstruction
Test results in PRE hepatic jaundice correct answers Increased indirect serum bilirubin, stool and
urine urobilinogen. Normal direct serum bilirubin.
Proteins, in order of most anodic to least anodic correct answers Prealbumin, albumin, alpha 1,
alpha 2, beta, gamma
Albumin decreased in... correct answers Inflammation and protein loss
Ceruloplasmin correct answers transports copper
Transferrin correct answers transports iron
IgG, IgM and IgA: increased in protein electrophoresis when... correct answers In inflammation
and in monoclonal spikes in myeloma
Test results in dehydration correct answers Increased total protein, increased albumin, increased
Serum Na, Increased Osmo
, proteinuria is associated with... correct answers Disease of the kidney, such as glomerular
nephritis
Test results in multiple myeloma correct answers Increased total protein in serum, decr. albumin,
decr. albumin:globulin ratio, prescience of monoclonal paraproteins
Nephropathy correct answers Disease of the kidneys caused by damage to the small blood
vessels
Non-protein nitrogenous substances correct answers Come from breakdown of protein and
nucleic acid
Urea correct answers Indicates overall kidney function; increased BUN/Creat Ratio in
dehydration
Creatinine indicates... correct answers Glomerular function
Increased plasma creat and clearance in... correct answers Early nephropathy
Decreased creat clearance in... correct answers Renal failure
Ammonia indicates... correct answers Liver function (increased in liver failure and Reye's
syndrome)
Creat Cleance Calculation correct answers (Urine creat) X (volume in mL/min) (surface area,
1.73) all divided by serum creat
Aldosterone correct answers Corticosteroid hormone that stimulates kidney to absorb Na to
regulate salt and water balance
Sodium is... correct answers Major extracellular cation
Potassium is.... correct answers Major intracellular cation
Henderson-Hasselbalch equation correct answers pH= 6.1 + log (HCO3/(0.03xpCO2))
Metabolic acidosis correct answers Decreased pH and decreased HCO3
metabolic alkalosis correct answers increased pH, increased HCO3
Respiratory acidosis correct answers Decreased pH, Increased pCO2
respiratory alkalosis correct answers Increaed pH, decreased pCO2
Which takes longer: metabolic or respiratory compensation? correct answers Metabolic
CA-125 correct answers ovarian cancer tumor marker
PSA, PAP correct answers prostate tumor marker
CA-15-3 correct answers Breast Cancer Tumor Marker
CEA correct answers colon cancer tumor marker
hsCRP increased in? correct answers AMI, inflammation
lactate dehydrogenase correct answers Monitors tissue damage, widely distributed throughout
the body
creatine kinase correct answers Found in cardiac, brain, skeletal muscle
CK-MB correct answers Increased in AMI
CK-MM correct answers Increased in muscular disease
ALT increased in... correct answers Hepatitis
AST increased in... correct answers Hepatitis
Alkaline phosphatase increased in... correct answers Hepatitis and bone disorders (found in
hepatobiliary and bone)
GGT increased in... correct answers Recent alcohol use, liver disorders
Amylase increased in... correct answers Pancreatitis, not very specific
Lipase increased in... correct answers Pancreatitis, more specific, but rises slower
Apolipoproteins correct answers Proton component free from lipid
Friedewald Calculation is for... correct answers Calculating LDL
Friedewald calculation correct answers (Total chol) - (HDL chol)-(Trig/5)
Insulin released when? correct answers Increased blood glucose
Glucagon released when? correct answers Decreased blood glucose
Glycogenolysis correct answers breakdown of glycogen to glucose
,Glycolysis correct answers Breakdown of glucose
Insulin does what in the body? correct answers Decrease glycogenolysis and glycolysis, increase
glucose uptake by cells
Glucagon does what in the body? correct answers Increase glycogenolysis, signals liver to
breakdown glucose and fat
Glucose produced where? correct answers Produced in liver
Hemoglobin is broken down into... (4) correct answers CO, Globin, Iron, Bilirubin
Unconjugated bilirubin correct answers Indirect, insoluble, bound to albumin
conjugated bilirubin correct answers Direct, bound to water soluble molecule
What type of bilirubin is found in urine? correct answers Unconjugated bilirubin
Urobilinogen correct answers Even more water soluble and easy to excrete than conj. Bilirubin
prehepatic jaundice correct answers Increased bilirubin production due to hemolysis or
ineffective erythropoiesis
hepatic jaundice correct answers Abnormal bilirubin metabolism (e.g. cell damage, hepatitis)
Post-hepatic jaundice correct answers Decreased bilirubin excretion, usually caused by
obstruction
Test results in PRE hepatic jaundice correct answers Increased indirect serum bilirubin, stool and
urine urobilinogen. Normal direct serum bilirubin.
Proteins, in order of most anodic to least anodic correct answers Prealbumin, albumin, alpha 1,
alpha 2, beta, gamma
Albumin decreased in... correct answers Inflammation and protein loss
Ceruloplasmin correct answers transports copper
Transferrin correct answers transports iron
IgG, IgM and IgA: increased in protein electrophoresis when... correct answers In inflammation
and in monoclonal spikes in myeloma
Test results in dehydration correct answers Increased total protein, increased albumin, increased
Serum Na, Increased Osmo
, proteinuria is associated with... correct answers Disease of the kidney, such as glomerular
nephritis
Test results in multiple myeloma correct answers Increased total protein in serum, decr. albumin,
decr. albumin:globulin ratio, prescience of monoclonal paraproteins
Nephropathy correct answers Disease of the kidneys caused by damage to the small blood
vessels
Non-protein nitrogenous substances correct answers Come from breakdown of protein and
nucleic acid
Urea correct answers Indicates overall kidney function; increased BUN/Creat Ratio in
dehydration
Creatinine indicates... correct answers Glomerular function
Increased plasma creat and clearance in... correct answers Early nephropathy
Decreased creat clearance in... correct answers Renal failure
Ammonia indicates... correct answers Liver function (increased in liver failure and Reye's
syndrome)
Creat Cleance Calculation correct answers (Urine creat) X (volume in mL/min) (surface area,
1.73) all divided by serum creat
Aldosterone correct answers Corticosteroid hormone that stimulates kidney to absorb Na to
regulate salt and water balance
Sodium is... correct answers Major extracellular cation
Potassium is.... correct answers Major intracellular cation
Henderson-Hasselbalch equation correct answers pH= 6.1 + log (HCO3/(0.03xpCO2))
Metabolic acidosis correct answers Decreased pH and decreased HCO3
metabolic alkalosis correct answers increased pH, increased HCO3
Respiratory acidosis correct answers Decreased pH, Increased pCO2
respiratory alkalosis correct answers Increaed pH, decreased pCO2
Which takes longer: metabolic or respiratory compensation? correct answers Metabolic
