ASPT Exam Question and answers rated A+ ASPT Exam!!!
Accessioning - correct answer The process by which specimens are logged in, labeled, & assigned a specimen identification code.
The process of recording in the order to receive.
Palpate - correct answer Examine by feel or touch
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ASPT Exam!!!
Accessioning - correct answer ✔The process by which specimens are
logged in, labeled, & assigned a specimen identification code.
The process of recording in the order to receive.
Palpate - correct answer ✔Examine by feel or touch
Bevel - correct answer ✔The opening in the needle.
The point of a needle that is cut on a slant for ease of skin entry.
Empathy - correct answer ✔Identifying with the feelings or thoughts of
another person.
Apathy - correct answer ✔Lack of interest; state of not caring.
Phlebotomy - correct answer ✔Incision into the vein for the purpose of
drawing blood.
Venipuncture - correct answer ✔The act of using needle to procure a blood
specimen. To puncture the vein for any reason.
Antecubital fossa - correct answer ✔The area of the arm that is anterior to (in
front of) and below the bend of the elbow, where the major veins for
venipuncture are located.
Cephalic Vein - correct answer ✔The second choice antecubital vein for
venipuncture, located in the lateral aspect of the antecubital fossa.
,Basilic Vein - correct answer ✔Large vein on the inner side of the antecubital
area that is the last choice vein for venipuncture.
Median Cubital Vein - correct answer ✔The preferred vein for venipuncture,
located in the middle of the antecubital fossa.
Syncope - correct answer ✔Medical term for fainting.
Lumen - correct answer ✔The inner space of a blood vessel or tube.
Capillaries - correct answer ✔Microscopic one cell thick vessels that connect
the arterioles and venules, forming a bridge between the arterial and venous
circulations.
Extracellular fluid - correct answer ✔Fluid outside the cell.
Intracellular fluid - correct answer ✔Fluid within the cell.
Interstitial fluid - correct answer ✔Fluid in the tissue spaces between the cell.
Peripheral blood - correct answer ✔Blood from surface of the body/extremity;
capillary blood.
Susceptible person/host - correct answer ✔An individual who is not immune
to a disease or little resistance to an infectious agent.
Carrier/host - correct answer ✔The plant or animal upon which a parasite
feeds.
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act) - correct answer
✔Law requiring all healhcare providers to obtain a patients consent in writing
before disclosing medical information such as patients test results, treatment,
condition to any unauthorized person.
Aseptic - correct answer ✔Free of microorganisms capable of causing
infection or contamination.
Antiseptic - correct answer ✔A substance that inhibits the growth of bacteria
and is used to clean the skin.
Assault - correct answer ✔An act or treat causing another to be in fear of
immediate battery.
Battery - correct answer ✔Intentional harmful or offensive touching or use of
force on a person without that person's consent or legal justification.
Negligence - correct answer ✔Failure to exercise due care.
Hemolysis - correct answer ✔Damage or destruction of RBC's and release of
hemoglobin into the fluid portion of a specimen, causing the serum order to
range from pink (slight hemolysis) to red (gross hemolysis). This condition
may caused by 1)frothing 2) alcohol 3)shaking the tube 4)incomplete
penetration of the vein wall.
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