ASCP HEMATOLOGY EXAM SCRIPT COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS

ASCP HEMATOLOGY EXAM SCRIPT
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE SOLUTIONS

●● Locations of active marrow in adults.
Answer: Flat bones


●● What conditions are associated with increased storage of iron.
Answer: Hemosiderosis
Hemochromatosis


●● Transferrin.
Answer: iron transport protein


●● Iron storage forms:.
Answer: ferritin and hemosiderin


●● Porphyrias.
Answer: diseases that result from deficiencies of any of several enzymes
required to make heme


●● Heme precursor orders

,Memory: *DELTA, POUR YOUR COP PROTO* a cup of *HEME*.
Answer: Delta-amniolevolini acid breaks down into
Porphobilinogen breaks down into
Uroporphyrinogen breaks down into
Coproporphyrinogen breaks down into
Protoporphyrin breaks down into
Heme + Globin


●● hemoglobin-oxygen dissociation curve


Memory: Shift Right wont hold tight, Shift left No wont let go.
Answer: Shift to the left- O2 NOT released to tissue adequately
Shift to the right- O2 released to tissue more easily


●● Left Shift.
Answer: Decreased CO2
Increased pH


●● Right Shift.
Answer: increased number of mature neutrophils

, Increased CO2
Decreased pH
Increased 2,3 DPG


●● Fetal hemoglobin chains.
Answer: HGB F


●● Adult Hemoglobin Chain.
Answer: HGB A


●● EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid).
Answer: Chelates Calcium


●● Heparin (anticoagulant).
Answer: Anti-thrombin agent


●● Hemoglobin Testing errors.
Answer: Lipemia/Icterus
High WBC count
Resisting Hemoglobin