Ascp MLT exam
% retics - Answer Retics in 100 RBC / 10
1 unit or PRBC - Answer Raises hemoglobin 1g and hematocrit 3%
1, 25-(OH)2 - Answer Active form of vitamin D
25 OH - Answer Measurement of V D
A plastic anemia - Answer Decreased retics
Hypocellular BM
Absolute retics - Answer %retics x RbC
Acanthocytes - Answer Spur cell
Starfish
Sever liver disease
McLead syndrome
ACD/CPD/CPD2 - Answer 21 days
Acetest - Answer Confirm ketones and specific for diacetic acid and acetone
Acidic urine - Answer Metabolic/respiratory acidosis
High protein diet
Acinetobacter - Answer gram negative bacilli
Oxidase negative
acromegaly - Answer enlargement of the extremities
Hyperglycemia and excess GH
ACTH - Answer anterior pituitary
Increase glucose
Insulin antagonist
ACTH - Answer Stimulated by CRH and activates adrenal cortex to release cortisol
aldosterone estrogen and testosterone
Acute hep B infection - Answer Highly infectious
HBsAg
HBeAg
,Addison's disease - Answer Decreased sodium chloride cortisol aldosterone and
hemoglobin
Alder-Reilly anomaly i - Answer Darks large metachromatic cytoplasm is granules
Aldosterone - Answer Comes from the adrenal cortex and increases the rate of sodium
reabsorption
Aldosterone - Answer Maintains blood pressure promotes sodium reabsorption and
potassium secretion
Increases while standing
Alkaline urine - Answer RT and vegetarian
ALP - Answer Increased bone disorders pagets disease osteoblastic tumors rickets and
hyperparathyroidism
Increased growing children
Alpha hemolytic - Answer partial hemolysis
Green
Ammonium biurate crystals - Answer thorny apple appearance
Alkaline
Amorphous phosphates - Answer This alkaline crystal is shapeless and resembles
sand.
Old urine
Amorphous urates - Answer Brick dust/yellowish-brown granules, often in clumps
in acidic urine
Amount of H greatest to least - Answer O
A2
B
A1
A1B
Amperometry - Answer Measurement of the current flowing through an electrochemical
cell when a constant electric potential is applied to the electrodes
Androgens - Answer Testosterone
Anion gap - Answer Difference between the concentrations of serum cations and
anions: determined by measuring the concentrations of sodium cations and chloride and
bicarbonate anions.
,10-20 or 7-16
Sodium and potassium - chloride and bicarbonate
Anisocytosis - Answer Variation in size when RDW is greater than 14.5
apolopoproteins - Answer Protein without lipid
A in HDL
B atherogenic
APTT RR - Answer 20-40 sec
Auer rods - Answer AML
Auramine-Rhodamine - Answer Fluorescent stain
Autoimmune diseases - Answer SLE
Sjögren's syndrome
Scleroderma
RA
AVP or ADH - Answer Comes from the posterior pituitary gland and reabsorption of
water from the distal tubule's
Decreased in Diabetes insipidus
Bacillus anthracis - Answer Medusa head
Non hemolytic
Non motile
Gram-positive rods
Bacillus cereus - Answer Fried rice
Gram-positive rods
Spore forming
Betta hemolytic
BAnd neutrophils (hypo-segmented) - Answer PelegerHuey
Aml
Aids
Basophilic stippling - Answer lead poisoning
Thalassemia
RNA
Basophils - Answer Relative 0-2%
Inflammation response mediator
, BBE - Answer B. fragilis
Black colonies
BCG - Answer Serum protein
BCYE (buffered charcoal yeast extract) - Answer Enrichment media for Legionella spp.
Beers law - Answer Absorb ace and calculate concentration
Bernard soulier - Answer Abnormal adhesion
Ristocetin decrease
Giant plt
Beta hemolytic - Answer Complete hemolysis
biliary obstruction - Answer Increased ALP 5NT GGT bilirubin
Bilirubin crystals - Answer Clusters of fine needles
Abnormal
Biliruibinuria - Answer Bile duct obstruction and liver damage
Increased
Blood gas normals - Answer I like my oxygen at 100 but 90 will do partial CO2 is half of
90 which equals 45 bicarbonate is half of 45 which is roughly around 23 the pH is 1/3 of
the bicarbonate which turns into 7.4
blood urea nitrogen (BUN) - Answer 10-20 mg/dL
Measurement of urea in blood
Bordetella pertussis - Answer whooping cough
Mercury droplet
Bordet gengou
Regan lowe
Bound coagulase - Answer "clumping factor" remains attached to the cell surface
Clumping on slide
BUN CREATINE RATIO - Answer 10:1-20:1
C reactive protein - Answer Acute phase protein
Inflammation
CA 15-1 - Answer Breast cancer
% retics - Answer Retics in 100 RBC / 10
1 unit or PRBC - Answer Raises hemoglobin 1g and hematocrit 3%
1, 25-(OH)2 - Answer Active form of vitamin D
25 OH - Answer Measurement of V D
A plastic anemia - Answer Decreased retics
Hypocellular BM
Absolute retics - Answer %retics x RbC
Acanthocytes - Answer Spur cell
Starfish
Sever liver disease
McLead syndrome
ACD/CPD/CPD2 - Answer 21 days
Acetest - Answer Confirm ketones and specific for diacetic acid and acetone
Acidic urine - Answer Metabolic/respiratory acidosis
High protein diet
Acinetobacter - Answer gram negative bacilli
Oxidase negative
acromegaly - Answer enlargement of the extremities
Hyperglycemia and excess GH
ACTH - Answer anterior pituitary
Increase glucose
Insulin antagonist
ACTH - Answer Stimulated by CRH and activates adrenal cortex to release cortisol
aldosterone estrogen and testosterone
Acute hep B infection - Answer Highly infectious
HBsAg
HBeAg
,Addison's disease - Answer Decreased sodium chloride cortisol aldosterone and
hemoglobin
Alder-Reilly anomaly i - Answer Darks large metachromatic cytoplasm is granules
Aldosterone - Answer Comes from the adrenal cortex and increases the rate of sodium
reabsorption
Aldosterone - Answer Maintains blood pressure promotes sodium reabsorption and
potassium secretion
Increases while standing
Alkaline urine - Answer RT and vegetarian
ALP - Answer Increased bone disorders pagets disease osteoblastic tumors rickets and
hyperparathyroidism
Increased growing children
Alpha hemolytic - Answer partial hemolysis
Green
Ammonium biurate crystals - Answer thorny apple appearance
Alkaline
Amorphous phosphates - Answer This alkaline crystal is shapeless and resembles
sand.
Old urine
Amorphous urates - Answer Brick dust/yellowish-brown granules, often in clumps
in acidic urine
Amount of H greatest to least - Answer O
A2
B
A1
A1B
Amperometry - Answer Measurement of the current flowing through an electrochemical
cell when a constant electric potential is applied to the electrodes
Androgens - Answer Testosterone
Anion gap - Answer Difference between the concentrations of serum cations and
anions: determined by measuring the concentrations of sodium cations and chloride and
bicarbonate anions.
,10-20 or 7-16
Sodium and potassium - chloride and bicarbonate
Anisocytosis - Answer Variation in size when RDW is greater than 14.5
apolopoproteins - Answer Protein without lipid
A in HDL
B atherogenic
APTT RR - Answer 20-40 sec
Auer rods - Answer AML
Auramine-Rhodamine - Answer Fluorescent stain
Autoimmune diseases - Answer SLE
Sjögren's syndrome
Scleroderma
RA
AVP or ADH - Answer Comes from the posterior pituitary gland and reabsorption of
water from the distal tubule's
Decreased in Diabetes insipidus
Bacillus anthracis - Answer Medusa head
Non hemolytic
Non motile
Gram-positive rods
Bacillus cereus - Answer Fried rice
Gram-positive rods
Spore forming
Betta hemolytic
BAnd neutrophils (hypo-segmented) - Answer PelegerHuey
Aml
Aids
Basophilic stippling - Answer lead poisoning
Thalassemia
RNA
Basophils - Answer Relative 0-2%
Inflammation response mediator
, BBE - Answer B. fragilis
Black colonies
BCG - Answer Serum protein
BCYE (buffered charcoal yeast extract) - Answer Enrichment media for Legionella spp.
Beers law - Answer Absorb ace and calculate concentration
Bernard soulier - Answer Abnormal adhesion
Ristocetin decrease
Giant plt
Beta hemolytic - Answer Complete hemolysis
biliary obstruction - Answer Increased ALP 5NT GGT bilirubin
Bilirubin crystals - Answer Clusters of fine needles
Abnormal
Biliruibinuria - Answer Bile duct obstruction and liver damage
Increased
Blood gas normals - Answer I like my oxygen at 100 but 90 will do partial CO2 is half of
90 which equals 45 bicarbonate is half of 45 which is roughly around 23 the pH is 1/3 of
the bicarbonate which turns into 7.4
blood urea nitrogen (BUN) - Answer 10-20 mg/dL
Measurement of urea in blood
Bordetella pertussis - Answer whooping cough
Mercury droplet
Bordet gengou
Regan lowe
Bound coagulase - Answer "clumping factor" remains attached to the cell surface
Clumping on slide
BUN CREATINE RATIO - Answer 10:1-20:1
C reactive protein - Answer Acute phase protein
Inflammation
CA 15-1 - Answer Breast cancer
