Phlebotomy Medical Terminology Questions With
All Correct Answers
ACCESSIONING correct answer -ASSIGNING A UNIQUE NUMBER FOR
PATIENT IDENTIFICATION
ALBUMIN correct answer -THE MOST ABUNDANT PROTEIN IN PLASMA
ANASTOMOSIS correct answer -THE POINT OF UNION OF TWO HOLLOW
OR TUBULAR STRUCTURES; THE CONNECTION OF VEINS
ANEMIA correct answer -CONDITION IN WHICH THE NORMAL AMOUNT
OF RED CELLS IS REDUCED
ANGIOLOGY correct answer -THE SCIENCE OF BLOOD VESSELS AND
LYMPHATICS
ANTECUBITAL FOSSA correct answer -THE BEND OF THE ARM ADJACENT
TO THE ELBOW; THE AREA MOST FREQUENTLY USED FOR
VENIPUNCTURES.
ANTIBODY correct answer -A PROTEIN PRODUCED BY THE BODY WHICH
REACTS SPECIFICALLY WITH A FOREIGN SUBSTANCE IN THE BODY.
ANTIBODIES ARE PRODUCED BY PLASMA CELLS IN LYMPHOID TISSUE.
ANTICOAGULANT correct answer -SERVING TO PREVENT THE
COAGULATION OF BLOOD.
ANTIGEN correct answer -ANY PROTEIN NOT NORMALLY PRESENT IN
THE BODY AND WHEN INTRODUCED INTO THE BODY STIMULATES THE
PRODUCTION OF AN ANTIBODY
AORTA correct answer -LARGEST ARTERY OF THE BODY.
APATHY correct answer -LACK OF EMOTION, WITHOUT FEELING,
INSENSITIVE
, ARTERIOLE correct answer -A MINUTE ARTERIAL BRANCH WHICH
LEADS TO A CAPILLARY.
ARTERY correct answer -A VESSEL THROUGH WHICH BLOOD PASSES
AWAY FROM THE HEART TO THE TISSUES.
ATRIUM correct answer -A CHAMBER OF THE HEART. THE RIGHT
ATRIUM RECEIVES BLOOD FROM THE UPPER PORTION OF THE BODY VIA
THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA AND FROM THE LOWER PORTION OF THE BODY
BY THE WAY OF THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA. THE LEFT ATRIUM RECEIVES
BLOOD FROM THE LUNGS BY WAY OF FOUR PULMONARY VEINS.
BASILIC VEIN correct answer -LARGE VEIN ON THE INNER SIDE OF THE
UPPER ARM
BRACHIAL ARTERY correct answer -ARTERY WHICH LIES BENEATH THE
BASILIC VEIN IN THE ANTECUBITAL FOSSA
BUFFY COAT correct answer -THIN LAYER BETWEEN THE PLASMA AND
RED CELLS IN A VOLUME OF DRAWN BLOOD THAT MOSTLY CONTAINS
WHITE CELLS
CAROTID correct answer -MAJOR ARTERY IN THE NECK LEADING TO THE
BRAIN.
CAPILLARY correct answer -SMALLEST BLOOD VESSEL THAT CONNECTS
ARTERIES AND VEINS
CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE correct answer -(CVP) THE PRESSURE
WITHIN THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA; IT REFLECTS THE PRESSURE UNDER
WHICH THE BLOOD IS RETURNED TO THE RIGHT ATRIUM.
CENTRIFUGE correct answer -A DEVICE WHICH SPINS TEST TUBES AT
HIGH SPEEDS CAUSING THE HEAVY PARTICLES IN THE LIQUID TO SETTLE
TO THE BOTTOM AND THE LIGHTER LIQUID TO THE TOP.
CEPHALIC VEIN correct answer -LARGE VEIN ON THE OUTERMOST SIDE
OF THE UPPER ARM.
All Correct Answers
ACCESSIONING correct answer -ASSIGNING A UNIQUE NUMBER FOR
PATIENT IDENTIFICATION
ALBUMIN correct answer -THE MOST ABUNDANT PROTEIN IN PLASMA
ANASTOMOSIS correct answer -THE POINT OF UNION OF TWO HOLLOW
OR TUBULAR STRUCTURES; THE CONNECTION OF VEINS
ANEMIA correct answer -CONDITION IN WHICH THE NORMAL AMOUNT
OF RED CELLS IS REDUCED
ANGIOLOGY correct answer -THE SCIENCE OF BLOOD VESSELS AND
LYMPHATICS
ANTECUBITAL FOSSA correct answer -THE BEND OF THE ARM ADJACENT
TO THE ELBOW; THE AREA MOST FREQUENTLY USED FOR
VENIPUNCTURES.
ANTIBODY correct answer -A PROTEIN PRODUCED BY THE BODY WHICH
REACTS SPECIFICALLY WITH A FOREIGN SUBSTANCE IN THE BODY.
ANTIBODIES ARE PRODUCED BY PLASMA CELLS IN LYMPHOID TISSUE.
ANTICOAGULANT correct answer -SERVING TO PREVENT THE
COAGULATION OF BLOOD.
ANTIGEN correct answer -ANY PROTEIN NOT NORMALLY PRESENT IN
THE BODY AND WHEN INTRODUCED INTO THE BODY STIMULATES THE
PRODUCTION OF AN ANTIBODY
AORTA correct answer -LARGEST ARTERY OF THE BODY.
APATHY correct answer -LACK OF EMOTION, WITHOUT FEELING,
INSENSITIVE
, ARTERIOLE correct answer -A MINUTE ARTERIAL BRANCH WHICH
LEADS TO A CAPILLARY.
ARTERY correct answer -A VESSEL THROUGH WHICH BLOOD PASSES
AWAY FROM THE HEART TO THE TISSUES.
ATRIUM correct answer -A CHAMBER OF THE HEART. THE RIGHT
ATRIUM RECEIVES BLOOD FROM THE UPPER PORTION OF THE BODY VIA
THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA AND FROM THE LOWER PORTION OF THE BODY
BY THE WAY OF THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA. THE LEFT ATRIUM RECEIVES
BLOOD FROM THE LUNGS BY WAY OF FOUR PULMONARY VEINS.
BASILIC VEIN correct answer -LARGE VEIN ON THE INNER SIDE OF THE
UPPER ARM
BRACHIAL ARTERY correct answer -ARTERY WHICH LIES BENEATH THE
BASILIC VEIN IN THE ANTECUBITAL FOSSA
BUFFY COAT correct answer -THIN LAYER BETWEEN THE PLASMA AND
RED CELLS IN A VOLUME OF DRAWN BLOOD THAT MOSTLY CONTAINS
WHITE CELLS
CAROTID correct answer -MAJOR ARTERY IN THE NECK LEADING TO THE
BRAIN.
CAPILLARY correct answer -SMALLEST BLOOD VESSEL THAT CONNECTS
ARTERIES AND VEINS
CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE correct answer -(CVP) THE PRESSURE
WITHIN THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA; IT REFLECTS THE PRESSURE UNDER
WHICH THE BLOOD IS RETURNED TO THE RIGHT ATRIUM.
CENTRIFUGE correct answer -A DEVICE WHICH SPINS TEST TUBES AT
HIGH SPEEDS CAUSING THE HEAVY PARTICLES IN THE LIQUID TO SETTLE
TO THE BOTTOM AND THE LIGHTER LIQUID TO THE TOP.
CEPHALIC VEIN correct answer -LARGE VEIN ON THE OUTERMOST SIDE
OF THE UPPER ARM.
