MIDTERM LONG TEST tissue thromboplastin

14. CELLS in ACUTE INFLAMMATION:

1. A condition in which the BONE MARROW IS
neutrophils
INVADED BY TUMOR CELLS.
15. A medtech wants to know the hematocrit of
myelophthisic anemia
a patient but the only data available are the
2. Vasodilation is necessary in blood clot
red cell count and the mean cell volume. To
FALSE
determine the hematocrit, the medtech
3. This is the term used to describe a
should:
condition where the red cells vary in size
Multiply the MCV by the red cell count, and
greatly.
then divide the product by ten
Anisocytosis
16. Reference range of platelets in the systemic
4. Which of the coagulation pathway is
circulation.
initiated by the entry of tissue
150 to 450 × 109/L
thromboplastin into the circulating blood?
17. MOST APPROPRIATE TEST for HEREDITARY
Extrinsic pathway
SPHEROCYTOSIS:
5. NORMAL VALUE of BLEEDING TIME?
osmotic fragility
2 to 4 minutes
18. Traditionally, the hallmark of differentiating
6. It is defined as the expectoration of blood
myeloblasts from promyelocytes
secondary to hemorrhage in the larynx,
morphologically has been the visual
trachea, bronchi, or lungs:
identification of ____ in the promyelocytes:
Hemoptysis
Primary granules
7. Generally, the _____ VEIN is chosen for
19. The initiation of the coagulation process
VENIPUNCTURE because it is LARGE, CLOSE
may occur via one of two pathways. The
TO THE SKIN SURFACE and usually WELL
outcome of the process is the conversion of
ANCHORED by tissue so that it does not roll
circulating insoluble coagulation factors into
when punctured.
a blood clot.
median cubital
Both statements are TRUE.
8. MATURATION ORDER of
20. Hemoglobin levels are naturally higher in
ERYTHROCYTEMORPHOLOGIC STAGES:
males because:
Rubriblast, prorubricyte, rubricyte,
Estrogen has inhibitory effects on
metarubricyte
erythropoiesis of females
9. One of the more severe signs of iron
21. Which of the following is NOT a
deficiency is pica. This term is defined as:
characteristic of platelets?
The craving for nonfood items
The presence of a nucleus
10. SHIFT TO THE RIGHT is ASSOCIATED with
22. The hemogram result of a patient showed
INCREASED blood pH
that his leukocyte count is above normal
FALSE
and that the platelet count is below the
11. Which of the following hemostatic effects is
reference values. In this situation, what
the consequence of aspirin ingestion?
should the medical technologist do next?
Prolonged bleeding time
Make a blood smear from this patient’s
12. Which of the following is DIRECTLY
EDTA specimen
MEASURED when using AUTOMATED CELL
23. TEAR-DROP shaped cells
COUNTER?
dacryocytes
WBC, RBC, Hgb
24. THROMBOCYTES may be found in which of
13. The EXTRINSIC PATHWAY of COAGULATION
the following stages?
is TRIGGERED by the entry of ____ into the
megakaryocyte
circulation.
25. Which of the following is NOT considered as
a storage pool defect due to a deficiency of
platelet granules?
Bernard Soulier syndrome
26. To properly mix the blood and the
anticoagulant in the light blue top tube, the
medtech must invert the tube:
Three to four times
27. The main purpose of potassium
ferricyanide in the cyanmethemoglobin
method is to:

28. Which of the following clotting factors is

associated with VWF?
Factor VIII
29. This is an oxygen-binding heme protein
found in cardiac and skeletal muscles:
Myoglobin
30. How will you differentiate LEUKOMOID
REACTIONS from CHRONIC MYELOGENOUS
LEUKEMIA?
LAP scoring