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20 Cards in this Set
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What is the most frequently performed procedure in the medical office laboratory |
Urinalysis |
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what is the filtering unit of the kidney |
The glomerulus |
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What is the major function of the kidney |
Filtration |
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What is the most appropriate action of the medical assistant when handling urine specimens |
Avoid splashes that made into the eyes |
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What specimen usually requires added preservatives in the container |
24 hour |
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What is the most important technique to stress when instructing a patient in collecting a clean catch midstream specimen to avoid contamination |
Cleanse genital area |
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What best describes what causes a foul odor in a urine sample |
Bacteria |
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What is the most common urine specimen collection performed in the outpatient |
Random or spot |
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What is the appropriate action when performing a microscopic examination of a urine specimen |
Pour off the supernatant living one milliliter in the bottom |
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What is an indication with the presence of cast and renal epithelial cells |
Possible kidney disease |
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What is the condition of no nervous sensation |
Anaesthesia |
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The outermost layers of the mengines are called |
Dura mater |
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The middle layer of the meninges known as the spider layer are called what |
Arachnoid mater |
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Sensory nerves that carry impulses from the body to the brain and spinal cord are also known as what |
Afferent neurons |
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The part of the nervous system that consists of the brain and spinal cord is known as |
Central nervous system |
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The correct number of pairs of cranial nerves is |
12 |
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A disorder in which there is a regular electrical activity of the brain producing compulsive seizures and possible loss of consciousness is what |
Epilepsy |
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A disease characterized by tremors of the hand when resting and a sloth shuffling walk muffled speech and swallowing difficulty is known as |
Parkinson's |
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The part of the brain that controls our body's temperature and maintains walking and sleeping patterns is what |
Hypothalamus |
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Motor neurons that convey information from the brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands are called |
Efferent peripheral system |