Phleb - Phleb Quiz 3

Front 1

Latrogenic anemia

Back 1

This condition is caused by excessive blood collection

Front 2

120 days

Back 2

This is the lifespan of a red blood cell

Front 3

Anemia

Back 3

The term for a decrease in the total number of red blood cells

Front 4

Arteries

Back 4

This vessel carries blood away from the heart

Front 5

Pericardium

Back 5

A sac that surrounds the heart

Front 6

Sphygmomanometer

Back 6

This is the instrument used to measure blood pressure

Front 7

Closing of the heart valves

Back 7

What causes the sounds that are normally heard when listening to a heart through a stethoscope

Front 8

Heart attack

Back 8

What is the common name for a myocardial infarctiom

Front 9

Ischemia

Back 9

What is the medical term for: reduced blood supply to heart tissue

Front 10

Left atrium

Back 10

Blood returning to the heart from the lungs enters which chamber

Front 11

Right atrium

Back 11

Blood returning to the heart from the body enters which chamber

Front 12

Capillaries

Back 12

Which are the smallest, microscopic blood vessels

Front 13

Parasitic infections

Back 13

This infection causes an increase in the number of eosinophils

Front 14

Reticulocyte

Back 14

Name for an immature erythrocyte

Front 15

White blood cells and platelets

Back 15

These make up the buffy coat that is formed after centrifugation of a bloody specimen

Hint 15

Leukocyte and blood cells

Front 16

Coronary arteries

Back 16

What are the names of the two arteries that branch off from the aorta to supply the heart with oxygen and nutrients

Front 17

Aneurysm

Back 17

What is the medical term for a bulge in an artery that is caused by the weakening of the arterial wall

Front 18

Myocardial infarction

Back 18

The cardiac troponins test is used to diagnose what?

Hint 18

Heart attack

Front 19

Median cubital vein

Back 19

The first vein of choice for venipuncture is:

Hint 19

Middle

Front 20

Cephalic vein

Back 20

What vein is located on the lateral aspect of the arm

Hint 20

Lateral side, thumb side, second choice for venipuncture

Front 21

Basilic vein

Back 21

Third choice for venipuncture

Hint 21

Inner, pinky

Front 22

45%

Back 22

Blood cells make up approximately ___ of whole blood in a healthy adult

Front 23

To defend the body against disease

Back 23

What is the function of leukocytes

Front 24

Serum

Back 24

What substance is produced when blood is collected in a tube, allowed to clot, and then centrifuged

Front 25

Stem cells

Back 25

Blood cells are formed in the bone marrow from divisions of these long lived progenitor cells:

Front 26

Leukocytes

Back 26

What is another term for white blood cells

Front 27

Erythrocytes

Back 27

What is another term for red blood cells

Front 28

55%

Back 28

The plasma constitutes what percentage portion of the total blood volume

Front 29

Neutrophils

Back 29

Which cells attack and digest bacteria and are found in increased numbers in the presence of bacterial infection

Front 30

Lymphocytes

Back 30

Which cells produce antibodies and are often found in increase numbers in the presence of viral infection

Front 31

Platelets

Back 31

These formed elements of the blood play a role in coagulation

Front 32

Hemostasis

Back 32

The process by which blood vessels repair after injury

Front 33

Plasmin

Back 33

What is the enzyme that breaks down the fibrin in clots

Front 34

Hemophilia

Back 34

This is an inherited disease that causes decreased blood clotting

Front 35

Autoimmunity

Back 35

This is the term for an attack by the immune systems on the body's own tissues

Front 36

Helper t cells

Back 36

These cells are infected and destroyed during HIV

Front 37

Lymphatic

Back 37

Lymph nodes, fluids, and vessels, along with other associated organs are all part of what system

Front 38

Lymphedema

Back 38

The is the term for an accumulation of interstitial fluid in tissues due to a blocked lymphatic vessel

Front 39

Vasoconstriction

Back 39

This term describes the first phase of hemostasis

Front 40

BT - bleeding time

Back 40

This test is used to assess primary hemostasis

Front 41

Aspirin

Back 41

This medication affects bleeding time tests

Front 42

Elastic and pliable

Back 42

On palpation, a vein feels

Front 43

Basilic

Back 43

This vein is the third choice for venipuncture

Front 44

Cephalic vein

Back 44

This vein is located on the lateral aspect of the arm