Serology
Chemistry and Electrolytes
Urinalysis
Cytology
Microbiology
100
Serologic tests require this type of sample.
What is serum or plasma?
100
The primary indicators for kidney function are these.
What is BUN and Creatinine?
100
Urine samples must be analyzed within this amount of time.
What is 30 minutes?
100
This type of smear is useful for highly viscous samples.
What is a starfish smear?
100
Gram positive microorganisms stain this color using Gram stain.
What is purple?
200
Blood serum samples are allowed to clot for this amount of time before centrifugation.
What is 20 to 30 minutes?
200
This is a byproduct of muscle metabolism, produced at a constant rate, and filtered out by glomeruli.
What is Creatinine?
200
Coffee colored urine can be indicative of this.
What is myoglobn in the urine?
200
This is the preferred fixative for cytology specimens.
What is 95% methanol?
200
Enterobacteriaceae are found in this part of the body.
What is the intestines?
300
A plasma sample is collected in this type of tube.
What is a lavender, green, or blue top tube?
300
When this value is greatly increased, the patient can have icteric serum or plasma.
What is Bilirubin?
300
A decrease in daily urine output.
What is oliguria?
300
This is an aspiration method which requires a needle and syringe, and pulls negative pressure on the plunger to pull cells into the hub of the needle.
What is a fine needle aspiration (FNA)?
300
This pathogenic microorganism frequently comes from pyogenic lesions such as wounds and dermatitis.
What is Staphlococcus spp?
400
This test is looking for results of exposure to a certain antigen that the test is designed for.
What is an antibody test?
400
Amylase and Lipase are tests for this.
What is pancreatic function?
400
These are the three types of epithelial cells found in a urine sediment.
What are squamous, transitional, and renal epithelial cells?
400

A vaginal cytology sample that shows large numbers of neutrophils. This could be indicative of these conditions.


What is vaginitis, pyometra, or metritis?

400
This microorganism is the most common causative agent for scours in neonates.
What is Escherichia coli (E. coli)?
500
ELISA is an acronym for this.
What is enzyme linked immunosorbant assay?
500
A blood protein that maintains hydrostatic blood pressure in blood and is produced by the liver.
What is albumin?
500
In a urine sediment, an erythrocyte could be easily confused with this type of finding.
What is a fat droplet?
500

A CSF tap sample should be analyzed within 15 minutes because ______________.

these cells degenerate rapidly.

500
A positive catalase test is indicative of this type of bacteria.
What is a staphylococcal species bacteria?
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