In the Lab
Patients' samples and fluids must be treated as if they are this.
What is a biohazard?
The test says you have a condition that you don't have.
What is a false positive?
What are alleles?
This is the type of radiation used in CT, Mammography, and "plain film."
What are x-rays?
Segments of DNA that contain instructions for making proteins.
What is a gene?
The study of how a person's DNA impacts what drugs they should or should not take.
What is pharmacogenetics or pharmacogenomics?
A series of tests on a body fluid using visual, chemical, and microscopy.
What is a urinalysis?
A version of a gene that usually is not expressed in the presence of another version of that gene.
What is recessive?
This imaging technique uses magnetic and radio waves to view soft tissues.
What is an MRI?
The complete set of genetic material shared by all members of a species.
What is a genome?
A measurement of how often a test will show a positive when the patient has the condition
What is sensitivity?
You do not have a condition and the test says you do not.
What is a true negative?
In humans, blood type is this type of dominance, where both gene copies are expressed.
What is codominance?
This imaging technique can be used to monitor fetal growth, look for muscle tears and gallstones, and visualize heart function.
What is ultrasound?
The 44 chromosomes that are numbered, such as 3 or 21.
What are autosomes?
The set of regulations that govern lab procedures and training of lab techs.
What is CLIA?
A series of blood tests to look for a specific set of conditions.
What is a blood panel?
When both copies of a gene are the same.
What is homozygous?
A medical imaging test that uses radioactive tracers to visualize tissue activity and screen for cancers.
What is a PET scan?
The law to prohibits companies from using genetic information to deny health coverage or employment
What is the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA)?
A measurement of how often a test will give a negative result when the patient does not have the condition
What is specificity?
The low and high of normal lab values.
What is a reference range?
A dominance pattern that is not present in humans, but expressed by some plants, where the trait is expressed as an exact average of the two gene variants.
What is incomplete dominance?
This imaging technique is also known as a "bone scan".
What is DEXA?
A person's set of chromosomes, usually arranged in order to look for abnormalities.
What is a karyotype?