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100
What are the names of the three distinct layers of centrifuged blood?
-Plasma -Buffy Coat (WBC/platelets) -RBC
100
Name for bacteria that has special nutritional needs.
Fastidious
100
Define Mycology
The study of fungi
100
Name the five sources of parasitic infections
-Soil -Water -Food -Stool -Other Animals
100
What are the four main specimen handling and collection techniques for urinalysis?
Cystocentesis, catheterization, manual expression, free catch
200
What is in the following blood tubes (be specific). -Plain red Top -Purple/Lavender Top -Green Top -Light Blue
-Plain red Top: nothing/gel seperator -Purple/Lavender Top: EDTA -Green Top: Lithium Heparin -Light Blue: Sodium Citrate
200
What kind of organism can grow with or without oxygen?
Facultative
200
How do fungi reproduce?
By the use of spores
200
How long can a fecal sample stay out?
2 hours
200
What is the term for cloudy urine?
Turbid
300
What is the order of collection? Which tubes should be filled first?
1. Sterile tubes 2. EDTA 3. Heparin 4. Clot tubes
300
What is the ideal temperature range for bacterial growth?
20-50 degrees Celsius
300
What color does ringworm glow under a Wood's lamp?
apple green
300
What are the three things we look for in (infected) ears?
Yeast Bacteria Mites
300
What are the four advantages of the dipstick?
Convenient Cost effective small sample volume fast results
400
Name the White Blood Cells
Neutrophils Eosinophils Basophils Monocytes Lymphocytes
400
Name 4 routes for bacterial infection
-Respiratory (inhalation) -GI tract (contaminated good) -Genitourinary (balder infections) -Abrasions of skin (burn, cut)
400
What is the ideal stain for fungi?
What is Lactophenol cotton blue
400
What are the main portals of entry for parasites? (6)
Transplacental Transmammary ingestion of larvae ingestion of host skin penetration blood contact
400
What are the 3 epithelial cells called?
Squamous, transitional, renal tubular
500
Term for describing variation in shape of RBCs
Poikilocytosis
500
Name for cold loving organisms.
Psychrophillic
500
What do fungi mostly consist of (the main structure of fungi)?
Hyphae
500
Name some possible effects of parasites on the host. (at least three)
Irritation, transmit disease, anemia, tissue damage, mechanical blockage
500
Which calcium oxalate crystal resembles a square envelope?
dihydrate