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100

What blood sample is used for chemistry analysis

Plasma

100

What color tube is used to collect a whole blood sample for a CBC

Purple top

100

What ova identification technique uses the specific gravity or weight of the ova to allow certain ova to float to the top? 

Flotation

100
How is a free catch urine sample obtained?

Catching urine as it comes out of the animal as it urinates

100

What device is used to measure specific gravity in urine and total protein in plasma? 

Refractometer

200

List the 3 kidney values measured on a chemistry analyzer

BUN, creatinine, phosphorus 

200

What is a red plasma sample called? 

Hemolyzed

200

Which type of parasite burrows under the skin

Mites

200

What are the three components of a full urinalysis? 

Sediment analysis, dip-stick, specific gravity

200

What does it mean to balance a centrifuge? 

Have the same number of tubes on each side, with a similar volume of sample in each tube

300

List 3 liver enzymes or values measured on a chemistry analyzer

ALT, ALP, Bilirubin, Albumin

300

What kind of sample will a green top tube give you once spun down? 

Plasma

300

What is the most common intermediate host used by tapeworms that infect cats and dogs

Fleas

300

This cytology technique uses a needle and syringe to collect cells from a mass

Fine-needle aspirate 

300

What magnification is the immersion oil objective lens? 

100x

400

What organ is amylase and lipase values associated with? 

Pancreas

400

What blood tube has no additives/anticoagulants? 

Red top tube

400
Giardia and coccidia are examples of what kind of parasite

Protozoans

400

What is the most sterile urine collection technique

Cystocentesis  

400

What total magnification is being used when you have a 10x ocular lens and a 40x objective lens? 

400x magnification

500

What value is measured to assess cell hypoxia? (mostly monitored in critical patients)

Lactate

500

What does the term thrombocytopenia mean? 

low platelet count 

500

List the 4 common types of nematodes seen in vet med

heartworms, roundworms, whipworms, hookworms

500

What is the 3-step staining typically called

Diff-Quik stain

500

In a 1:5 dilution, how many parts of the sample do you need and how many parts of the diluent do you need?

1 part sample, 4 part diluent 

5 parts total