March 2024 Recalls Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards based on lecture notes from March 2024 recalls, covering topics like Molbio, Microbiology/Parasitology, Histopathology, Clinical Chemistry, ISBB, Hematology, and Clinical Microscopy.

Northern Blot

A technique used to detect RNA.

Southern Blot

A technique used to detect DNA.

Spiral-shaped Bacteria

Spiral-shaped bacteria including Helicobacter pylori, Treponema pallidum, and Vibrio cholerae.

Ziehl-Neelsen stain

A technique for better staining of bacterial cell walls using heat.

Actinomyces

Gram positive bacilli, branching, non-spore forming bacteria.

Babes-Ernst granules

Metachromatic granules produced by C. diphtheriae.

McFarland standard

A standard used to standardize the number of bacteria for microbial testing that is equivalent to 1.5 x 10^8 CFU/ml.

NAAT (Nucleic Acid Amplification Test)

A test used to detect Chlamydia.

Serosa

Outer region of an organ.

Clearing

Transition between dehydration and infiltration of embedding medium.

Traceability

Relating a measurement result to a stated reference through an unbroken chain of calibrations.

Glycogenolysis

Process where glycogen is broken down.

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

A condition where females with XX chromosomes develop ambiguous genitalia or genitals that appear male.

Caffeine

A molecule that solubilizes unconjugated bilirubin in the Jendrassik – Grof Method.

Z-score

A statistic measure of how many standard deviations above or below the mean a data point is.

Lean

Improvement methodology referring to non-value added activities considered as waste

Pleiotropy

The ability of a single cytokine to alter the expression of several genes.

Acute myelomonocytic leukemia (M4)

An acute leukemia where both granulocytic and monocytic proliferation occurs.

Scott syndrome

A test that shows issues with the expression of phospholipids on the platelet membrane

Conductivity

The property of VCS Hematology Coulter Technology that assesses volume.

Prostaglandin

A molecule that contributes to inflammation.

Dilution

Refers to the amount of diluent needed to make a solution if the solute is at a specific concentration.

Maltese cross

Refers to cross-like formations seen under polarized light microscopy, often associated with cholesterol or starch.

Traceability

A test or analysis where the patient is measured against a reference.

Zeihl Neelsen

A test that uses heat to facilitate better staining of bacterial cell walls

Pleiotropy

A molecule that has the ability of a single cytokine to alter the expression of several genes.

Clinical Microscopy

A technology where the integrity of urine is important.

Northern Blot

A technique used to detect RNA.

Southern Blot

A technique used to detect DNA.

Spiral-shaped Bacteria

Spiral-shaped bacteria including Helicobacter pylori, Treponema pallidum, and Vibrio cholerae.

Ziehl-Neelsen stain

A technique for better staining of bacterial cell walls using heat.

Actinomyces

Gram positive bacilli, branching, non-spore forming bacteria.

Babes-Ernst granules

Metachromatic granules produced by C. diphtheriae.

McFarland standard

A standard used to standardize the number of bacteria for microbial testing that is equivalent to 1.5 x 10^8 CFU/ml.

NAAT (Nucleic Acid Amplification Test)

A test used to detect Chlamydia.

Serosa

Outer region of an organ.

Clearing

Transition between dehydration and infiltration of embedding medium.

Traceability

Relating a measurement result to a stated reference through an unbroken chain of calibrations.

Glycogenolysis

Process where glycogen is broken down.

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

A condition where females with XX chromosomes develop ambiguous genitalia or genitals that appear male.

Caffeine

A molecule that solubilizes unconjugated bilirubin in the Jendrassik – Grof Method.

Z-score

A statistic measure of how many standard deviations above or below the mean a data point is.

Lean

Improvement methodology referring to non-value added activities considered as waste

Pleiotropy

The ability of a single cytokine to alter the expression of several genes.

Acute myelomonocytic leukemia (M4)

An acute leukemia where both granulocytic and monocytic proliferation occurs.

Scott syndrome

A test that shows issues with the expression of phospholipids on the platelet membrane

Conductivity

The property of VCS Hematology Coulter Technology that assesses volume.

Prostaglandin

A molecule that contributes to inflammation.

Dilution

Refers to the amount of diluent needed to make a solution if the solute is at a specific concentration.

Maltese cross

Refers to cross-like formations seen under polarized light microscopy, often associated with cholesterol or starch.

Traceability

A test or analysis where the patient is measured against a reference.

Zeihl Neelsen

A test that uses heat to facilitate better staining of bacterial cell walls

Pleiotropy

A molecule that has the ability of a single cytokine to alter the expression of several genes.

Clinical Microscopy

A technology where the integrity of urine is important.

Atom

The smallest particle of an element that can exist and retain the chemical properties of the element.

Molecule

A molecule containing two or more atoms that are chemically bonded together.

Cation

A positively charged ion.

Anion

A negatively charged ion.

Covalent Bond

A chemical bond formed by the sharing of one or more pairs of electrons between atoms.

Cysteine

A product of metabolism of methionine.

Organ that produces vasopressin

Hypothalamus

Best marker for risk in diabetic nephropathy

Microalbuminuria

Lipoprotein that migrates farthest from the anode during electrophoresis

HDL

Purpose of caffeine in the Jendrassik – Grof Method

Solubilizes unconjugated bilirubin

One or two values exceeding the qc parameters not included in counting

Outlier

Duration of the disease

Acute and Chronic

Laboratory equipment hazard EXCEPT

Chemical vapors

Functional plasma enzyme

Clotting factors

Which is not an administrative control?

Fume hood

Causes excess cortisol

Cushing syndrome

Cryoprecipitate AHF contains all of the following, EXCEPT

Red Blood Cells

Phenotype of D negative

(-/-)

Sda can be neutralized by

Hydatid cyst fluid

The ability of a single cytokine to alter the expression of several genes is called

Pleiotropy

Which minor blood group system can cause HDN?

Vel

Delayed Hemolytic Transfusion reaction EXCEPT

TA-GVHD

Improvement methodology referring to non-value added activities considered as waste.

Lean

Possible mother-fetus incompatibility if father is Rh +, mother is Rh - . They have their first child without undergoing treatment.

less than 50%

ABO discrepancies between forward or reverse blood typing with weak reacting or missing antibodies.

Patient is very young or very old

Lectin Dolichus biflorus expresses ___ antigen.

A1

The following are correct for storage and transport of blood components EXCEPT:

Blood must be stored at -20C

An IF test with antibodies to detect CD3 will detect which cell?

Circulating T cells

How is the patient who is RH negative in a RBC written?

(-/-)

Red cell immune antibody

IgG

CD8+ cell is also known as:

Cytotoxic

Which type of hypersensitivity reaction involves immune complexes?

Type 3

The red cell phenotype of an individual in routine forward and reverse grouping with the genotypes hh, AB

O

FFP is used to treat the following, EXCEPT:

Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Most common acquired platelet dysfunction

Drug-induced

Which of the following activates fibrinolysis?

Tissue plasminogen activator

A reduction in thrombin generation in patients with Scott syndrome results from:

Altered expression of phospholipids on the platelet membrane

Fibrinogen/Fibrin fragments EXCEPT:

Fragment Z

“C” in VCS Hematology Coulter Technology:

CONDUCTIVITY

Differentiation among RBCs, yeast, and oil droplets may be accomplished by all of the following except:

Lysis of yeast cells by acetic acid

Which of the following is represented by the first peak in this picture?

Lymphocytes

Venipuncture sites EXCEPT:

PALMAR SURFACE OF THE HAND

What is the average diameter of RBCs?

7.2 um

Inflamed tissue; What contributes to s h o w s i g n s o f i n f l a m m a t i o n

PROSTAGLANDIN

Monocytes are often mistaken as:

Lymphocytes

A blood sample with high titer agglutinins was tested in room temperature with an electron particle scanner(?). What indices/count would be erroneous.

MCHC and WBC