Clinical Chemistry Final Part One

Serum test range for sodium:

Factors affecting reference ranges for tests is (are):

The method of testing drugs for abuse that gives immediate results is:

When analyzing cardiac markers, which marker increases first in an MI?

The lab test that can be degraded by light is:

The most important indicator of early kidney disease.

Glucose oxidase - an enzyme which converts glucose to a gluconic acid

Time(s) when a reference range is not relevant would occur:

Beer's Law:

Serum test range for magnesium:

HbA1C:

What is the estimated percentage of the information that physicians rely on is generated in the lab?

Protein associated with skeletal and cardiac muscles that have proven to be helpful in the diagnosis of an MI

Cholesterol is synthesized by the:

Homeostasis- in a state of cryopreservation.

Percent transmittance is the percentage of light that passes through a solution.

Iron deficiency can lead to:

Increases blood glucose by promoting the conversion of glycogen to glucose

Diurinal means urinating at night.

Normal range for Amylase:

The normal range for BUN in SI units is:

The most commonly tested fluids in chemistry:

Gallstones are mostly cholesterol

Process of maintaining equilibrium in the levels of chemicals in the body is referred to as homeostasis

Cholesterol is a mahor constituent of all cell membranes except those in RBC's

Enzyme- a protein with catalytic activity

A patients heart attack risk factor is determined by:

An enzyme present in brain tissue and heart muscle, mesured to aid in the diagnosis of MI

Which of the following lab results is considered a risk factor for coronary heart disease?

Therapeutic drugs include:

HbA1C range:

Iron deficiency:

55% of bile produced by the liver is recycled

Electrolytes are cations and anions important in maintaining fluid and acid base balance.

When doing a OGTT, the first sample(s) obtained from the patient would be:

POCT stands for:

An anion is a negatively charged ion

A spectophotometer is an instrument that measures air.

Glucose in urine

Glycated hemoglobin is also known as HbA1C.

The 2 major types of proteins are:

Glutamyltransferase

A test used for routine long term monitoring of glucose

In a therapeutic drug monitoring assay, it is extremely important to take this sample:

The 2 results needed to calculate the A/G ratio are:

A chromogen is a substance that become coloured when it undergoes a chemical change

What is the common principle applied in immuno-chemistry?

Bicarbonate ions account for _____% of carbon dioxide in the blood.

The most commonly tested body fluid is sputum.

A chemical substance produced by a gland in the body and carried to a target organ where a regulatory response occurs

Blood potassium levels below normal

The liver synthesizes cholesterol by what process?

The liver makes glucose from non-carb sources

When performing a FBS, the patient should be fasting for:

The normal range for sodium in SI units is:

Blood potassium levels above normal

When the liver makes glucose from non carb sources, this process is referred to as:

TAT stands for turn around time?

Increased levels of triglycerides could indicate:

When are reference ranges not relevant?

Beer's law is the technology that uses electrodes and electrode potential to measure electrong generation?

A lipemic sample is pink in colour.

Glycogenesis - the formation of glucose from glycogen

A 2 hour post prandial serum glucose value is normally less than 11 mmol/L

Energy production as a result of the metabolic breakdown of glucose.

Serum test range for Potassium:

Hormone - a chemical substance produced by a gland and carried to a target organ where a regulatory response occurs

Diurinal - a 3 stage urine test involving the use of a reagent dye

Hyperkalemia - blood potassium levels below normal

Which 3 enzymes are useful in diagnosing liver disease?

Serum test range for ammonia:

An enzyme present in brain tissue and heart muscle, measured to aid in the dianosis of an MI

A condition in which blood uric acud us elevated and urates precipitate in the joints

An enzyme found mostly in the liver, bone, intestine, kidney and placenta.

Pancreatic diseases include:

Jaundice, the yellow discoloration of ____, skin, and _____ membranes caused by abnormal metabolis and renention of ___.

Serum test range for ALT:

The major functions of the liver are...

Decreased level of glucose in blood below normal range

Serum test range for Albumin:

Serum test range for AST:

A major bi product of normal RBC destruction. Has a vivd yellow pigment.

FSH stands for follice stimulating horomone.

The most common form of fat in the body is:

Insulin is a horomone produced by the liver.

_________ % of the bile produced by the liver is recycled.

The ___ is capable of making most of the materials that the body requires to grow and remain healthy from the nutrients

The normal range for AST in SI units is:

What sample is used for sex horomone testing in the lab?

TAT - abbreviation for Turn Around Time

A decrease of concentration of cellular elements in blood, resulting from a loss of plasma is termed hemoconcentration

Postprandial refers to a specimen collected directly before a meal

BUN - test measuring uria in the blood

A/G ratio:

When glucose is stored, it is first converted to __________.

Increased level of glucose in blood above normal range

You receive a lipemic sample in the lab. The sample will appear:

__________ produces a hormone called glucagon when blood glucose levels are low.

ALP is part of a liver profile

The most common form of fat in the body is: