2020 MLT Quiz Bowl: Clinical Chemistry I

Inhalation & accidental ingestion in industrial settings is the most common reason for toxic levels of:

What lipoprotein scatters light and causes turbidity/ milky appearance of plasma?

What is a glycopeptide antibiotic effective against gram- positive cocci and bacilli infections?

Which hormone regulates adrenal steroidogenesis?

What enzyme is primarily in the pancreas; also in the stomach and small intestine?

Three fatty acid molecules attached to one molecule of glycerol is known as:

Which lipoprotein is capable of removing excess cholesterol from peripheral cells?

Which gland is considered the “master gland”?

What is the gland marked in yellow?

Which hormone when released stimulates the release of TSH and prolactin?

Which enzyme is distributed in many tissues, with comparatively high concentrations in the liver?

Proteins that catalyze biochemical reactions without altering equilibrium point of reaction or being consumed or changed

Which condition can cause lipoproteins to be abnormally metabolized?

What is the tumor marker for breast cancer?

 What lipoprotein is calculated using the Friedewald calculation?

Trough concentrations for gentamycin are drawn 2 hours before the next dose

Which anterior pituitary hormone directs testosterone production from Leydig cells?

What is the tumor marker for metastatic breast cancer?

What cardioactive drug is used in treatment for congestive heart failure?

Thyroid hormone circulates in bloodstream where T3 is deiodinated into T4

 What is the creatinine kinase isoenzyme marker for cardiac ischemia?

What metalloid exists in both naturally occurring and manmade substance

Linear Chains of carbon- hydrogen bonds terminating in carboxyl group are known as:

What is the tumor marker for ovarian cancer?