All of the following are examples of polysaccharides except:

What is glycolysis?

What is glycogenesis?

What is glycogenolysis?

What is gluconeogensis?

Which hormone is produced in beta cells of the pancreas and acts to lower blood glucose?

Which hormone is produced in the alpha cells of the pancreas and acts to raise blood glucose?

In the evaluation of blood glucose levels, all of the following are true except:

Which test is performed routinely on known diabetics as an early indication or renal disease?

A patient with diabetic ketoacidosis may present all of the following except:

What is the minimum serum glucose level at which urine would be positive for the presence of glucose?

The methodology employed by most glucose test meters is

Which of the following statements about blood glucose is FALSE?

A 68 year old man arrives in the emergency room with a glucose level of mg/dl and serum acetone of 4+ undiluted. An arterial blood gas from this patient is likely to indicate which of the following?

Which of the following is true of the OGTT in non-pregnant individuals?

A patient’s BUN result is 40 mg/dl and serum creatinine result is 1.5 mg/dl. These results suggest

A patient’s BUN level is analyzed using a methodolgy that claims a linear limit of 25 mg/dl. The assayed result is 32 mg/dl. Which of the following is the best course of action?

The NPN substances inclue all of the following EXCEPT:

Ammonia is removed from the body primarily by:

All of the following will affect serum BUN levels except:

In the methodology for blood urea nitrgen, all methods listed below utilize the enzyme urease as a reagent except:

Serum creatinine values are affected by all of the following except:

To check for the completeness of a 24 hour urine collection, the 24 hour urine _____ is measured.

Of the two tests most frequently used for evaluating kidney function, the test that offers the best sensitivity is ____; the test that offers greatest specificity is _____.

Given: serum creatinine = 1.5 mg/dl; urine creatinine = 100 mg/dl; 24 hour urine volume = 1500 mL; patient’s body surface = 1.85 m2. Calculate the clearance with correction for body surface area.

Which of the following represents the end product of nucleic acid and purine metabolism in man?

In the Jaffe reaction, creatinine reacts with:

Gout is a pathologic condition that is characterized by the accumulation of which of the following in joints and other body tissues?

This test identifies the degree to which the kidney concentrated teh glomerular filtrate:

The principle excretory form of nitrogen is:

A 45 year old male of average height and weight was admitted to the hosptial for renal function studies. His serum creatinine was 1.5 mg/dl and urine creatinine was 120 mg/dl; the total volume o furine collected over a 24 hour period was 1800 ml. Calculate the creatinine clearance for this patinet, in ml/min.

Which of the following about blood ammonia levels is false?

The phagocytic cells in the liver are called the ____ and are part of the reticuloendothelial system.

Which of the following best represents the correct sequence of events in the metabolism of bilirubin?

Which of the following is water soluble and may be found in the urine?

Kernicterus is a term used to describe:

All of the following laboratory findings could be associated with hemolytic anemia except:

All of the following findings could be associated with posthepatic obstruction except:

The pigment that gives the brown color to feces is:

All or most of the bilirubin in normal individuals is:

Which enzyme is responsible for the conjugation of bilirubin?

In the liver, bilirubin is converted to:

If the total bilirubin is 4.3 mg/dl and the conjugated bilirubin is 2.1 mg/dl, the unconjugated bilirubin in mg/dl is:

The element present in all proteins that allows for differentiation of proteins from carbohydrates and lipids is:

Amino acids that cannot be synthesized in the body are known as _____ amino acids.

A protein in an environment with a pH above the isoelectric point will travel toward the ____ and have a ____ charge.

The chemical linkage of amino acids that forms peptide bonds occures between:

Calculate the A/G ratio. Given: Total protein=7.5 g/dl; Albumin=4.0 g/dl

The upper limit of normal for CSF protein is generally considered to be _____ mg/dl.

The majority of proteins are manufactured in the

The functions of albumin include all except:

A technologist was evaluating results from a chemistry profile. It was noted that, among the abnormal results, both the total protein and albumin were increased. Based on these results, what condition is likely affecting this patient?

CSF protein levels in the healthy adult are

Which of the following represents the correct order of separation/position of electrophresed total protein?

The pH most effective at allowing amphoteric proteins to migrate toward the cathode in an electrophoretic system would be:

The protein with the highest dye-affinity capacity is:

The property most responsible for the migration of proteins in electrical field is:

At a pH of 8.6 the gamma globulins move toward the cathode, despite the fact that they are negatively charged. What is this phenomenon called?

A 24 hour urine specimen (total volume = 1136 ml) is submitted to the laboratory for quantitative urine protein. Calculate the amount of protein excreted per day, if the total protein is 52 mg/dl.

The following are statements regarding enzymes.

Which class includes enzymes that catalyze oxidoreductive reactions between two substrates?

Which class includes enzymes that catalyze transfer of a specific group other than hydrogen between a pair of substrates?

Which class includes enzymes that catalyze cleavage of a variety of bonds by the addition of water?

When an enzyme is assayed under zero-order kinetics, this means that

Km refers to

First-order kinetics means:

Creatine kinase requires the presence of magnesium for activity. Magnesium is an example of a/an:

Isoenzymes may be defined as

Isoenzymes are best separated by:

Of the methods that measure activity rate, the assay method of choice is:

The CK in normal persons is thought to be derived from:

ALT (GPT) is found in the highest concentration in the

A mildly elevated alkaline phosphatase was found in a sample from a 14 year old child. This finding:

The most sensitive laboratory test presently available to aid in the diagnosis of chronic alcoholism is:

Amylase is cleared:

Amylase and lipase determinations are used to evaluate:

The substances which will act as catalysts for the chemical reactions in the body are called:

A physician suspects his patient has pancreatitis. Which test would be most indicative of this disease?

A physician suspects his patient has pancreatitis. Which test would be most indicative of this disease?

High alkaline phosphatase activity is found mainly in:

The isoenzyme(s) of creatine kinase found in the myocardium is (are):

The presence of increased CK-MB activity on a CK electrophoresis pattern is most likely found in a patient suffering from:

An international unit of enzyme activity is defined as the amount of enzyme which will catalyze the transformation of the conversion of one of which of the following units of substrate to produce per minute, per milliliter of serum at 25 degrees C?

Which of the following enzymes catalyzed the conversion of starch to glucose and maltose?

Which of the following statements about myoglobin is FALSE?

Which Troponin isoforms are useful as indicators of AMI?

Which of the following statements about B-type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) is FALSE?

When renin is increased above normal values, one would expect the serum sodium to be ____; the blood volume to be ____; the serum potassium to be _____.

Which of the following electrodes is based on the principle of amperometric measurement?

Which move to the anode (positive pole) in an electric field?

Which is the major intracellular cation?

Which is the major extracellular cation?

Which is the major extracellular anion?

Total carbon dioxide refers to:

Hyponatremia is found in all of the following except:

A potassium level of 6.8 mmol/L is obtained. Before reporting the results, the first step the laboratory technician should take is to:

Which of the following is NOT in “electrolyte balance”? (results in mmol/L)

The relationship of potassium concentration in the red cells to the plasma is

A hospitalized patient is experiencing increased neuromuscular irritability (tetany). Which of the following tests should be ordered immediately?

Which of the following electrolytes is the chief plasma base whose main function is maintaining osmotic pressure?