12. Body Fluids

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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Front (Question)

Aspiration procedure for PERITONEAL fluid is called..?

Back (Answer)

Paracentesis

Front (Question)

What is effusion?

Back (Answer)

Increased fluid formation/accumulation between membranes due to disrupted mechanisms of serous fluid formation and reabsorption

Front (Question)

Monosodium urate (MSU) colour (both parallel and perpendicular to compensator)

Back (Answer)

Longitudinal axis parallel to compensator = yellow Perpendicular to compensator = blue

Front (Question)

These 2 chemical tests on synovial fluid is INCREASED in inflammation and/or bacterial infection

Back (Answer)

Total protein, lactate

Front (Question)

This CSF test and its value suggests multiple sclerosis

Back (Answer)

CSF/IgG index > 0.77 (elevated)

Front (Question)

CSF lactate value suggestive of viral meningitis

Back (Answer)

2.4 - 3.3 mmol/L

Front (Question)

CSF/Albumin value that suggests damage to blood brain barrier

Back (Answer)

> 9

Front (Question)

What condition is calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD) associated with?

Back (Answer)

Pseudogout

Front (Question)

Fluid between membranes; functions to provide lubrication between parietal and visceral mebmranes

Back (Answer)

Serous fluid

#10

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Purpose of serous fluid collected in EDTA tube

Back (Answer)

Cell counts, differential

#11

Front (Question)

Normal synovial fluid resembles ___________

Back (Answer)

egg white

#12

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Shape of CPPD

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Rod-shaped; rectangular; rhomboid

#13

Front (Question)

Purpose of serous fluid collected in oxalate or fluoride tubes?

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Protein, glucose, other chem ttests

#14

Front (Question)

Word for ‘hyperbilirubinemia’ in a neonate

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Kernicterus

#15

Front (Question)

Aspiration procedure for PLERUAL fluid is called..?

Back (Answer)

Thoracentesis

#16

Front (Question)

Purpose of serous fluid collected in sterile tubes (heparinized/SPS)

Back (Answer)

Cultures, cytology

#17

Front (Question)

Cause of transudate formation?

Back (Answer)

Conditions that cause increased hydrostatic pressure or decreased oncotic pressure

#18

Front (Question)

4 primary causes of serous effusions

Back (Answer)

• Increased capillary permeability • Increased hydrostatic pressure • Decreased colloidal osmotic pressure • Obstruction of lymphatic drainage

#19

Front (Question)

Synovial crystal associated with gout

Back (Answer)

Monosodium urate

#20

Front (Question)

CSF lactate value suggestive of bacterial or fungal meningitis

Back (Answer)

> 3.8 mmol/L in conjunction w/ low CSF glucose

#21

Front (Question)

How do you get POSITIVE birefringence?

Back (Answer)

Crystal’s longitudinal axis is PERPENDICULAR to compensator

#22

Front (Question)

Aspiration procedure for PERICARDIAL fluid is called..?

Back (Answer)

Pericardiocentesis

#23

Front (Question)

Classification of joint disease when crystals are present?

Back (Answer)

Inflammatory

#24

Front (Question)

Responsible for the normal viscoity of synovial fluid

Back (Answer)

Hyaluronic acid