LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – ZOOLOGY
THIRD SEMESTER – April 2009
ZO 3953 - MEDICAL LAB. TECHNOLOGY
Date & Time: 24/04/2009 / 9:00 - 12:00 Dept. No.
UF 33
Max. : 100 Marks
SECTION A
Answer ALL the questions
(10 x 2 = 20 Marks)
1. Write the clinical symptoms of Amoebiasis.
2. Expand the abbreviations:
DPT, MMR, ACD, EDTA, and PCV.
3. What is erythroblastosis foetalis?
4. Give the normal value of differential count.
5. Write the procedure and normal value of clotting time.
6. What is tyndallisation?
7. How do you detect bile salt and bile pigment?
8. Define the terms: Quality Control and Quality Assessment.
9. What is occult blood?
10. What is storage lesion in a blood bank?
SECTION B
Answer any FOUR of the following:
(4 x 10 = 40 Marks)
11. Describe the principle and procedure for the estimation of erythrocyte sedimentation rate.
Give the normal value.
12. Give an account of air borne bacterial infections of man.
13. Describe various components of the blood separated in a blood bank.
14. Summarize the characteristics of motion sample.
15. Explain briefly the physical methods of sterilization.
16. What is WIDAL test. Explain the procedure with the significance.
SECTION C
Answer any two of the following:
(2 x 20 = 40 Marks)
17. Describe the cycle of Golgi. Add a note on clinical symptoms with reference to different
species of Plasmodia.
18. Describe in detail the principle, procedure, normal value and clinical significance of total
RBC count.
19. Write an essay on any four groups of pathogenic viruses of man
20. (a) Write the principle and procedure for the estimation of blood glucose. Give the normal
value.
(b) What are the criteria for screening the donor in a blood bank?
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