PLAB Phlebotomy Technician Program
 

Unit 3 Objectives: The Circulatory System

  1. Describe the function of the circulatory system.
  2. Describe the composition of blood.
  3. Describe and state the function of each of the cellular components of the blood.
  4. Compare and contrast plasma and serum.
  5. Describe the structures and functions of the different chambers of the heart.
  6. State the only vein which carries oxygenated blood.
  7. State the only artery which carries deoxygenated blood.
  8. Describe the structures, function, and type of blood (venous/arterial) of the different types of blood vessels: arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules and veins.
  9. Describe the flow of blood through the cardiovascular system.
  10. Define hemostasis and coagulation.
  11. State the two systems for the coagulation process and where the factors for each are found or produced.
  12. List and describe each of the four steps in the hemostatic process known as coagulation.
  13. List the laboratory tests which aid in the diagnosis and monitoring of the circulatory system

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