Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. A phlebotomy removes blood from an artery and is also called venipuncture.
2. Sarcoidosis is a disease of unknown cause that forms fibrous lesions in lymph nodes.
3. A white blood cell differential measures the difference between the number of red blood
cells and white blood cells.
4. A hematinic medication increases the number of erythrocytes in the blood.
5. Reverse transcriptase drugs inhibit bacteria from successfully reproducing.


1. FALSE
A phlebotomy removes blood from a vein, not an artery, and is also called
venipuncture.
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
A white blood cell differential determines the number of each variety of leukocytes
in a volume of blood.
4. TRUE
5. FALSE
Reverse transcriptase drugs inhibit viruses, not bacteria, from successfully
reproducing.

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