Ch13 Microscopic Contents Of Urine

Question 0

Hardened proteins and cells which can form plugs in the shape of the distal convoluted renal tubule, or collecting duct

Form in very acidic urine or when urine is very concentrated

Answer 0

Casts

Question 1

Result from a sloughing off of epithelium from the lining of the urinary tract and the filtrate

Answer 1

Cells

Presence of cells may indicate inflammation or a urinary disease

Question 2

When minerals crystallize in the urine

May indicate kidney stones

Answer 2

Crystals

Question 3

Rough cuboidal CELLS which slough off from the lining of the uterus, urinary bladder, and renal pelvis of the kidneys

Answer 3

Transitional epithelial cells

Question 4

Flat nucleated CELLS which slough off from the lining of the urethra

Answer 4

Squamous epithelial cells

Question 5

Red blood CELLS found in the urine, the presence may indicate some kind of kidney damage

Answer 5

Erythrocytes

Question 6

Nucleated white blood CELLS, the presence may indicate a urinary tract infection

Answer 6

Leukocytes

Question 7

This CAST is a precipitate of red blood cells in the shape of a tubule or duct

Answer 7

Erythrocyte cast

Question 8

This CAST is a precipitate of white blood cells in the shape of a tubule or duct

Answer 8

Leukocyte cast

Question 9

The CAST is a precipitate of cells which remained in the duct but degenerated into a granular cast

Answer 9

Granular cast

Question 10

This CAST is composed of RBCs, WBCs, and oval fat droplets

Answer 10

Hyaline casts

Question 11

Greenish crystals usually in the shape of an octahedron (polygon with eight sides)

Answer 11

Calcium oxalate

Question 12

Yellow to reddish-brown crystals, highly polymorphic in shape

Answer 12

Uric acid

Question 13

Crystals have various forms including eight-sided prisms appearing in single or a rosette shape

Answer 13

Calcium phosphate