EXAM 4 - Urinalysis Flashcards
which disorders or situations can cause an increase in urine volume?
a) Drinking an excessive amount of fluids in a day
b) Running for one hour without drinking.
c) Diabetes mellitus
d) Diabetes insipidus
e) Give blood to a blood drive.
a) Drinking an excessive amount of fluids in a day
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c) Diabetes mellitus
d) Diabetes insipidus
the yellow pigment in urine comes from where?
This yellow pigment comes from hemoglobin degradation when red blood cells reached the end of their life.
Among the list below, select the elements that can cause a cloudiness in a urine sample.
a) Proteins if the glomerulus let them passed.
b) Inorganic crystals forming because of a high salt content coming from food.
c) Pregnancy hormones during the third trimester.
d) Accumulation of urea because of intense amino acid breakdown.
e) Erythrocytes and leukocytes can be found in urine is cases of bleeding or infections.
f) Bacterial that travel with urine because someone suffers from a urinary tract infection.
a) Proteins if the glomerulus let them passed.
b) Inorganic crystals forming because of a high salt content coming from food.
e) Erythrocytes and leukocytes can be found in urine is cases of bleeding or infections.
f) Bacterial that travel with urine because someone suffers from a urinary tract infection.
associate each odor to their causes
1) An odor that reminds you an old moldy cave.
2) A very strong unpleasant odor.
3) Urine that smells sweet, fruity or slightly light alcohol.
1) Phenylketonuria
2) Urinary tract infection
3) Uncontrolled diabetes (ketones) (starvation)
Specific gravity is proportional to the quantity of solutes per volume that were kept in urine.
Among the situation below, select the ones that will lead to urine’s specific gravity to be very low.
a) Spending the day at the beach drinking only alcoholic beverages and eating hot-dogs.
b) Drinking your recommended 8 glasses of water per day.
c) Drinking an incredibly large quantity of water over a day.
d) Eating a whole bag of chips before going to bed.
e) Suffering from a kidney disorder that prevents water reabsorption.
c ) Drinking an incredibly large quantity of water over a day.
e) Suffering from a kidney disorder that prevents water reabsorption.
Urine pH acceptable range varies greatly since your diet influences it very much. However, in average, urine pH tends to be slightly….
acidic (4.5-7.5)
