Physical Examination of Urine

Question 1

This is a product of endogenous metabolism and its amount depends on the body’s metabolic state.

Answer 1

Urochrome

Question 2

Pink pigment most evident in specimens that have been refrigerated (precipitation of amorphous urates)

Answer 2

Uroerythrin

Question 3

Oxidation product of the normal urinary constituent urobilinogen

Answer 3

Urobilin

Question 4

Color of urine which results from alkaptonuria (caused by homogentisic acid)

Answer 4

Black

Question 5

How can hemoglobinuria and myoglobinuria be differentiated?

Answer 5

Hemoglobinuria - accompanied by red plasma

Myoglobinuria - does not affect color of plasma; more reddish-brown color

Question 6

Clarity described by many particulates, print blurred through urine

Answer 6

Cloudy

Question 7

Urine described by a specific gravity of 1.010

Answer 7

Isosthenuric

Question 8

What would be the cause of a rancid odor?

Answer 8

Tyrosinemia

Question 9

What would be the cause of a cabbage odor?

Answer 9

Methionine malabsorption