QUIZ 4 QUESTIONS Flashcards
THE NORMAL URINARY OUTPUT OF A HEALTHY KIDNEY IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD IS BETWEEN
________ AND ______ LITERS.
1.0, 1.8
THE AMOUNT OF BLOOD PLASMA FILTERED BY A NORMAL KIDNEY IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD IS
BETWEEN __________ AND ________ LITERS
150 & 180
THE NORMAL RANGE FOR GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION IN A PERSON’S BLOOD IS ________
mg/100ml OF BLOOD
80-120mg
NAME TWO ABNORMAL URINARY CONSTITUENTS
Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells
DEFINE: ACID ASH FOODS
Foods which increase the acidity of the urine
A DIET HIGH IN PROTEINS WOULD RESULT IN WHAT pH VALUE IN A URINALYSIS TEST?
pH lower than 4.5
_______________ IS THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE A CONDITION OF HIGH BLOOD ACIDITY
Acidosis
A ________________ DIET INCREASES THE pH OF URINE
Vegetarian
A STRICT VEGETARIAN DIET MAY RESULT IN WHAT pH VALUE IN A URINALYSIS TEST?
Higher than 8.0
A BACTERIAL INFECTION OF THE URINARY TRACT, WOULD RESULT IN WHAT pH VALUE IN A
URINALYSIS TEST?
Higher than 8.0
________ IS THE TERM FOR THE PRESENCE OF BILE PIGMENTS IN URINE
Bilirubinuria
LIST A CAUSE OF BILIRUBINURIA
Cirrhosis
LIST A CAUSE OF CASTS
High salt concentration
DEFINE: CASTS
Hardened cell fragments flushed out of the urinary tract
NAME ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS USED TO IDENTIFY NORMAL URINE
Color
WHAT IS THE NORMAL COLOR OF URINE?
Yellow
MOST NEPHRONS CALLED _____________, ARE LOCATED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE CORTEX
Cortical nephrons
NAME ONE OF THE BACTERIA THAT MAY CAUSE NITRITES IN THE URINE
E. coli
WHAT TYPE OF MUSCLE, SMOOTH OR SKELETAL, IS FOUND IN THE EXTERNAL URETHRAL
SPHINCTER
Skeletal
WHAT IS THE LENGTH OF THE FEMALE URETHRA?
4 cm
_______________ , THE ROLE OF THE GLOMERULUS, IS A LARGELY PASSIVE PROCESS IN
WHICH A PORTION OF THE BLOOD PASSES FROM THE GLOMERULAR BED TO THE
GLOMERULAR CAPSULE
Filtration
NAME ONE OF THE THREE FUNCTIONS OF THE NEPHRON
Filtration
PODOCYTES HAVE LONG, BRANCHING PROCESSES, ____________, THAT INTERDIGITATE
WITH OTHER PODOCYTES.
Foot processes
A DIET EXCESSIVELY HIGH IN CARBOHYDRATES CAN LEAD TO A HIGH CONCENTRATION OF
_________________ IN URINE
Glucose
IN PERITONEAL DYALISATE CONTAINS ____ & ____
Glucose and Salts
DEFINE: GLYCOSURIA
Abnormally high blood sugar levels in urine
GIVE A CAUS FOR GLYCOSURIA
High Carbohydrate intake
____ IS THE TERM FOR TH PRESENCE OF RED BLOOD CELLS IN URINE
Hematuria
GIVE A CAUSE FOR HEMATURIA
physical trauma
GIVE A CAUSE FOR HEMOGLOBINURIA
Lysis of red blood cells
_____ IS THE TERM FOR THE PRESENCE OF RED BLOOD CELLS IN URINE
Hemoglobinuria
THE KIDNEY MAINTAINS THE ELECTROLYTE, ACID-BASE, AND FLUID BALANCES OF THE BLOOD AND IS THUS A MAJOR ____ ORGAN OF THE BODY.
Homeostatic Organ
LACK OF VOLUNTARY CONTROL OVER THE EXTERNAL SPHINCTER IS REFERRED TO AS?
Incontinence
IN WHAT AGE GROUP IS INCONTINENCE NORMAL?
Children 2 years or younger
GIVE ONE CAUS FOR INCONTINENCE IN OLDER CHILDREN AND ADULTS
Result of spinal injury
WHAT TYPE OF MUSCLE, SMOOTH OR SKELETAL IS FOUND IN THE INTERNAL URETHRAL SPHINCTER
smooth
______ CELLS FUNCTION AS BLOOD PRESSURE SENSORS IN THE WALLS OF THE AFFERENT ARTERIOLE NEAR THE GLOMERULUS
Granular cells
NAME ONE OF THE COMPONENTS OF JUXTAGLOMERULAR APPARATUS
Granular Cells
EACH NEPHRON HAS A REGION CALLED THE _____, THAT PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN FORMING CONCENTRATED URINE
Juxtaglomerular Apparatus Complex (JGA/JGC)
PARTS OF THE LOOPS OF HENLE OF THE ______ NEPHRONS PENETRATE WELL INTO THE MEDULLA
Juxtamedullary Nephrons
GIVE A CAUSE OF KETONURIA
starvation
DEFINE: KETONURIA
A condition in which a person has a very high concentration of ketones in urine
THE____ IS A SPECIALIZED GROUP OF COLUMNAR CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS IN THE DISTAL CONVOLUTED TUBULE ABUTTING THE JUXTAGLOMERULAR CELLS?
Macula Densa
WHAT IS THE LEGTH OF THE MALE URETHRA?
8 inches
THE PARASYMPATHETIC REFLEX THAT STARTS EACH TIME 200 mL OF URINE ACCUMULATE IN THE BLADDER IS CALLED?
Micturition Reflex
NITRITES IN THE URINE MAY BE INDICATIVE OF WHAT KIND OF INFECTION?
BACTERIAL INFECTION
WOULD YOU NORMALLY EXPECT TO FIND LEUKOCYTES IN URINE?
no
WOULD YOU NORMALLY EXPECT TO FIND NITRITES IN URINE?
no
NAME TWO NORMAL CONSTITUENTS OF URINE, OTHER THAN WATER AND SODIUM
Potassium, calcium
THE ACTION OF _____ GIVES STANDING URINE AN AMMONIA-LIKE ODOR
BACTERIA
THE URINE OF AN INDIVIDUAL WITH DIABETES MELLITUS HAS AN ODOR THAT SMELLS LIKE _____
fruity-like
WHAT IS THE NORMAL ODOR OF URINE?
SLIGHTLY AROMATIC
NAME AN EXAMPLE OF AN ORGANIZED SEDIMENT THAT MAY BE FOUND ABNORMALLY IN URINE
CASTS, EPITHELIAL CELLS
LIST A CAUSE OF PATHOLOGICAL ALBUMINURIA
damage by bacterial toxins, damage due to hypertension
____IS THE INFLAMMATION OF THE SAC AROUND THE HEART CAUSED BY KIDNEY FAILURE
PERICARDITIS
____ARE THE FAT DEPOSITS THAT SURROUND THE KIDNEYS
Perirenal Fat Capsules
WHAT IS THE NORMAL pH FOR URINE?
4.5–8.0/average 6.0
LIST A CAUSE OF PHYSIOLOGICAL ALBUMINURIA
Excessive exertion/ pregnancy
DEFINE: PYELONEPHRITIS
inflammation of the kidney
_____IS THE TERM FOR THE PRESENCE OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS IN URINE
PYURIA
GIVE A CAUSE OF PYURIA
inflammation of the urianryy tract
LIST A CAUSE OF RENAL CALCULI
precipitates of substances normally held in solution
NAME ONE INORGANIC COMPONENT NORMALLY FOUND IN URINE
sulfates/ phosphates/ chlorides
IN HEMODYALYSIS _____ARE REMOVED FROM THE BLOOD
TOXIC SUBSTANCES
THE TRIANGULAR REGION OF THE BLADDER DELINEATED BY 3 OPENINGS, TWO URETERS AND THE URETHRA, IS REFERRED TO AS THE ______
TRIGONE
DURING_____, MANY OF THE FILTRATE COMPONENTS MOVE THROUGH TUBULE CELLS AND RETURN TO THE BLOOD IN THE PERITUBULAR CAPILLARIES
tubular reabsorption
______, THE REVERSE OF TUBULAR REABSORPTION, IS IMPORTANT FOR THE DISPOSAL OF SUBSTANCE NOT ALREADY IN THE FILTRATE AND AS A DEVICE TO CONTROL BLOOD pH
TUBULAR SECRETION
IN A PREPARED URINE SAMPLE, ______ ARE CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES THAT FORM CRYSTALS OR PRECIPITATE FROM SOLUTION
Unorganized Sediments
NAME ONE UNORGANIZED SEDIMENT
Calcium/ phosphates
_____ IS THE NAME GIVEN TO ABNORMAL BRAIN FUNCTION CAUSED BY KIDNEY FAILURE
UREMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY
NAME TWO PARTS OF THE URINARY SYSTEM
Kidneys, ureters
DEFINE: UROBILINOGEN
by-product of bilirubin reduction
DEFINE: UROCHROME
PIGMENT WHICH GIVES URINE ITS
YELLOW COLOR
____________ IS THE PROCESS IN WHICH URINE EMPTIES
FROM THE BLADDER
Urination
WOULD YOU NORMALLY EXPECT TO FIND SULFATES IN URINE?
YES
WOULD YOU NORMALLY EXPECT TO FIND CHLORIDES IN URINE?
yes
WOULD YOU NORMALLY EXPECT TO FIND PHOSPHATES IN URINE?
yes
THE SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF A URINE SAMPLE OBTAINED FROM A HEALTHY INDIVIDUAL CAN
VARY BETWEEN ________ AND _________.
1.003 AND 1.030
A LOWER THAN NORMAL SPECIFIC GRAVITY FROM A URINE SAMPLE SHOULD BE BELOW
__________.
1.003
A HIGHER THAN NORMAL SPECIFIC GRAVITY FROM A URINE SAMPLE IS ABOVE __________.
1.030
MANY DOCTORS USE DIALYSIS PREVENTIVELY IN _____________ WHEN URINE OUTPUT IS
LOW AND CONTINUE UNTIL KIDNEY FUNCTION IS RESTORED
Acute kidney failure
IN HEMODIALYSIS A __________________ IS SURGICALLY CREATED TO FACILITATE THE
REMOVAL & RETURN OF BLOOD
ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA
IN HEMODIALYSIS AN _______________ SEPARATES THE BLOOD FROM THE DIALYSATE.
Artificial membrane
IN PERITONEAL DIALYSIS A ___________ IS INSERTED IN THE ABDOMINAL WALL AND IS USED
TO PUMP THROUGH THE DIALYSATE
Catheter
FOR __________________, DIALYSIS MAY BE BEGUN WHEN KIDNEY’S AREN’T REMOVING
WASTE PRODUCTS ADEQUATELY OR WHEN A PATIENT CAN NO LONGER PERFORM NORMAL
DAILY ACTIVITIES
Chronic kidney failure
A URINE SAMPLE OBTAINED FROM AN INDIVIDUAL SUFFERING FROM ___________ WILL
HAVE A LOWER THAN NORMAL SPECIFIC GRAVITY.
Diabetes insipidus
A URINE SAMPLE OBTAINED FROM AN INDIVIDUAL SUFFERING FROM ___________ WILL
HAVE A HIGHER THAN NORMAL SPECIFIC GRAVITY.
Diabetes Mellitus
GIVE ONE OF THE OUTCOMES OF A SUCCESSFUL DIALYSIS PROGRAM
Reasonable diet/Normal blood pressure
WHAT CAN DIALYSIS BE USED TO TREAT?
Long term kidney failure
HOW OFTEN IS DIALYSIS NORMALLY PERFORMED?
3 times a week