Urinalysis

Question 1

What are the methods of collection for urine analysis?

Answer 1

Free catch, manual expression, urinary catheterization, cystocentesis

Question 2

What other systems does a urine evaluate

Answer 2

Metabolic, endocrine, electrolytes, hydration status

Question 3

What are the three parts of a urine sample?

Answer 3

Physical evaluation, chemical evaluation, micro, microscopic evaluation

Question 4

What is the physical evaluation of a urine?

Answer 4

Volume, color, clarity, odor, specific gravity

Question 5

What is the word for absence of urine?

Answer 5

Anuria

Question 6

What is a normal cat and dog urine transparency

Answer 6

Clear

Question 7

What is a normal horse urine transparency?

Answer 7

Cloudy

Question 8

What is the normal rabbit urine transparency?

Answer 8

Milky

Question 9

What does a sweet fruity odor mean in urine

Answer 9

Ketones

Question 10

This cat and dog normal specific gravity

Answer 10

1.025-dog 1.030-cat

Question 11

What is the mean of specific gravity gets lower?

Answer 11

More kidney function loss

Question 12

What are the reagent strips good for?

Answer 12

WBC and ketones

Question 13

When should you read a reagent strip within?

Answer 13

60 seconds

Question 14

What is a pH of greater than seven considered to be?

Answer 14

Alkaline

Question 15

What is a pH of less than seven considered to be?

Answer 15

Acidic

Question 16

Carnivores have acidic or alkaline urine

Answer 16

Acidic

Question 17

Herbivores have alkaline or acidic urine

Answer 17

Alkaline

Question 18

True or false stress and excitement can increase urine pH

Answer 18

True

Question 19

What are factors that may decrease urine pH?

Answer 19

Fever, starvation, high-protein, diet, acidosis, excessive muscular activity, certain drugs

Question 20

What are factors that may increase urine pH?

Answer 20

High fiber, diet, UTI, with increased bacteria, certain drugs, urethral obstruction, bladder paralysis

Question 21

Is protein a normal finding in urine

Answer 21

No

Question 22

What is the word for protein in the urine?

Answer 22

Proteinuria

Question 23

What is the word for glucose in the urine?

Answer 23

Glucosuria

Question 24

What are causes of glucosuria

Answer 24

Diabetes mellitus, high carbohydrate, meal, fear, excitement, restraint, IV fluids containing glucose

Question 25

What is the word for ketones in the urine?

Answer 25

Ketonuria

Question 26

What are the three types of ketones?

Answer 26

Acetone, acetoacetic acid, b–hydroxybutyric acid

Question 27

What is a common cause of ketones in the urine?

Answer 27

Ketonemia

Question 28

What is ketonuria usually seen with?

Answer 28

Diabetes mellitus

Question 29

True or false bilirubin is only water soluble

Answer 29

True

Question 30

Bilirubin is normal in who

Answer 30

Dogs and cattle

Question 31

What is hematuria?

Answer 31

Presence of intact red blood cells, urine could appear cloudy, red, brown, or wine color

Question 32

What is hemoglobinuria?

Answer 32

Presence of free, hemoglobin in the urine, supernatant is red

Question 33

What is myoglobinuria?

Answer 33

Presence of myoglobin in the urine, dark brown to black urine

Question 34

Are casts and cells found on high power field or low power field

Answer 34

Casts- lpf, cells-hpf

Question 35

What is normal in urine?

Answer 35

Occasional cast, occasional crystals, transitional epithelial cells 0 to 4, squamous epithelial cells 0 to 4, RBC 2 to 3, WBC zero to one

Question 36

Finding more than two or three leukocytes in urine could indicate

Answer 36

Inflammatory process

Question 37

What is the word for excessive WBC’s in the urine?

Answer 37

Pyuria