Urinary Flashcards
Crystals normally present horse urine?
Calcium carbonate
Major sites that controls urine volume?
Distal tubules and collecting ducts
Isosthenuria
‘Fixed’ specific gravity (neither [ ] nor dilute)
B/w 1.008-1.012
Hyposthenuria
SG less than 1.008
Method to detect Bence-Jones proteins?
Immunoelectrophoresis
What urine pH gives false positive results for proteinuria?
Alkaline pH (>8)
Interp: UPC ratio less than 1
Normal
Interp: UPC > 1
proteinuria
Conditions associated w/ proteinuria composed of mainly albumen?
Amyloidosis
Glomerulonephritis
Conditions associated w/ proteinuria composed of mainly globulin?
Tubular disease
Dog bladder worm
Capillaria (Pearsonema) plica
Urinary Crystal associated with ethylene glycol toxicity
Calcium oxalate monohydrate
Urinary crystals found in Dalmatian dogs
Uric acid
ADH function
Released from pituitary gland -> causes collecting ducts to resorb water -> increased [urine]
What are the components of nephrotic syndrome?
Proteinuria
Hypoproteinemia
Edema
Hypercholesterolemia