Urinalysis and Body Fluids Final
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Things that happen to urine when left standing at room temperature
✓ Increase pH, Glucose decrease, Color darkens, Bacteria increases
Name of the confirmation test for positive bilirubin on the dipstick?
✓ Ictotest
Complete obstruction of the biliary ducts. Bilirubin(pos or neg) Urobilinogen
(pos or neg)?
✓ Bilirubin Positive, Urobilinogen Negative
What crystal? Concentric and radial striations. Yellow/brown spheres. Occur
in severe liver disease
✓ Leucine
What crystal? Sheaths of fine/silky needles; occurs in severe liver disease.
✓ Tyrosine
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What crystal?Colorless plates with notched corners
✓ Cholesterol
What crystal?Hexagonal plates; occurs with a hereditary condition
✓ Cystine
What crystal? Occurs in alkaline urine; seen especially in refrigerated urine
✓ Amorphous phosphates
What crystal? Thorny Apple
✓ Ammonium biurate
What crystal? Coffin Lids
✓ Triple phosphate
What crystal? Yellow football shaped
✓ Uric Acid
What crystal? Envelope shaped
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✓ Calcium Oxalate
What crystal? Dumbbells; very tiny
✓ Calcium carbonate
Urine from patients with diabetes mellitus has: (increased or decreased)
volume and (increased or decreased) specific gravity
✓ increased volume, increased specific gravity
A first morning urine is the specimen of choice for routine urinalysis because
✓ it is more concentrated, resulting in better detection of abnormalities
Total renal blood flow is approximately
✓ 1200 ml/min
The normal kidney performs all of the following EXCEPT:
(a) regulation of fluid and electrolyte balance
(b) regulation of acid-base balance
(c) plays a role in hormonal function
(d) removes excess protein from the blood
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