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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 Calcium Oxalate
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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 (d) removes excess protein from the blood
The glomerulate filtrate is described as
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(a) a protein filtrate of plasma
(b) a glucose and protein containing filtrate of plasma
(c) a plasma filtrate without glucose and protein
(d) an ultra filtrate of plasma that does not contain protein (d) an ultra filtrate of plasma
that does not contain protein
Glucose starts to spill in the urine when the renal threshold reaches: 160-180 mg/dL
The normal yellow color of urine is produced by urochrome
Freshly voided urine is normally clear; however, if it is alkaline, a white turbidity may be present
due to: Amorphous phosphates
Refractive index compares
(a) light velocity in solution with light velocity in solids
(b) light velocity in air with light velocity in solutions
(c) light scattering by air with light scattering y solutions