Microscopic Flashcards
Identifies bacterial casts
Gram stain
Indicates intravascular lysis
Hemosiderin
Yellow brown granules
Brick dust
Amorphous urate
Microscope for routine urinalysis
Bright field
Microscope for fluorescent microorganism or fluorescent dye
Fluorescence
> 2 rte/hpf indicates
Tubular injury
Identify yellow brown granules of hemosiderin
Prussian blue
Identifies fat droplets and lipid cells
Oil red O
Sudan III
Microscope for chole
Polarizing
Increased amount of rte cells indicate
Renal tubular necrosis
Casts are formed in
DCT and CD
Number of bacteria in FEW reporting
10-50
Cast with brittle and jagged ends
Highly refractile
Waxy
Rbc in hypotonic urine
Ghost cell
Rbc in glomerular membrane damage
Dysmorphic
Microscope for T. pallidum
Dark field
Brownian movement
Glitter cell wbc
Considered significant number of eosinophils in urine
> 1%
Cast in congestive heart failure
Hyaline
Maltese cross
Chole
Ofb
Starch
Renal failure cast
Broad cast
Monohydrate caox
Whewellite
Dumbbell
Convert to uric acid crystals with acidification with acetic acid
AU
Brushite
Ca hydrogen phosphate
Largest cell in sediment
Squamous epith cell
Whetstone
Rosette
Uric acid
Envelope shape
Ca ox
Color of neutrophils and glitter cells with sternheimer-malbin
N- Violet
G- Pale blue
Other name of transitional epith cells
Urothelial
Cast associated with inflammation within nephron
Wbc cast
Apatite
Hydroxyapatite
Calcium phosphate
Cast in stress and exercise
HC
RC
GC
Hexagonal plate
Cystine
Rectangular plate with notch
Staircase pattern
Cholesterol