Test 1 Flashcards
(23 cards)
What type of cast is most common
Hyaline
Which type of cast is the final stage of cast degeneration?
Waxy
Which type of cast is most rarely seen?
Red cell
Which casts are commonly seen in cats with renal disease or dogs with diabetes mellitus?
Fatty
What are some common urine crystals seen in healthy patients?
Triple phosphate, Calcium oxalate, Amorphous phosphate
Which of the following crystals tend to be found in acidic urine?
Amorphous urates
What are some characteristics of calcium oxalate dehydrate crystals?
colorless and envelope shaped
If urine is colorless, that could indicate what?
very dilute urine
Where is ADH produced?
hypothalamus
What is not included in the evaluation of chemical properties?
red blood cells
Which term would not describe urine turbidity?
bloody
Traces of protein in the urine results from what?
starvation
A positive result for nitrite tells you that what is present in the urine?
Bacteria
The pH of urine is typically what?
acidic
What is being measured when looking at specific gravity of urine?
the ability of the kidneys to concentrate/dilute urine
Normal fresh samples of Equine urine is usually as being cloudy, This is due to what?
mucus and calcium carbonate crystals
The vet requests a urinary sample to be collected aseptically. What is not an example of this?
free catch
A patients urine sample was collected Monday at noon and placed in the refrigerator. It is currently Wednesday at 8am. Is the sample still viable for testing and what is the maximum amount of time that a urine sample can be refrigerated and still be used?
no, because the maximum amount of time a urine sample can be refrigerated and still viable is 6-12 hours
What type of cell is not normal to find that would show great concern regarding kidney function, while microscopically looking at a urine sample?
renal cells
Different types of epithelial cells can be observed in urine. Which is an epithelial cell?
Transitional, squamous, renal tubular
Renal tubular epithelial are rarely seen in the urine and are very difficult to distinguish from transitional cells, true or false?
true
Squamous epithelial cells are frequently seen in what urine collection method?
voided and catheterization
What would the sloughing of large numbers of renal tubular epithelial cells indicate?
renal tubular injury
