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Bonewit Chapt 16
Urinalysis- Karly Hayes
Question | Answer |
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Failure of the kidneys to produce urine | Anuria |
The presence of bilirubin in the urine | Bilirubinuria |
The passing of a sterile catheter through the urethra and into the bladder to remove urine | Bladder catheterization |
Secretion and passage of large amounts of urine | Diuresis |
Difficult or painful urination | Dysuria |
The condition of having to urinate often | Frequency |
The presence of glucose in the urine | Glycosuria |
Blood present in the urine | Hematuria |
the presence of ketone bodies in the urine | Ketonuria |
An accumulation of large amounts of ketone bodies in the tissues and body fluids | Ketosis |
The act of voiding urine | Micturition |
The functional unit of the kidney | Nephron |
Excessive (voluntary) urination during the night | Nocturia |
Inability of an individual to control urination at night during sleep (bedwetting) | Nocturnal enuresis |
Decreased or scanty output of urine | Oliguria |
The unit that descibes the acidity or alkalinity of a solution | pH |
Increased output of urine | Polyuria |
The presence of protein in the urine | Proteinuria |
The presence of pus in the urine | Pyuria |
The concentration at which a substance in the blood that is not normally excreted by the kidneys begins to appear in the urine | Renal threshold |
The inability to empty the bladder. The urine is being produced normally but is not being voided. | Retention |
The measurements of the amount of dissolved substances present in the urine compared with the same amount of distalled water | Specific gravity |
The clear liquid that remains at the top after a precipiate settles | Supernatant |
The passing of a sterile needle through the abdominal wall into the bladder to remove urine | Suprapubic asapiration |
The immediate need to urine | Urgency |
The physical, chemical, and microscopic analyses of urine | Urinalysis |
The inability to retain urine | Urinary incontinence |
To empty the bladder | Void |
Involuntary loss of drops of urine | Dribbling |
Difficulty in starting (initiating) the flow of urine | Hesitancy |
Urinary tract infection | UTI |
Inflammation of the bladder | Cystitis |
Kidney stones | Renal calculi |
Narrowing of passageway interfering with movement of substances | Stricture |
Products normally in urine and excreted; retainted in blood through it | Uremia |
Yellow pigment; breakdown of HGB (yellow color) | Urochrome |
Invisable or hidden | Occult |
Substances setting at the bottom of a liquid | Sediment |
Notched or scalloped; condition of blood cells | Crenated |