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Bonewit #16
Urinalysis-Shelby
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anuria | Failure of the kidneys to produce urine. |
| Bilirubinuria | The presence of bilirubin in the urine. |
| Bladder Catheterization | The passing of the sterile catheter through the urethra and into the bladder to remove urine. |
| Diuresis | Secretion and passage of large amounts of urine. |
| Dysuria | Difficult or painful unrination. |
| Freguency | the condition of having to urinate often. |
| Glycosuria | The presence of glucose in the urine. |
| Hematuria | Blood present in the urine. |
| Ketonuria | The presence of ketone bodies in the urine. |
| Ketosis | An accumulation of large amounts of ketone bodies in the tissues and body fluids |
| Micturition | The act of voiding urine. |
| Nephron | The functional unit of the kidneys. |
| Nocturia | Excessive( voluntary) unrination during the night. |
| Nocturnal enuresis | Inability of a individual to control urination at night during sleep. (bedwetting) |
| Oliguria | Decreased or scanty output of urine. |
| pH | The unit that describes the acidity or alkalinity of a solution |
| Polyuria | Increased output of urine. |
| Proteinuria | The presence of protein in the urine |
| Pyuria | The presence of pus in the urine. |
| Renal Threshold | The concentration at which a substance in the blood that is not normally excreted by the kidneys begins to appear in the urine. |
| Retention | The inability to empty the bladder. The urine is being produced normally but is not being voided |
| Specific gravity | The wt of a substance compared w/ the wt of an equal volume of a substance known as the standard. In urinalysis, the specific gravity refers to the measurement of the amt of dissolved substances present in the urine compared w/ same amt. of distilled H2O |
| Supernatant | The clear liguid that remains at the top after a precipitate settles. |
| Suprapuic aspiration | The passing of a sterile needle through the abdominal wall into the bladder to remove urine. |
| Urgency | The immediate need to urine. |
| Urinalysis | The physical, chemical, and microscopic analyses of urine. |
| Urinary incontinence | The inability to retain urine. |
| Dribbling | Involuntary loss of drops of urine |
| Hesitancy | Difficult in starting the flow of urine. |
| UTI | urinary tract infection |
| Cystitis | Inflammation of the bladder |
| Renal Calculi | Kidney stones |
| Stricture | Narrowing of the passageway interfering with movement of substances through it. |
| Uremia | Prouction of normal in urine and excreted retained in blood: toxic condition |
| Urochrome | yellow pigment given off from breakdown of HGB ( give yellow color) |
| Occult | Invisible of hidden |
| Sediment | substances settle to bottom of liguid |
| Crenated | Notched or scalloped as in the crenated condition of blood cells |
| Void (Voiding) | The act of urinating. |
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shelbycrank
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