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Kidney Stack 2
Urinary Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What 3 things is urine composed of? | Urine is composed of water, electrolytes and waste material collected from the cells of the body. |
| Is urine clean or contaminated? | Urine is sterile as it leaves the body, but quickly begins to grow bacterial cultures soon after being expelled. |
| How much blood flows through the kidneys? | Roughly 20% of the total volume of the blood pumped each minute flows through the kidneys for cleansing. |
| What is the major component of urine? | Water: - 95% of urine is water |
| What is urea? | a product of liver metabolism, is a key component of urine |
| How is urea made? | This is made when amino acids in the blood are converted to energy holding compounds |
| What is the effect of urea on the body? | urea is toxic to the cells and must be removed from the bloodstream |
| Where does urine Ammonia come from? | nucleic acid breakdown in the digestive tract releases ammonia |
| How does Creatinine form? | It is a product of muscle cell metabolism |
| How do Ketones form? | They are organic molecules that result from the breakdown of fat molecules. |
| Why might keytones in the urine be normal? | if the body is low on glucose (perhaps from a low carb diet) |
| Why might diabetics tend to have high ketone levels? | because they tend to burn body fat since the cells may not have access to glucose from the bloodstream. |
| What might amber-yellow urine mean? | the urine contains urobilinogen-caused by bacterial action on bilirubin in the intestines |
| What might dark yellow / orange urine mean? | possibly concentrated urine caused by dehydration |
| What might red urine indicate? | blood cells in the urine indicate bleeding in the kidney, poss from kidney disease |
| What might green or blue urine mean? | presence of bilirubin, urinary tract infection |
| What might brown or black urine mean? | : digested blood, cancer of the kidney |
| What might white or cloudy white urine indicate? | the whiteness is caused by excess WBCs which indicate an infection in the renal system. |
| Who might have purple urine? | only seen in patients with a catheter bag, caused by bacteria growing in the bag or tube. |
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