Lab Tech Test 5

Herbivores normally have an alkaline pH.

Urine pH is primarily influenced by:

Hematuria

Identify the crystals in this very sick canine’s urine sediment. 

Angry felines can show increased amounts of this chemical in their urine and be healthy.

This cast is associated with excess protein in the nephron filtrate.

Identify the crystals in this dalmation’s urine sediment.

Identify the object seen in this canine’s alkaline urine sediment.

Pregnancy Toxemia or lactating cows that can’t eat enough carbohydrates to meet their energy needs

Identify the object in this feline's manually compressed urine sediment

What is the corrected specific gravity for a reading of 1.030 with a 1:2 dilution?

Alkaline urine is considered to have a pH of:

Identify the crystals in this equine’s alkaline urine sediment.

How do you report the sediment’s bacterial count to the doctor?

Healthy dogs and cats usually have this urine pH.

This crystal can be seen in large quantities in the urine of animals with antifreeze poisoning.

This urine chemistry test may indicate gram negative bacteria.

This is the presence of blood in the urine. RBCs are in the urine, either intact or broken.

Dogs and cats that have a urinary tract infection usually have this urine pH.

Which of the following urine collection techniques is best for bacterial culturing if a bladder infection is suspected?

What term is used to describe normal smelling urine for the species?

Animals with pyuria have positive urine tests for this substance.

This transparency is where you can still see printed words but can’t quite make out what is written on the paper

Identify the part of the nephron pointed out in this picture.

You can determine if you have hemoglobinuria or myoglobinuria by looking at the urine sediment.

Hazy urine is harder to see through then cloudy urine.

One of the shapes this crystal can take on maybe called a thorn-apple body.

Identify the sediment in this feline’s neutral urine sediment.

This urine transparency has large chunks of sediment floating in the sample.

This cast is associated with severe inflammatory kidney disease

Identify the objects pointed out in this painful canine's urine sediment. This patient showed signs of cystine

Identify the crystals in this feline’s alkaline urine sediment.

What test would you do on an animal that has a specific gravity of 1.010?

All of the following can be found in small amounts in voided normal male dog urine except:

Identify the object pointed out in this canine’s free void urine sediment.

Urine chemistries can be done on the supernatant left over from spinning the sediment exam down.

This chemical increases with breakdown of body fats and proteins.

What kind of diet could help in preventing struvite formation in cats?

This crystal is also known as triple phosphate.

Isothenuria

blood was not visible at the time of collection is said to be ________ blood.

What is the best way to distinguish between hematuria and true hemoglobinuria?

What urolith can be found in the Newfoundland more than other breeds?

Which of the following casts is not related to the others in its formation?

Difficult painful urination

Identify the part of the nephron pointed out in this picture.

This is the most commonly found crystal in the urine of blocked cats.

Identify the crystals in this jaundiced canine’s neutral urine sediment.

Increased urine protein can be found normally all of the following times except

Normal color of urine is due to:

A decrease of this substance in urine is seen in patients with obstructed bile ducts.

This crystal can be seen in Newfoundland dogs that have a genetic abnormality for its formation.

Inflammation of the urinary bladder

Which species routinely has mucous in urine?

This cast is associated with severe non-inflammatory kidney disease.

What method of urine collection can be used to introduce drugs into the urinary bladder?

An elevation of this substance is seen in the urine of patients with an obstructed bile duct.

When there is more than 40 RBCs in some of the fields you are looking at when performing a UA exam, 

Identify the objects pointed out in this canine’s alkaline free void urine sediment.

This is the presence of free hemoglobin in the urine without any cellular debris.

Identify the crystals in this large mixed breed canine’s acidic urine sediment.

Identify the part of the nephron pointed out in this picture.

This crystal is found in normal equine or rabbit urine.

Identify the object pointed out in this canine’s acidic urine sediment. Look very carefully.

Identify the substance in this equine’s free void fresh urine sediment.

Identify the object pointed out in this canine’s neutral urine sediment. 

This crystal can be seen in dogs with liver disease.

Decreased urination

What type of catheter can be left in place in the bladder?

Dalmations can be genetically predisposed to having this crystal.

Hematuria usually means there is bleeding occurring in this part of the Urinary tract.

What cast has sat in the nephron for the longest amount of time?

 “spill over” into the urine, the amount of glucose is determined to have reached the Renal _____ point.

RBC casts usually mean there is bleeding occurring in this part of the Urinary tract.

Identify the crystals in this canine’s neutral urine sediment. The dog presented to the clinic with no unusual symptoms.

What position should the condenser be in when looking at unstained urine sediment?

What type of cast is a cylindroid cast formed from?