Urine Trouble
Type of urine collection that involves insertion of a small flexible tube into the bladder via the urethra
What is catheterized urine?
The test that can be used as a rapid method for detection of UTI
What is nitrite?
The most common anticoagulant used in hematology
What is EDTA?
The most common WBC in a normal peripheral smear of an adult
What is a segmented neutrophil?
The formation of glycogen from glucose
What is glycogenesis?
Hematuria refers to the presence of ____________ in urine
What are RBCs?
The most frequently encountered type of epithelial cell that is large, flat and has a distinct nucleus
What is squamous epithelial cell?
The type of hemoglobin found in adults
Hemoglobin A
The cell from which platelets are derived
What is a megakaryoctye?
The anticoagulant that prevents glycolysis and is sometimes used for glucose testing
What is sodium fluoride?
The part of the kidney where the first step in urine formation occurs
What is Bowman's Capsule?
The protein that makes up the matrix of all urinary casts
What is Tamm-Horsfall protein?
The average lifespan of an RBC
What is 120 days?
The type of blood cell that does not contain a nucleus as a mature cell
What is an RBC?
The major cation of INTRAcellular fluid
What is potassium?
The 4 processes involved in urine formation
What are 1. Filtration, 2. Reabsorption, 3. Storage, 4. Excretion?
The most pathological cast that indicates kidney shut down
What is waxy cast?
The RBC index that calculates the concentration of hemoglobin in the RBC
What is Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC)?
The type of WBC increased in allergic reactions or parasitic infections
What is an eosinophil?
The enzyme found in the pancreas and salivary glands that indicates acute pancreatitis when increased
What is amylase?
Condition characterized by high urinary volume AND high specific gravity
What is Diabetes Mellitus?
Urinary element that is most frequently confused with RBCs
What is budding yeast?
The term for variation in size of RBCs
What is anisocytosis?
The 3 granulocytic WBCs
What are neutrophils, eosinophils & basophils?
Condition characterized by build up of unconjugated bilirubin (levels usually > 20mg/dL) in the brain of premature infants
What is kernicterus?