Things to go over for Quiz #1 (Lesson Content 1,2,&3 – 20 MCQ)

-What are the organs associated with the urinary system?

-What are the functions of the kidneys?

-What are the three hormones produced by the urinary system and what are the hormones for?

-What is the functional unit of the kidneys?

-What is the glomerulus and bowman’s capsule.

-Quickly review how urine is produced

-On average how much urine do we produce in 24 hours?

-What is urine made of? -include the percentage.

-Routine urinalysis specimens that can not be tested within 2 hours, what should we do with the specimen?

-How long can we store urine in the refrigerator for?

-What is the procedure for collecting 24-hour urine?

-Once you receive 24-hour urine in the laboratory, what should you do?

-What is MSU urine? What is the procedure for it?

-Why is clean-catch midstream urine collected? What is it used for and which department does it go to?

-Which urine specimen is most concentrated? -What time of the day?

-What can we test for 24-hour urine?

-What is the renal threshold for glucose?

-Name the preservatives we can used for urine specimen

-What is the pH of urine?

-What does the urine for cytology study and what is it trying to diagnose?

-What is chain-of-custody for?

-When can we reject urine specimens?

-Go over the physical, chemical and microscopic part of urine. Write down the related information for it.

-What is the normal colour of urine? How does it get that colour, due to what presence?

-What does acetest detect?

-What does Icotest detect?

-What IS SSA for? What does it stand for?

-What does Clinitest detect?

-How do you use a refractometer and what is it for?

-What is a urinometer and is its method?

-How, when and what it the quality control for the urine reagent strips?

-What type of semiautomated equipment can we use for reading dipsticks?  The colours of the chemical reactions are measured by ______________?

-What is dipstick? – What can we read for dipstick?

-For microscopic urine, what are we looking for under the microscope.

-How do we prepare the urine to be used for microscope examination. What part do we use – the supernatant or the sediment to prepare the glass slide?