Quiz 2

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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Front (Question)

What constitutes the chemical examination?

Back (Answer)

• pH • Protein • Glucose • Ketones • Blood • Bilirubin • Urobilinogen • Nitrite • Leukocyte Esterase • Specific Gravity

Front (Question)

What is the purpose of quality control?

Back (Answer)

Ensure that the reagent strips are accurate and precise

Front (Question)

What is the normal range for pH?

Back (Answer)

4.5-8.0

Front (Question)

What regulates the acid-base balance (pH)?

Back (Answer)

Kidneys and lungs

Front (Question)

Clinical Significance of an acid urine (below 6.0)

Back (Answer)

High protein diets, medications, diabetes mellitus, starvation, dehydration, diarrhea, certain renal stones

Front (Question)

Clinical Significance of an Alkaline urine (above 6.5)

Back (Answer)

After meals, hyperventilation, vomiting, urease-producing bacteria, vegetarian diet, old specimens, certain renal stones

Front (Question)

The pH reagent strip is what kind of system?

Back (Answer)

Double pH indicator

Front (Question)

What chemical indicators are used in the pH reagent strip?

Back (Answer)

Methyl Red and Bromthymol Blue

Front (Question)

What is the normal value for protein?

Back (Answer)

< 100 mg/ 24 hours

#10

Front (Question)

What clinical significance does protein show?

Back (Answer)

Renal disease

#11

Front (Question)

Proteins tested for are:

Back (Answer)

Albumin Serum and tubular microglobulins Tamm-Horsfall protein Prostatic, seminal, and vaginal protein secretions

#12

Front (Question)

Proteinuria

Back (Answer)

Increase protein in urine ( > 30mg/dL)

#13

Front (Question)

What major pathological causes are there to indicate a protein problem?

Back (Answer)

• Prerenal • Renal • Postrenal

#14

Front (Question)

Prerenal

Back (Answer)

condition affecting plasma prior to kidney; infection/inflammation; too much protein to reabsorb

#15

Front (Question)

Renal

Back (Answer)

Glomerular damage and tubular damage

#16

Front (Question)

Postrenal

Back (Answer)

Protein added as passes through lower urinary tract

#17

Front (Question)

What are nonpathological causes of proteinuria?

Back (Answer)

• Exposure to cold • Strenuous exercise • High fever • Orthostatic (postural)

#18

Front (Question)

Protein Reagent Strip: Indicator

Back (Answer)

Tetrabromphenol blue

#19

Front (Question)

What could give you a false positive for protein?

Back (Answer)

*Highly buffered alkaline urines, delay in reading results, high specific gravity

#20

Front (Question)

What would give false negatives for a protein?

Back (Answer)

*Measures mostly albumin and may miss other proteins

#21

Front (Question)

What confirmatory tests are used for protein?

Back (Answer)

Sulfosalicyclic Acid Precipitation

#22

Front (Question)

What is the renal threshold for glucose?

Back (Answer)

160-180 mg/dL

#23

Front (Question)

Glycosuria

Back (Answer)

Increase of urine glucose

#24

Front (Question)

Causes of glycosuria?

Back (Answer)

Diabetes mellitus Pancreatitis Advanced renal disease Hyperthyroidism Emotional stress