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Kidney Function Tests

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

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#1
Front (Question)

The glomerulus is the basic structural and functional unit of the kidney True or false

Back (Answer)

False

#2
Front (Question)

Blood cells and proteins are important substances that are allowed to pass freely through the filtering apparatus of the kidneys. True or false

Back (Answer)

False

#3
Front (Question)

The total NPN’s in the blood are breakdown products of protein metabolism. True or false

Back (Answer)

True

#4
Front (Question)

One of the following is an automation method for the determination of urea.

Back (Answer)

Conductivity rate

#5
Front (Question)

The best index of kidney impairment because it is constantly removed in the body.

Back (Answer)

Creatinine

#6
Front (Question)

What will be the creatinine clearance using the following data: Urine creatinine- 0,8 mg/dL Serum creatinine= 2,4 mg/dL 24 hr urine volume= 1.4 L Body surface area= 1.8

Back (Answer)

0.31 ml/min

#7
Front (Question)

Why is the Lloyds method the reference method for creatinine determination?

Back (Answer)

It is free from interferences

#8
Front (Question)

Conversion factor of uric acid

Back (Answer)

59.5

#9
Front (Question)

Conversion factor of creatinine

Back (Answer)

88.4

#10
Front (Question)

Conversion factor of BUN

Back (Answer)

0.357

#11
Front (Question)

Uric acid is derived from the degradation of nucleic acids True or false

Back (Answer)

True

#12
Front (Question)

Reabsorption is the mechanism of holding back the important metabolites which were filtered, and the return of the filtered molecules from the tubes to the blood. True or false

Back (Answer)

True

#13
Front (Question)

This refers to the accumulation of nitrogen containing compounds in the blood.

Back (Answer)

Azotemia

#14
Front (Question)

In the determination of total NPN, the first step is the breakdown of these substances in the PFF as:

Back (Answer)

Ammonia

#15
Front (Question)

The capillary network producing the blood filtrate that enters the urinary or renal tubules is known as the nephron True or false

Back (Answer)

False

#16
Front (Question)

The determination of serum ammonia may be used for the diagnosis of one of the following

Back (Answer)

Reye’s syndrome

#17
Front (Question)

Glomerular filtration is the volume of filtrate produced by both kidneys per minute. True or false

Back (Answer)

True

#18
Front (Question)

Vasopressin is the hormone that controls the reabsorption of sodium True or false

Back (Answer)

False

#19
Front (Question)

This analyte is considered as the best rough guide to renal failure.

Back (Answer)

Urea

#20
Front (Question)

One of the functions of the kidneys is the formation of the renal erythropoietic factor which is needed for the synthesis of erythropoietin. True or false

Back (Answer)

True

#21
Front (Question)

The antidiuretic hormone acts on the collecting duct cells stimulating the formation of water channels on the membrane of the cells. True or false

Back (Answer)

True

#22
Front (Question)

One of the methods for uric acid determination measure the amount of hydrogen peroxide formed

Back (Answer)

Uricase hantzsch method

#23
Front (Question)

These hormones increased BUN levels

Back (Answer)

Glucocorticoids and T3 and T4

#24
Front (Question)

This test measures effective renal plasma flow in the absence of a tubular functional impairment

Back (Answer)

PAH clearance