Urinalysis 2

• urinary sediments that may make urine cloudy includes:

  cells

  casts

  crystals

  bacteria
• normal color of urine

  straw or pale yellow to yellow color
• is responsible for the color of urine

  urochrome
• urochrome is named by who and when

  Thiduchum, 1864
• pink pigment, indicator that the specimen is refrigerated (binds to amorphous urates leading to its precipitation)

  uroerythrin
• oxidation product of urobilinogen, Imparts Orange brown color of urine that is not fresh

  urobilin
• what is the color of a concentrated urine specimen

  dark yellow
• urine color that is caused by dehydration from fever and burns

  amber