Strasinger- Physical Examination of
Urine Practice Questions and Answers
Color, Clarity, Specific gravity, Odor ✅These are the urine characteristics being
determined in physical examination
Color ✅This urine physical examination characteristic is easily observable by the
patient thus being a demand for medical advice
Pale yellow, Yellow, Dark yellow ✅These are the common descriptions of normal urine
color
Urochrome ✅This is a product of endogenous metabolism, and under normal
conditions the body produces at a constant rate
Thyroid conditions, Fasting State, Stands at room temperature ✅These are metabolic
state that contribute to the actual amount of urochrome produced
Uroerythrin, Urobilin ✅These are the other present pigments in the urine in smaller
quantities that contribute to the color of normal, fresh urine
Uroerythrin ✅This is the normal urine pigment that is evident to urine specimens that
have been refrigerated
Precipitation of amorphous urates ✅This is the observable change in urine specimen
with evident uroerythrin
Attaches to urates ✅This is the clinical principle for the pink pigmentation of uroerythrin
in urine sample
Urobilin ✅This is an oxidation product of the normal urinary constituent urobilinogen
Orange-brown ✅This is the color urobilin exhibits to signify not fresh urine
Yellow foam when shaken ✅This is the physical examination characteristic that could
be suspected for bilirubin in urine
Small amount of rapidly disappearing foam ✅This is the physical examination
characteristic seen in normal urine when shaken
Urine Practice Questions and Answers
Color, Clarity, Specific gravity, Odor ✅These are the urine characteristics being
determined in physical examination
Color ✅This urine physical examination characteristic is easily observable by the
patient thus being a demand for medical advice
Pale yellow, Yellow, Dark yellow ✅These are the common descriptions of normal urine
color
Urochrome ✅This is a product of endogenous metabolism, and under normal
conditions the body produces at a constant rate
Thyroid conditions, Fasting State, Stands at room temperature ✅These are metabolic
state that contribute to the actual amount of urochrome produced
Uroerythrin, Urobilin ✅These are the other present pigments in the urine in smaller
quantities that contribute to the color of normal, fresh urine
Uroerythrin ✅This is the normal urine pigment that is evident to urine specimens that
have been refrigerated
Precipitation of amorphous urates ✅This is the observable change in urine specimen
with evident uroerythrin
Attaches to urates ✅This is the clinical principle for the pink pigmentation of uroerythrin
in urine sample
Urobilin ✅This is an oxidation product of the normal urinary constituent urobilinogen
Orange-brown ✅This is the color urobilin exhibits to signify not fresh urine
Yellow foam when shaken ✅This is the physical examination characteristic that could
be suspected for bilirubin in urine
Small amount of rapidly disappearing foam ✅This is the physical examination
characteristic seen in normal urine when shaken
