Question

what factors control the volume of urine?

Answer 1

Urine color is an indicator for hydration.

Urine pH is often influenced by diet.

Urine smell indicates age of the urine and may indicate the prescence of glucose and ketones.

Urine turbidity may indicate urinary tract infection or obstruction.

Urinalysis is the process of analyzing and detecting chemicals excreted in urine.

Physical characteristics of urine include color, smell, pH, density and turbidity

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Normally, a 90% of the 180 L filtered daily is reabsorbed in the proximal tubule and Henle’s loop. The remaining 10% passes to the distal/collecting tubules where variable amounts of salt and water are removed under the control of aldosterone and the anti- diuretic hormone