TEST UREA

1. Where is urea formed in the body?

 a) Kidney
 b) Liver
 c) Pancreas
 d) Stomach
 e) Heart
2. What is the normal level of serum urea?
 a) 10-20 mg/dL
 b) 20-40 mg/dL
 c) 30-50 mg/dL
 d) 40-60 mg/dL
 e) 50-70 mg/dL
3. Which term describes an elevated level of urea in the blood?
 a) Azotemia
 b) Uremia
 c) Hypoazotemia
 d) Hypercalcemia
 e) Hypouricemia
4. What percentage of urea is reabsorbed by passive diffusion in the kidney tubules?
 a) 10%
 b) 20%
 c) 30%
 d) 40%
 e) 50%
5. Which of the following is a prerenal cause of increased plasma urea levels?
 a) Tubular necrosis
 b) Glomerulonephritis
 c) Renal stones
 d) Dehydration in severe diarrhea
 e) Tumors of the bladder
6. What condition is described by very high levels of plasma urea accompanied by clinical signs of
renal failure?
 a) Azotemia
  b) Uremia
 c) Hyperuricemia
 d) Hypouricemia
 e) Hyperkalemia
7. Which condition does NOT cause a decrease in plasma urea levels?
 a) Hepatic failure
 b) Low protein intake
 c) Increased protein synthesis
 d) High protein diet
 e) Late pregnancy
8. What is a common cause of postrenal azotemia?
 a) Dehydration
 b) High protein diet
 c) Cardiac failure
 d) Urethral strictures
 e) Thyrotoxicosis
9. Which renal disease can lead to increased blood urea levels?
 a) Fever
 b) Stress
 c) Tubular necrosis
 d) High protein diet
 e) Severe diarrhea
10. Which factor can lead to increased protein catabolism and hence increased urea levels?
 a) Low protein intake
 b) Infancy
 c) Major illness
 d) Hepatic failure
 e) Late pregnancy
11. A 50-year-old man has serum urea 60 mg/dL (N=20-40 mg/dL). The following disease may be a
cause, excepting:

A. kidney disease
B. hepatic failure
C. dehydration
D. high protein diet
E. hyperthyroidism