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  2. Urinometer - Wikipedia

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    A typical urinometer is composed of a float, a weight, and a stem. The float is an air-filled glass tube, ending in the weight on the left and the stem on the right. The weight is a bulb filled with ball bearings embedded in a red solid, probably a glue of some sort.

  3. Urine test strip - Wikipedia

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    Routine testing of the urine with multiparameter strips is the first step in the diagnosis of a wide range of diseases. The analysis includes testing for the presence of proteins , glucose , ketones , haemoglobin , bilirubin , urobilinogen , acetone , nitrite and leucocytes as well as testing of pH and specific gravity or to test for infection ...

  4. Urinary system - Wikipedia

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    The first step in urine formation is the filtration of blood in the kidneys. In a healthy human, the kidney receives between 12 and 30% of cardiac output, but it averages about 20% or about 1.25 L/min. The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney is the nephron.

  5. Phlebotomy - Wikipedia

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    Phlebotomy is the process of making a puncture in a vein, usually in the arm, with a cannula for the purpose of drawing blood. [1] The procedure itself is known as a venipuncture , which is also used for intravenous therapy .

  6. Serial transverse enteroplasty - Wikipedia

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    The procedure was studied by researchers in Boston utilizing a group of ten young pigs. Five of the pigs underwent removal of 90 percent of the bowel followed by STEP. The other pigs underwent the bowel resection without the STEP procedure, serving as control subjects. STEP was shown to lengthen the bowel from 105.2 ± 7.7 cm to 152.2 ± 8.3 cm ...

  7. Vacutainer - Wikipedia

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    A vacutainer blood collection tube is a sterile glass or plastic test tube with a colored rubber stopper creating a vacuum seal inside of the tube, facilitating the drawing of a predetermined volume of liquid. Vacutainer tubes may contain additives designed to stabilize and preserve the specimen prior to analytical testing.

  8. Biological illustration - Wikipedia

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    Many details must be discussed between the artist and scientist before a final drawing can be completed, and additional preliminary drawings must be prepared in order to work out aesthetic details. Pen and ink (often a flex nib fountain pen) line illustrations are clean, crisp, clear, and inexpensive to produce, making them ideal for biological ...

  9. Sims' position - Wikipedia

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    The position is described as follows: Patient lies on their left side. Patient's left lower extremity is straightened. Patient's right lower extremity is flexed at the hip, and the leg is flexed at the knee.