True or False 1. Creatine is the metabolic waste product of proteins produced in the liver.

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1. Creatine is the metabolic waste product of proteins produced in the liver.

2. Test for urea and creatinine validates whether an unknown solution is urine or not.

3. Uroerythrin, in refrigerated urine, attaches to urea producing pink pigment.

4 Bilirubin undergoes auto-oxidation to impart a yellow green color to urine.

5. Steatorrhea is a condition of abnormal quantity of fats in feces due to poor absorption of fats.

6. Bacterial metabolism of glucose in the large intestines results to the production of flatus.

7. Oxidation of stercobilinogen is responsible for the brown color of feces.

8. Hemorrhoid accounts for the upper GIT bleeding

9. NSAIDs and the hormone pepsin may cause gastric ulcer

10. Fluid loss may affect the solute content of urine.

11. A lake of bile in stool produces a green color.

12. When blood is seen by the naked eye in stool analysis, a benzidine test is cost-effectively done as routine test.

13. A red-colored stool is produced in H. pylori infection.

14. Peptic ulcer disease is most commonly caused by the parasite, Helicobacter pylori.

15. Ideally, a urine specimen is placed in a clear container in order to easily visualize its contents.

16. Rifampicin caused red-orange discoloration of urine, hence, must be immediately discontinued by the patient.

17. Bismuth-containing compounds causes blue discoloration of body fluids.

18. A certain temperature range is needed in the refrigeration of urine specimen to decrease bacterial overload.

19. Diabetic ketoacidosis causes mousy odor of urine.

20. Benzidine undergoes reduction to produce a colored substance.

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