Biomaterial Database

Urine--osmolality, refractive index and specific gravity. 1978

P S Low, and J S Tay

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007671	Kidney Concentrating Ability	The ability of the kidney to excrete in the urine high concentrations of solutes from the blood plasma.	Urine Concentrating Ability,Abilities, Kidney Concentrating,Abilities, Urine Concentrating,Ability, Kidney Concentrating,Ability, Urine Concentrating,Concentrating Abilities, Kidney,Concentrating Abilities, Urine,Concentrating Ability, Kidney,Concentrating Ability, Urine,Kidney Concentrating Abilities,Urine Concentrating Abilities
D009994	Osmolar Concentration	The concentration of osmotically active particles in solution expressed in terms of osmoles of solute per liter of solution. Osmolality is expressed in terms of osmoles of solute per kilogram of solvent.	Ionic Strength,Osmolality,Osmolarity,Concentration, Osmolar,Concentrations, Osmolar,Ionic Strengths,Osmolalities,Osmolar Concentrations,Osmolarities,Strength, Ionic,Strengths, Ionic
D012031	Refractometry	Measurement of the index of refraction (the ratio of the velocity of light or other radiation in the first of two media to its velocity in the second as it passes from one into the other).	Refractive Index,Index, Refractive,Indices, Refractive,Refractive Indices
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013046	Specific Gravity	The ratio of the density of a material to the density of some standard material, such as water or air, at a specified temperature.	Relative Density,Densities, Relative,Density, Relative,Gravities, Specific,Gravity, Specific,Relative Densities,Specific Gravities