Urinary System Mt.09 Wwtc

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kidneys

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two-bean shaped organs located on each side of the vertebral column on the posterior wall of the abdominal cavity behind the parietal peritoneum; their function is to remove waste products to from the blood and to aid in maintaining water and electrolyte balances.

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nephron

Back 2

urine-producing microscopic structure; approx 1 million nephrons are located in each kidney.

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glomerulus

Back 3

cluster of capillaries at the entrance of the nephron; the process of filtering the blood, thereby forming urine, begins here.

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renal pelvis

Back 4

funnel-shaped reservoir that collects the urine and passes it to the ureter

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ureters

Back 5

two slender tubes, approx 10 to 13 in long, that receive the urine from the kidneys and carry it to the posterior portion of the bladder

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urinary bladder

Back 6

muscular, hollow organ that temporarily holds the urine

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urethra

Back 7

lowest part of the urinary tract, through which the urine passes from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body; appox 1.5 in long in the female and 8 in. in males, in whom it is part of the repoductive system. It carries semen at the time of ejaculation.

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urinary meatus

Back 8

opening through which the urine passes to the outside

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cysto,vesico

Back 9

bladder, sac

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glomerulo

Back 10

glomerulus

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meato

Back 11

meatus

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nephro, reno

Back 12

kidney

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pyelo

Back 13

renal pelvis

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uretero

Back 14

ureter

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urethro

Back 15

urethra

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albumino

Back 16

albumin

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azoto

Back 17

urea, nitrogen

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blasto

Back 18

developing cell, germ cell

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glyco, glycoso

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sugar

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hydro

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water

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litho

Back 21

stone, calculus

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nocti

Back 22

night

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oligo

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scanty, few

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sono

Back 24

sound

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tomo

Back 25

cut, section

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urino, uro

Back 26

urine, urinary tract

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iasis, esis

Back 27

condition

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gram

Back 28

record, radiographic image

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lysis

Back 29

loosening, dissolution, separating

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megaly

Back 30

enlargement

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ptosis

Back 31

drooping, sagging, prolapse

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rrhaphy

Back 32

suturing, repairing

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tripsy

Back 33

surgical crushing

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trophy

Back 34

nourishment, development

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uria

Back 35

urine, urination

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epispadias

Back 36

congenital defect in which the urinary meatus is located on the upper surface of the penis

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hypospadias

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congenital defect in which the urinary meatus is located on the underside of the penis; a similar defect can occur in the female

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polycystic kidney disease

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condition in which the kidney contains many cysts and in enlarged

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renal calculus

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stone in the kidney

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renal hypertension

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elevated blood pressure resulting from kidney disease

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sepsis

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a condition in which pathogenic micoorganisms, usually bacteria, enter the blooodstream, causing systemic inflammatory response to the infection (septicemia)

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urinary retention

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abnormal accumulation of urine in the bladder because of inability to urinate

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urinary suppresion

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sudden stoppage of urine formation

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urinarty tract infection (UTI)

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infection of one or more organs of the urinary tract

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extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL)

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a noninvasive treatment of removal of kidney or ureteral stone(s); by using ultrasound and fluoroscopic imaging, the stone is positioned at a focal point. Repeating firing of shock waves renters the stone into fragments that pass from the body in the urine (shock wave lithotripsy)

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fulguration

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destruction of living tissue with an electric spark (commonly used to remove bladder growths

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renal transplant

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surgical implantation of a donor kidney to replace a nonfunctioning kidney

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KUB (kidney, ureter and bladder)

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a simple radiographic image of the abdomen. It is often used to view the kidneys, ureters and bladder to determine size, shape and location, Also used to identify caculi in the kidney, ureters or bladder, or to diagnose intestinal obstruction

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blood urea nitrogen (BUN)

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a blood test that measures the amount of urea in the blood; used to determine kidney function. An increased BUN indicates renal dysfunction

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creatinine

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a blood test that measures the amount of creatinine in the blood. An elevated BUN indicates impaired kidney function.

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specific gravity (SG)

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a test performed on a urine specimen to measure the concentrating or diluting ability of the kidneys

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urinalysis (UA)

Back 52

multiple routine tests performed on a urine specimen

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catheter

Back 53

flexible, tubelike device, such as a urinary catheter, for withdrawing or instilling fluids

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distended

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stretched out

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diuretic

Back 55

agent that increases the formation and excretion of urine

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enuresis

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involuntary urination

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hemodialysis

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procedure for removing impurities from the blood because of inability of the kidneys to do so

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incontinence

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inability to control bladder and/or bowels

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micturate

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to urinate or void

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peritoneal dialysis

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procedure from removing toxic wastes when the kidney is unable to do so; the peritoneal cavity us used as the receptacle for the fluid used the in the dialysis

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stricture

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abnormal narrowing, such as a urethral stricture

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urinal

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receptacle for urine

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urinary catheterization

Back 63

passage of a catheter into the urinary bladder to withdraw urine

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urodynamics

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pertaining to the force and flow of urine within the urinary tract

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void

Back 65

to empty or evacuate waster material, especially in urine

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BUN

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blood urea nitrogen

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cath

Back 67

catheterization, catheter

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ESWL

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extracorporal shock wave lithrotripsy

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HD

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hemodialysis

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IVP

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intravenous pyelogram

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IVU

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intravenous urogram

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SG

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specific gravity

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UA

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urinalysis

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UTI

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urinary tract infection

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VCUG

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voiding cystourethrogram