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May cause a neurogenic bladder may be caused by |
Stroke, tumor, spinal cord injury |
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Most common cause of glomerulonephritis |
Strep infection |
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Toxic condition of the kidneys |
Uremia |
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Common signs and symptoms of diseases of the urinary system |
Hematuria, oliguria, pyuria |
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How do you confirm Hydronephrosis |
Pyleogram |
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Ureters |
Tubes that run from the kidney to the bladder |
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Can develope in late stages of glomerulonephritis |
Uremia |
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Causes of UTI |
Bacteria, virus, fungus |
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Functions of the nephron |
Filter, excrete, reabsorb |
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Symptoms of neurogenic bladder |
Severe incontinence and no feeling of void |
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Signs/Symptoms of glomerulonephritis |
swollen eyes and ankles |
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Color of urine |
Clear/yellow |
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Mpost common bacteria to cause UTIs |
E. coli |
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Signs/symptoms of urethritis |
Urethral discharge, swelling of urethra, dysuria |
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What is micturition |
Urinating/voiding |
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What mechanism controls the amount of hormones secreted into the bloodstream? |
Negative feedback |
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The pancreas is.. |
An endocrine and exocrine gland |
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Distinguishing characteristic of Graves disease |
Bulging eyes |
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Thyroid storm may include |
Severe tachycardia |
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Thyroxine cannot be produced without |
Iodine |
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Ovaries secrete |
Progesterone & estrogen |
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Hypopituitarism in children displays.. |
Dwarfism, sexual underdevelopment, possible mental retardation |
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Signs/Symptoms of myxedema |
Swelling of facial tissue |
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What does the thyroid regulate |
Metabolism |
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What do abnormally large or hypertrophied glands usually produce? |
High hormone levels |
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Adrenal glands are also known as.. |
Suprarenals |
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Where do the adrenal glands sit? |
On top of the kidneys |
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Symptoms of overproduction of thyroxine include |
Constipation |
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Giantism is the result of oversecretion of |
Somatropin |
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What is a simple goiter |
An increase in the size of the thyroid |
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The beta cells in the pancreas secrete.. |
Insulin |
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Diabetes insipidus results from hyperactivity of the pancrearic islet cells |
FALSE |
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The parathyroid glands are located on the posterior side of the |
Thyroid gland |
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Posterior pituitary gland produces |
oxytocin and antidiuretic |
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Pancreatic islets produce |
Insulin |
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Symptoms of hypothyroidism |
Weight gain, brittle hair, thin nails |
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Individual suffering from diabetes insipidus may urinate |
5-10 gallons/24 hours |
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Myxedema commonly occurs in |
Middle aged women |
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Complications of acromegaly |
congestive heart failure |
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Accessory organs of the digestive system |
Liver, pancreas, salivary glands, gallbladder |
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Encephalitis may be spread by |
Mosquitos |
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What may cause Transient Ischemic attacks |
Arteries narrowing by arteriosclerosis |
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Symptoms of encephalitis |
Headache, elevated temperature, stiff neck and back |
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Symptoms of meningitis |
Sudden onset high fever, nuchal rigidity, severe headache |
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First symptom of tetanus |
Lockjaw |
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Symptoms of transient ischemic attacks |
weakness of arm/leg or both, slurred speech, mild loss of consciousness |
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Symptoms of bells palsy |
drooling of saliva, inability to close effected eye, drooling weakness of the eyes and mouth |
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How is poliomyelitis spread |
Oropharyngeal secreations and infected feces |
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Symptoms of vascular dementia |
Change in memory, change in personality, irritability |
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Functioning disorders of the nervous system |
bells palsy, degenerative disk disease, epilepsy |
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Layers of the meninges |
dura mater, arachnoid, pla mater |
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Symptoms of poliomyelitis |
Neck stiffness, nausea and vomitting, muscle weakness |
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Functions of the meninges |
protection and support |
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How long do symptoms of shingles last |
10 days to several weeks |
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What causes a stye? |
Staphylococcus aureus |
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What does the inner ear consist of |
semicircular canals |
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Snellen chart measures |
visual activity |
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Part of the eye that protects the eye from foreign objects |
Conjunctiva |
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3 bones of the middle ear |
Hammer (Malleus) Anvil (Incus) Stirrup (Stapes) |
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Farsightedness |
Hyperopia |
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Test to measure hearing |
audiometry |
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Muscular degeneration of the macular area affects |
Retina |
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Nearsightedness |
Myopia |
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Tonometry is useful in determinging |
Glaucoma |
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A cataract is the clouding of |
Lens |
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What age does strabismus occur in |
Children |
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Advanced hypothyroidism in adults |
Myxedema |
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What is urethritis commonly associated with |
Gonorrhea |
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Disease most common caused by the overproduction of the thyroid hormone |
Graves disease |
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Hormone that regulates salt balance |
aldosterone |
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Diseases of the eye due to it's inability to ficus images correctly on the retina |
Refractive disorders |
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Disorder where one produces too much aldosterone |
Conns syndrome |
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Excessive pressure in the eye |
Glaucoma |
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Diabetes insipidus is a disorder characterized by a decrease in the release of what hormone |
antidiarrhetic |
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Swimmers ear |
Otitis externa |
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Lazy eye |
Strabismus |
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Cranial nerves that innervate the eye |
Optic nerve, trochlear nerve, occular nerve, trigminal nerve |
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Glands of the endocrine system |
pancrease, thryroid, hypothalamus, pituitary |
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Autoimmune type of hypothyroidism |
Hashimotos |
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Fixation of small bones of the middle ear |
Otosclerosis |
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Irregular surface of the cornea |
Astigmatism |
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Hydronephrosis |
Inflammation of the filtering unit of the kidney |
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autoimmune disorder characterized by glomerulonephritis and pulmonary hemmorhage |
goodpastures syndrome |
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Acromegaly occurs in |
adults |
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Bells palsy affects what facial nerve |
The seventh |
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Type 1 diabetes is not |
formally known as non-insulin dependent |
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Symptoms of diabetes mellitus |
polydispia, polyuria, polyphagia, glycosuria |
