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The body produces wastes that are eliminated by
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Excretion
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The act of voiding
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Urination
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Maintain appropriate blood volume by varying the excretion of water in the urine.
Maintain the chemical composition of blood by selecting certain chemicals to excrete. Maintain blood pH (potential hydrogen) Excrete waste products of protein metabolism. Regulate blood pressure. Stimulate erythrocyte production by secreting erythro poientin. |
Kidneys
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Final product of protein metabolism and the chief nitrogenous waste that is present in urine
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Urea
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the branch of medicine concerned with the male genital tract and the urinary tract of both sexes
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Urology
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physician who specializes in the practice of urology
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Urologist
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albumin
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albumin/o
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process
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-ation
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action, process, or result of
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-esis
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sugar
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glycos/o
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few, scanty
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olig/o
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urine or urinary tract
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ur/o
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urine
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urin/o
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urine or urination
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-uria
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functional unit of kidneys
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nephron
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how does urine leave the kidneys
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ureters
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how is urine expelled
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urethra
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bladder (sometimes cyst or sac)
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cyst/o
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glomerulus (filtering structure of the kidney)
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glomerul/o
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kidney
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nephr/o, ren/o
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renal pelvis (reservoir in the kidney that collects the urine)
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pyel/o
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ureter
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ureter/o
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urethra
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urethr/o
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The glomerulus and tubules are components of wat
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nephron
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Kidney softening is
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Nephro malacia
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Kidney enlargement is
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nephro magaly
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pertaining to one side
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unilateral
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Ultrasonic scanning of the kidneys
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nephrosonography
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prolapse of a kidney or hypermobile
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nephroptosis
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kidney stones
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nephrolithiasis
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kidney stones are usually called
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renal calculi
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when a recipient receives a kidney from a donor
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renal transplant
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inflammation of the renal pelvis
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pyelitis
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acute nephritis
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glomerulo nephritis
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a urography produces what kind of image
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urogram
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intravenous urography was formerly called intravenous pyelography and the image it produced was
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pyelogram
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examination of the urinary bladder, where an instrument is passed through the urethra and into the bladder
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csytoscopy
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examination of the ureter and bladder
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cystouretereoscopy
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inflammation of the bladder
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cystitis
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inflammation of the kidney
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nephritis
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difficult or painful urination and can be caused by a bacterial infection or an obstruction of the urinary tract
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dysuria
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excretion of an abnormally large quantity of urine
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polyuria
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absence of urination
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anuria
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diminished urine production
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oliguria
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term that means the presence of nitrogen containing wastes in the blood
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uremia
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if you combine the combing forms of urine and blood u get?
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uremia
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bladder hernia that protrudes into the vagina
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cystocele
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a condition where there are degenerative changes in the kidneys but no inflammation
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nephrosis
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destructive yo kidney tissue
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nephrotoxic
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a hereditary disorder characterized by hundreds of fluid filled cysts throughout both kidneys
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polycystic kidney disease
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a tumor found on a mucosal surface, such as the inner lining of the bladder
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polyp
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failure of the kidney to perform its essential functions
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renal failure
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the reduced ability of the kidney to perform its functions
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renal insufficiency
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