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