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__________ is the inability to control the bladder in holding urine
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Incontinence
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_______ __________, abreviated ________, is a metabolic disease caused by an absolute or relative deficiency of insulin
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Diabetes Mellitus, DM
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A(an) _______, abreviated, refers to an infection anywher in the urinary system
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urinary tract infection, UTI
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_____ renal failure is the sudden inability for the kidneys to exrete wastes
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Acute
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Ninety percent of al lbladder cancers are ____of the bladder, arising from the cells lining the bladder.
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transistional cell carcinoma
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Hypernephroma and adenocarcinaoma are two other names for _______.
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renal cell carcinoma.
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A ___ is the most common test used to diagnose most disorders of th urinary system and is abreviated _____.
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urinalysis, UA
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In a process called ____, a contrast medium is introduced to image the kidneys, ureters, and bladder. This radiographic image is known as a _____.
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intravenous pyelography
pyelogram |
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A___ is a device with many uses; in the urinary system, it is sometimes inserted throught the urethra into the bladder to drain urine
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catheter
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The general name for any procedure conducted through the urethra is a(n) ___procedure. For ex, __is the destructio of adhesions of the urethra, and a __, is an incision of the urinary bladder
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transurethral
urethrolysis vesicostomy |
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One option for treatin kidney failure ___, is the process of diffusing blood across a semiperm memb to remove subst that ahealthy7 kidney would eeliminate. One type of this process is ___, in wh an indwelling catheter permits fluid to drain into & out of the peritoneal cavity to cleanse the blood
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renal dialysis
hemodialysis |
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___is a surgical transfer of a complete kidney from a doner to a recipient
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Renal transplantation
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Which of the following is a waste form of notrogen formed in the liver and carried in the bloodstream to the kieneys?
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urea
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Wh of the folling means involuntary unrination
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enuresis
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Scanty urination is also called
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oliguria
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If an indiv. is not able to release any urine at all, he or she is experiencing
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anuria
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wh of the following means painful urination
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dysuria
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Wh of the following is simply an inflammation of the urethra
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urethritis
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Wh of the following is the abnormal backflow of urine from the bladder to the ureter?
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vesicoureteral reflux
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_____ is a noninvasive procedure using shock waves to shatter or crush kidney stones for easier, eventual passage from the body
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lithotripsy
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Wh of the following is a radiographic imaging procedure involoving the urinary bladder and urethra and is done using contrast medium?
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cystourethrography
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Which of the following is a simple incision of the kidney?
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nephrotomy
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Blood in the urine is called
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hematuria
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The ____test evaluates the severity of renal failure by measuring how much urea and notrogen have accumalted in the blood
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blood urea nitrogen (BUN)
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An instrument used to perform visual examination of the urinary bladder is a
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cystoscope
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