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24 Cards in this Set
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Kidneys filter what to produce urine?
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Blood
filters 180 L per day, leaks out of glomerulus 99% is reabsorbed 1-1.5 L of urine produced a day |
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Nephr/o, Ren/o
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Kidney
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Urin/o, -uria
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Urine
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Ureter/o
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Ureters
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Cyst/o, vesic/o
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Urinary bladder
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Urethr/o
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Urethra
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Glomerul/o
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Glomerulus
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Pyel/o
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Renal pelvis
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Cystitis
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Bladder infection
-frequency, pain to urination (dysuria) |
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Frequency
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Need to urinate often
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Pyelonephritis
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Infection within kidney/renal pelvis.
-if cystitis spreads up ureters -flank pain -treatment: antibiotics |
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Glomerulonephritis
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-Usually streptococcus
-Treatment: antibiotics |
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Hematuria
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Blood in Urine
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Glycosuria/Glucosuria
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Glucose in urine
-diabetes |
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Nocturia
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Excessive urination at night
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Enuresis
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Involuntary discharge of urine
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Incontinence
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Urine or stool - inability to control it
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Nocturnal enuresis
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Bedwetting
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Oliguria
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very little urination
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Polyuria
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excessive urination
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Nephrectomy
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surgical removal of a kidney
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Nephrolithiasis
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Kidney stone(s)
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Renal Calculus
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Kidney stone(s)
-wait and see (4mm stone has 90% likely hood of passing) -Lithotripsy -Surgery |
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KUB x-ray film
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X-ray that shows kidneys, ureters, bladder
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