Mod C Week 3

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The toxic condition in which urea and other waste products normally secreted in the urine are retained in the blood stream

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Uremia

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A chronic inflammation within the walls of the bladder

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Interstitial cystitis

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Inflammation of the urethra

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Urethritis

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A stone located in the ureter

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Ureterolith

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The absence of urine formation by the kidneys

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Anuria

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A diagnostic procedure to examine the flow of urine from the bladder and through the urethra

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Cystourethrography

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This kidney disease is the progressive loss of renal function over months or years

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Chronic

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The medical term meaning scanty urination

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Oliguria

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Commonly known as bedwetting

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Nocturnal enuresis

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Narrowing of the urethra

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Urethrostenosis

Front 11

An abnormal opening between the bladder and vagina

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Vesicovaginal

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Replaces kidney function by filtering waste products directly from the patients blood

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Hemodialysis

Front 13

The placement of a catheter into the bladder through a small incision just above the pubic bone

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Suprapubic catheterization

Front 14

Bleeding from the urethra

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Urethrorrhagia

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The disorder characterized by the presence of stones in the kidney

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Nephrolithiasis

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The procedure to remove waste products from the blood of patients whose kidneys no longer function

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Dialysis

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The final stage of kidney disease

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End-stage

Front 18

The destruction of kidney stones without use of ultrasonic waves traveling through water or gel

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Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy

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Describes a congenital abnormality in which the urethral opening is on the under surface of the penis in males

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Hypospadias

Front 20

The type of nephritis that involves primarily the glomeruli

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Glomerulonephritis

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Excessive urination during the night

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Nocturia

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Excessive urination

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Polyuria

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The most common underlying cause of nephrotic syndrome

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Glomerulonephritis

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Which kidney is displaced by the liver?

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Right

Front 25

Cystitis is an inflammation of the bladder usually caused by an ascending organism introduced through the:

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Meatus

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With nocturnal intermittent peritoneal dialysis, how many overnight exchanges?

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At least six

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What is transobturator used for?

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Support the bladder and urethra in their proper position

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Becoming performing an intravenous pyelography, it is extremely important to determine if the patient has an allergic response to what?

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Iodine

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Which of the following is considered an invasive procedure?

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Catheterization

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Urinary output

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Anuria

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This is created by a vascular surgeon who joins an artery and a vein together and makes an opening between the two so that blood flows directly from artery to vein, bypassing the capillaries

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Fistula

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Renal stones

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Calculi

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A narrowing of a passageway that interferes with the movement of substances through it's interior

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Stricture

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The medulla is divided into triangular shaped wedges called renal pyramids with bases toward the cortex and "tops", or renal papillae, emptying into cavities called this

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Calyx

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Pain or discomfort associated with voiding

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Dysuria

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This function of the nephron moves substances directly from the blood in the peritubular capillaries into the urine in the distal and collecting tubules

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Secretion

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A method of kidney stone removal

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Lithotripsy

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A dropping of the kidneys that occurs in very thin persons as a result of inadequate fatty cushion

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Ptosis

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Similar to a fistula except it is made with either a synthetic material or treated, sterilized animal vein

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Graft

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The life preserving service of the kidney is performed by microscopic units called these

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Nephron

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A tube leading from the bladder to an exit from the body

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Urethra

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The opening between the clitoris and the vagina within the folds of the labia minora

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Urinary meatus

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After the kidneys have performed their functions, the waste material, urine, is carried through these, one for each kidney, to temporary storage in the bladder

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Ureter