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10.1 The Urinary System Flashcards

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is recognized as the excretory system that gets rid of waste products produced in the body

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Urinary System

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3 other systems also excrete some waste

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o Skin
o Lung
o Large intestine

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are terms that are used to include both the urinary and reproductive organs

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Genitourinary or urogenital

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excretory organs

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Right and Left Kidneys

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pipelines to bladder

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Right and Left ureters

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reservoir of urine

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Urinary bladder

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a waste pipe to the outside

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Urethra

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8
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Bean shaped organs that lie in the upper posterior abdomen one on either side of the vertebral column. About 11.25 cm or 4.5 inches in vertical length

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Kidneys

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9
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a covering of fibrous connective tissue encloses each kidney perinephritic fat surrounding this covering

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Renal capsule

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10
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is a depression or indentation on its medial border where the structures composing the pedicle join the kidney

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Hilum (hilus)

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vertical cleft or space at the hilum through which the parts of the pedicle enter or leave the kidney

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Renal sinus

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includes renal artery, renal vein, renal pelvic, lymphatics, and nerves that join the kidney at the hilum

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Renal pedicle

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five in number, are subdivisions of the kidney

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Renal segments

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14
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is the lower pole or end

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Inferior (lower) extremity

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Hollow tubes about 25 to 30 cm, 10 to 12 inches in length that extend from a kidney to urinary bladder

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Ureters

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Has 3 coats – outer fibrous layer, a layer of visceral muscle, lining of epithelium

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Ureters

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are two openings between the lower ends of the ureters and the urinary bladder

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Urethral openings

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18
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upper expanded funnel-shaped end of each ureter

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Renal pelvis

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19
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about 4 cm or 1.5 inches in length. It passes down and forward from the bladder neck to its opening on the perineum. The external urethral opening is a small opening in the midline in front of the vaginal opening

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Female urethra

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about 20 cm or 8 inches in length, much longer than that of the female

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Male urethra

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passes through the prostate and is about 3 cm or 1.2 inches in length. The prostatic and ejaculatory ducts open into this part

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Prostatic part or prostatic urethra

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runs from inferior surface of the prostate through the membrane of the perineum

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Membranous part or membranous urethra

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previously called the cavernous urethra extends through the length of the penis in the corpus spongiosum

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Spongy part of penile part

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paired branched of the abdominal aorta, supplying blood to the kidneys

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Right and Left renal arteries

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drain blood from the kidneys and empty into the inferior vena cava

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Right and Left renal veins

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branches of the internal iliac arteries supply to the bladder, and vesical veins drains blood into the internal iliac vein

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Vesical arteries

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27
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is the structural and functional unit of the kidney

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Nephron

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Nephron consist of 2 parts

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  • Glomerulus

* Renal tubule

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29
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capillary network

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Glomerulus

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30
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Renal tubule

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o Glomerular capsule – covering
o Proximal convoluted part of the tubule
o Straight tubule with loop of Henle
o Distal convoluted part of tubule

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31
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a network of about 50 blood capillaries that lie within a cup (Bowmans) shaped glomerular capsule

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Glomerulus

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name of the arteriole that enters a glomerular capsule to be divided into 50 capillary vessels

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Afferent vessel or arteriole

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formed by the union of the glomerular vessels

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Efferent vessel or arteriole

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34
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a very minute hollow tube, closed at one bulblike end and opening at the other into a collecting tubule (about 30 mm in length)

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Renal tubule

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35
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is the expanded cup shaped blind end of a renal tubule

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Glomerular capsule (OT Bowman’s capsule)

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consist of a glomerulus and the glomerular capsule that surrounds it

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Renal corpuscle (OT Malphigian corpuscle)

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opens from the space in a glomerular capsule, is a tortuous and has many bends

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Proximal convoluted part (tubule)

38
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is “U shaped loop that extends from a proximal convoluted tubule to a distal convoluted tubule

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Straight part (tubule and loop of Henle)

39
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is a continuous with the straight part

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Distal convoluted part (tubule)

40
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is formed by the union of many renal tubules. Each of these has its own opening into a minor calyx

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Collecting tubule

41
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is made up of many collecting tubules lying side by side. They are shaped like blunt cone or pyramid, with the broad base directed towards the outer kidney surface

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Renal pyramid

42
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is the nipplelike rounded medial end of a renal pyramid

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Renal papilla

43
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the area between each 2 adjacent renal pyramids

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Renal Column (OT Column of Bertini)

44
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outer part of the kidney and the renal columns between pyramids

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Renal Cortex

45
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renal pyramids, but not the renal columns between them

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Renal Medulla

46
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These processes involved in the secretion of urine are:

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  • Filtration of blood plasma into renal tubules
  • Reabsorption of water and some dissolved substances from tubules back into blood capillaries
  • Selective secretion of some solutes from the blood into the renal tubules from the blood capillaries
47
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Filtration - blood plasma with many substances dissolve in it is filtered from the glomerulus, through the capillary wall and inner layer of a glomerular capsule into the capsular space and hence to renal tubule. It is estimated from _____ of fluid are filtered in ___

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180 to 200 L,

24 hours

48
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Reabsorption – all but about ____ are reabsorbed from the tubules back into blood capillaries

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1 to 1.5 L

49
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some solutes that are not required by the body are secreted into the tubules

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Selective secretion

50
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the antidiuretic hormone secreted by the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland stimulates the reabsorption of water

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Vasopressin

51
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straw colored fluid containing variable amounts of dissolved substances

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Urine

52
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secrete urine that contains waste products

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Kidney

53
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regulate the fluid content of the blood, and indirectly the quantity of intracellular fluid in the body tissues

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Kidney

54
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regulate concentration of the various electrolytes

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Kidney

55
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causes elevation of the BP. It is secreted when the blood supply to the kidneys is decreased by injury of disease

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Renin

56
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filter blood plasma

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Glomeruli

57
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reabsorb water and some solutes

and secrete selectively some waste products

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Renal tubules

58
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are passages from the kidneys to the ureters to convey urine

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Renal calyces and pelves

59
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convey urine from kidneys to UB by peristalsis

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Ureters

60
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reservoir of urine

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Urinary bladder

61
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is a passage to discharge urine from the bladder and convey it out of the body

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Urethra

62
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absence of kidney

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Agenesis

63
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a small kidney

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Microkidney

64
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two kidneys are joined across the median line, usually at their lower ends, and the pelves may be on their lateral borders

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Horseshoe

65
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large cysts within the kidneys

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Polycystic kidneys

66
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the superior major calyx may have a separate pelvic, and a partial or completely separate ureter

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Double kidney, double renal pelvis, double ureter

67
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not in normal position, often in the pelvis

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Ectopic Kidney

68
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the bladder may lie outside of the abdomen

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Exstrophy

69
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the urethra opens on the inferior surface of the penis instead of at its end

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Hypospadias

70
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the urethra opens upon the upper surface of the penis

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Epispadias

71
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without urine, the kidneys are not secreting urine

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Anuria

72
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the kidneys are secreting urine but it is retained in the bladder

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Urinary retention

73
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an accumulation of poisonous waste products in the blood and body tissues because the kidneys are not secreting them

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Uremia

74
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one or more stones may form in the kidneys

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Calculus

75
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a calculus conforming in shape to a renal pelvis and calyces, like the horn of a deer in shape

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Staghorn calculus

76
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inflammation of the bladder

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Cystitis

77
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inflammation of renal pelvis

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Pyelitis

78
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an abscess about a kidney

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Perinephritic abscess

79
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a kidney located below its normal level

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Ptosis

80
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an excess of urine of secreted

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Polyuria

81
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an escape of urine from a kidney, ureter, bladder, or urethra, following an injury etc

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Extravasation of urine

82
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dilatation of a renal pelvis and its calyces as a result of some obstruction in the renal pelvis or ureter

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Hydronephrosis or pyelonephrosis

83
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a procedure used to outline the calyces, pelves, uretes and bladder by filling them with an opaque medium and taking radiograph

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Urography

84
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consists of an intravenous injection of an opaque medium into a vein, to be excreted by the kidneys

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Intravenous urography or excretory urography

85
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consists of an instillation of an opaque medium by a urologist into the ureters through the urethra and bladder into the ureters

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Retrograde urography

86
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a film of the abdomen before the procedure is begun

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Scout film

87
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synonymous with urography

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Pyelography

88
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is the instillation of an opaque medium or of air into the urinary bladder

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Cystography

89
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consists of instillation of an opaque medium into the urethra, or expelling of a medium from the bladder into the urethra and radiography during the procedure

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Urethrography

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