12: Drugs that Affect Urine Output Flashcards
Benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH
Enlargement of the prostate gland caused by an increased number of cells in the clan. Formal we known as benign prostatic hypertrophy
Androgens
The group of male sex hormones that includes testosterone
Detrusor muscle
The layer of involuntary muscle in the bladder wall, during urination at contracts to squeezer and out of the bladder into the urethra
Diuretics
Drugs that help with the body of excess water and salt
Excretion
A general term for removal of substances from the body
Loop Diuretic
Diuretic that acts on the ascending of Helene in the kidney. It is used primarily to treat hypertension and Adema often caused by congestive heart failure or or renal insufficiency
Natriuretic diuretic
Diuretic that causes and excretion of sodium and water in the urine
Nephron
The filtering unit of the kidney
Nocturia
Increased urination at night
Overactive bladder or OAB
A problem with bladder function that causes a sudden urge to urinate and can even lead to the involuntary loss of urine or incontinence
Potassium sparing diuretics
A drug that blocks exchange of sodium for potassium and hydrogen ions in the distal tubule, leading to increased sodium and chloride excretion without increased potassium excretion
Prostate gland
A woman size male sex glands that surrounds the upper part of the urethra and secrete substances into seminal fluid
Renal tubules
Microscopic chemical factories in the kidneys that manufacture urine from filtered blood serum well also conserving essential nutrients and other substances
Thiazide diuretics
A drug that slows down or turns off the salt pumps in the nephron to furthest away from the capillaries and causes more sodium, potassium, and water to stay in the urine and leave the body through urination. It is used primarily in the treatment of hypertension.
