Chapter 11 Exam 3 Flashcards
Urinary system
body system that includes the kidney; ureters; bladder; and urethra
Urinary system function
to produce; transport; store and excrete urine
expandable reservoir for storing urine
Bladder
domed shaped top of the bladder
fundus
organ of the uninary system that produces urine
kidney
Ren/o-
kidney
large; funnel shaped area within each kidney; collects urine from the major calices and then narrows to become the ureter
Pelvis (renal pelvis)
gland that is part of the male reproductive system; urethra in men passes through the ceneter of this
Prostate gland
muscular ring
Sphincter
waste product from protein metablism; removed from the blood by the kidneys
urea
tube that carries urine from the pelvis of the kidney to the bladder
ureter
tube that carries urine from the baladder to the outside of the body
urethra
process of expelling urine from the body
urination
Urination aka
voiding; micturition; or passing water
complication that develops following an acute infection with streptoccal bacteria or with viruses; antibodies combine with the bacteria or viruses to form antigen-antibody complexes that clog the pores of the capillaries of the glomerulus
glomerulonephritis
Glomerulonephritis word breakdown
glomerul/o- glomerulus nephr/o- kidney; nephron -it is inflammation of; infection of
enlargement of the kidney due to pressure from urine that is backed up in the ureter because of an obstructing stone or stricture
hydronephrosis
Hydr/o-
water
kidney stone or calculus formation in the urinary system
nephrolithiasis
Nephrolithiasis word breakdown
nephr/o- kidney; nephron lith/o-stone iasis state of; process of
calculus
stone
calculi
plural of calculus
general word for any disease of the kidney
nephropathy
abnormally low position of a kidney
nephroptosis
nephroptosis word breakdown
nephr/o- kidney; nephron -ptosis state of prolapse; drooping; falling
hereditary disease characterized by cysts in the kidney that eventually destory the nephrons; causing kidney failure
polycystic kidney disease
Polycystic word breakdown
poly- many; much cyst/o- bladder; fluid filled sac; semisolid cyst -ic pertaining to
inflammation and infection of the renal pelvis of the kidney caused by a bacterial infection of the bladder that goes up the ureters to the kidneys
pyelonephritis
Pyelonephritis word breakdown
pyel/o- renal pelvis nephr/o- kidney; nephron it is- inflammation of; infection of
disease in which the kidneys decrease urine production; and then stop producing urine
renal failure
inflammation or infection of the bladder
cystitis
hernia in which the bladder bulges through a weakness in the muscular wall of the vagina or rectum
cystocele
cystocele word breakdown
cyst/o- bladder; fluid filled sac; semisolid cyst -cele hernia