Chapter 41- Uninary Elimination

Question 1

anuria

Answer 1

formation & excretion of less than 100cc of urine in 24 hours

Question 2

bladder ultrasound

Answer 2

ultrasound of one’s bladder

Question 3

detrusor muscle

Answer 3

smooth muscleof the urinary bladder

Question 4

diuresis

Answer 4

formation & excretion of large amounts of urine

Question 5

enuresis

Answer 5

involuntary voiding with underlying pathphysiologic origin after the age that bladder control is usually achieved

Question 6

nocturnal enuresis

Answer 6

bedwetting

Question 7

dysuria

Answer 7

painful voiding

Question 8

hematuria

Answer 8

presence of blood in urine

Question 9

intermittent catheterization

Answer 9

in & out catheterization performed on a routine, scheduled basis for a particular patient

Question 10

micturition

Answer 10

urination

Question 11

nocturia

Answer 11

voiding during normal sleeping hours

Question 12

oliguria

Answer 12

formation & excretion of less than 500cc of urine in 24 hours

Question 13

overactive bladder

Answer 13

frequency & urgency to urinate occurring together

Question 14

polyuria

Answer 14

formation & excretion of large amounts of urine in absence of a cocurrent increase in fluid intake

Question 15

pyuria

Answer 15

presence of pus in urine

Question 16

urinary incontinence

Answer 16

involuntary loss of urine from the bladder

Question 17

urinary retention

Answer 17

inability to empty the bladder of urine