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Chapter 9 Urinary System- Pathology Flashcards

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Branch of medicine involved in diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of urinary system. Urologist

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Urology

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Complete suppression of urine formed by kidneys and a complete lack of urine excretion

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Anuria

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Accumulation of nitrogenous waste in bloodstream. Occurs when kidney fails to filter these wastes from blood

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Azotemia

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Presence of bacteria in the urine

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Bacteriuria

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Stone formed within an organ by an accumulation of mineral salts. Caculi

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Calculus

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Urinary bladder pain

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Cystalgia

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Bladder stone

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Cystolith

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Profuse bleeding from urinary bladder

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Cystorrhagia

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Increased formation and exertion of urine

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Diuresis

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Difficult of painful urination

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Dysuria

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Involuntary discharge of urine after the age by which bladder control should have been established. Usually occurs at the age of 5. Nocturnal enuresis refers to bed-wetting at night

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Enuresis

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Greater than normal occurrence in the urge to urinate, w/o an increase in the total daily volume of urine.

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Frequency

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Presence of sugar in urine

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Glycosuria

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Presence of blood in urine

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Hematuria

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Decrease in the force of urine in stream, often with difficulty initiating the flow. Often a symptom of a blockage along urethra, such as an enlarged prostate gland

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Hesitancy

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Presence of ketones in urine. Occurs when body burns fat instead of glucose for energy, such as uncontrolled diabetes mellitus

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Ketonuria

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17
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Kidney stone

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Nephrolith

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18
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Kidney is enlarged

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Nephromegaly

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Kidney is abnormally soft

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Nephromalacia

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Kidney tissue has become hardened

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Nephrosclerosis

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21
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Having to urinate frequently during the night

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Nocturia

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22
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Producing too little urine

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Oliguria

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23
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Producing an unusually large volume of urine

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Polyuria

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Presence of urine in urine

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Proteinuria

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Presence of pus in urine

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Pyuria

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Pain caused by kidney stone.

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Renal colic

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Narrowing of a passageway in the urinary system

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Stricture

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Accumulation of waste products in bloodstream. Associated with renal failure

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Uremia

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Ureter is stretched out or dilated

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Ureterectasis

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Stone in ureter

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Ureterlith

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Ureter has become narrow

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Ureterostenosis

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Urethral pain

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Urethralgia

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Profuse bleeding from urethra

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Urethrorrhagia

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Urethra has become narrow

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Urethrostenosis

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Feeling to urinate immediately

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Urgency

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Involuntary release of urine.

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Urinary incontinence

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Inability to fully empty the bladder, often indicates a blockage in the urethra

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Urinary retention

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Damage to renal tubules due to presence of toxins in urine of to ischemia. Results in oliguria

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Acute tubular necrosis (ATN)

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Accumulation of damage to the glomerulus capillaries due to chronic high blood sugars of diabetes mellitus

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Diabetic nephropathy

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Inflammation of kidney (primarily of glomerulus). Results in proteinuria and hematuria

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Glomerulonephritis

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Distention of renal pelvis due to urine collecting in kidney; often a result of obstruction of a ureter

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Hydronephrosis

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Kidney inflammation

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Nephritis

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Presence of calculi in kidney.

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Nephrolithiasis

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Kidney tumor

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Nephroma

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General term describing presence of kidney disease

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Nephropathy

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Downward placement of kidney out of its normal location; commonly called floating kidney

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Neophroptosis

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Damage to glomerulus resulting in protein appearing in urine, proteinuria, and corresponding decrease in protein in the bloodstream. Nephrosis

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Nephrotic syndrome (NS)

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Formation of multiple cysts within kidney tissue.

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Polycystic kidneys

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Renal pelvis inflammation

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Pyelonephritis

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Cancerous tumor that arises from kidney tubule cells

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Renal cell carcinoma

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Inflammation of renal pelvis and the kidney. One of most common kidney disease. May be result of urinary tract infection that moved up to kidney by way of ureters.

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Pyelonephritis

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Inability of kidneys to filter wastes from blood resulting in uremia.

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Renal failure

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Malignant kidney found most often in children

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Wilm’s tumor (VILMZ)

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Cancerous tumor that arises from the cells lining the bladder; major sign of hematuria

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Bladder cancer

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Blockage of the bladder outlet. Often caused by enlarged prostate gland in males

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Bladder neck obstruction (BNO)

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Urinary bladder inflammation

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Cystitis

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Hernia or protrusion of urinary bladder into the wall of vagina

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Cystocele

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Disease of unknown cause in which there is inflammation and irritation of the bladder. Most commonly seen in middle-aged women

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Interstitial cystitis

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Loss if nervous control that leads up to retention; may be caused by spinal cord injury or multiple sclerosis

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Neurogenic bladder

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Infection, usually from bacteria, of any organ of urinary system. Most often begins with cystitis and may ascend into ureters and kidneys. Most common in women

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Urinary tract infection (UTI)

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Branch of medicine involved in diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the kidney. Nephrologist

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Nephrology

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