Chatpter 15 - Urinary System Flashcards
The most common solid renal mass found in childhood is:
Wilms Tumor aka Nephroblastoma
The sonographic appearance of tuberous sclerosis may be difficult to defferentiate from:
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
In cases of nephrocalcinosis, calcium deposits are usually located in the:
Medulla. Both kidneys are affected.
A posttransplant perinephric fluid collection includes all of the following except:
A. hematoma
B.Urinoma
C.Urterocele
D.Lymphocele
Ureterocele
A renal sonogram is performed. The finding of hypoechoic areas adjacent to the renal sinus is most consistent with:
Medullary pyramids
Papillary necrosis may develop within ______ after renal transplantation.
A. 4 to 8 weeks
B. days to years
C. 12 to 18 hours
D. weeks or months
Weeks or months
A common finding in people over 50 years of age is:
Renal cyst
Identify the type of hydronephrosis demonstrating dilation of the renal pelvis with thinning of the renal cortex.
A. grade 6
B. Grade 4
C. Grade 0
D. Grade 3
Grade 4
Renal vein thrombosis may be visualized in patients with:
A. Renal Calculi
B. Angiomyolipoma
C. Renal cell carcinoma
D. Pyelonephritis
Renal cell carcinoma
Ureteral jets are not visialzed in patients with:
Obstruction
What carries blood into the glomerulus of the nephron?
Afferent arteriole
What surrounds the network of cappilaries called glomerulus
Bowman’s capsule
What is the outer parenchyma of kidney that contains renal corpuscle and nephrons
Cortex
What is another term for renal fascia
Gerota’s fascia
What is the function unit of the kidney filtering blood and producing urine
Nephron
What is the area mid portion of the kidney that collects urine before entering the ureter
Renal pelvis
What is the small, membranous canal that excretes urine from the urinary bladder
Urethra
What is the area of the kidney where vessels, ureter and lymphatics enter and exit
Renal hilum
What is the portion of the renal tubule lying between the proximal and distal convoluted portions that dips down into the medulla
Loop of Henle
What is the central area of the kidney that includes the clayces, renal pelvis, renal vessels, fat, nerves and lymphatics
Renal sinus
What are the small vessels found at the base of the renal pyramids
Arcuate arteries
What is the muscular retroperitoneal organ that serves as a reservoir for urine
Bladder
What are the network of capillaries that are part of the filtration process in the kidney
Glomerulus
What is the right posterior subhepatic space located anterior to the kidney and inferior to the liver
Morrison’s Pouch
What is the maintenance of normal body physiology
Homeostasis
What is one of the several conical masses if tissue that force the kidney medulla; each consits of loops of henle and the collecting tubules
Renal pyramid
What is bands of cortical tissue that separate the renal pyramids; may mimic a renal mass on ultrasound:
A. Ectopic kidney
B. Column of bertin
C. Dromeddary hump
D. Urolithiasis
B. Column of bertin
What is the normal variant that occurs on the left kidney as a bulge on the lateral border:
A. Renal agenesis
B. renal capsule
C. Dromedary hump
D. Column of bertin
C. Dromedary hump
What is located outside of the normal position, most often in the pelvic cavity:
A. Hydronephrosis
B. Horseshoe kidney
C. Urolithiasis
D. Ectopic Kidney
D. Ectopic kidney
What is the congenital malformation in which both kidneys are joined by an isthmus most commonly joined at the inferior poles?
Horseshoe kidney
What is the dilation of the renal collecting system?
A. Pyronephrosis
B. Hydronephrosis
C. Angiomyolipoma
D. Cyst
B. Hydronephrosis
What is the interruption in the normal development of kidney resulting in absence of kidney; may be unilateral or bilateral
A. Renal agenesis
B. Ectopic kidney
C. Horseshoe kidney
D. Hydronephrosis
A. Renal agenesis
What is the first layer adjacent to the kidney that forms a tough, fibrous covering
A. Renal capsule
B. Urolithiasis
C. Renal Agenesis
Renal Capsule
What is a stone within the urinary system?
A. Simple cyst
B. Urolithiasis
C. Renal Calculi
Urolithiasis
