Exam 2, Ch. 6, Urinary System

Question 1

Fistula

Answer 1

Abnormal connection, usually between two internal organs or from an internal organ to the surface of the body

Question 2

Cystitis

Answer 2

Inflammation of the urinary bladder; more common in women due to the shorter urethra

Question 3

Incontinence

Answer 3

Loss of urinary bladder control

Question 4

Uremia

Answer 4

Presence of excessive amounts of urea and nitrogen in the blood; urine in the blood

Question 5

Micturate

Answer 5

Act of voiding urine

Question 6

Incontinence

Answer 6

The inability to hold urine

Question 7

Ectopic Kidney

Answer 7

abnormally positioned kidney

Question 8

Dysuria

Answer 8

Difficult in or painful urination

Question 9

Polycystic Disease (W/C/L)

Answer 9

W - multiple renal cysts of varying sizes that cause renal impairment
C - inherited
L - intravenous urography shows enlarged kidneys with multilobulated contour

Question 10

Renal Vein Thrombosis (W/C/L)

Answer 10

W - thrombus is lodged in renal vein
C - child: severely dehydrated. adult: another renal disease, trauma, extension of thrombus from IVC, or from renal tumors
L - acute: striking kidney enlargement with little or no opacification. Partial: enlarged, smooth kidney with some secretion of contrast material

Question 11

Wilm’s Tumor, “Nephroblastoma” (W/C/L)

Answer 11

W - most common abdominal neoplasm of infancy and childhood; very palpable and highly malignant
C - lesion arises from embryonic renal tissue
L - IV urography shows distortion and displacement of pelvicalyeal system; CT good to show full extent of tumor and possibility of recurrence after removal