Genitourinary System

Question 1

The main function of this organ is to filter

and excrete body fluids

Answer 1

The Kidneys

Question 2

As we age, blood flow to the kidneys ________ with diminished cardiac output.

Answer 2

Decreases

Question 3

As we age, fluid and electrolytes remain in the _______ _______, but the balance is fragile.

Answer 3

Normal Range

Question 4

As we age, bladder capacity decreases by _____ %.

Answer 4

50%

Question 5

About 75% of men over 65 experience ___________ of the _________ gland.

Answer 5

Hypertrophy, Prostate.

Question 6

Older women experience _________ of the genital tract, ___________ of secretions and ____________.

Answer 6

Atrophy, decrease, thinning.

Question 7

Decrease in the size of a body structure.

Answer 7

Atrophy

Question 8

the enlargement of an organ or tissue

Answer 8

Hypertrophy

Question 9

a disorder in which an organ or tissue of the body wastes away.

Answer 9

Distrophy

Question 10

Involuntary, spontaneous, or induced reflex emptying of the urinary bladder.

Answer 10

Autonomic Bladder

Question 11

the presence of bacteria in the urine.

Answer 11

Bacteriuria

Question 12

an inability of a usually continent person to reach the toilet in time to avoid the unintentional loss of urine

Answer 12

Total Incontinence

Question 13

the surgeon detaches the ureters from the bladder and brings one or both to the surface of the abdomen. The hole created in the abdomen is called a stoma, a reddish, moist abdominal protrusion.

Answer 13

Cutaneous Ureterostomy

Question 14

involuntary urination, especially by children at night.

Answer 14

Enuresis

Question 15

a person is usually aware of the need to urinate, but for one or more physical or mental reasons they are unable to get to a bathroom.

Answer 15

Functional Incontinence

Question 16

the presence of blood in urine.

Answer 16

Hematuria

Question 17

a small urine reservoir that is surgically created from a small segment of bowel.

Answer 17

Ileal conduit

Question 18

A flexible plastic tube (a catheter) inserted into the bladder that remains (“dwells”) there to provide continuous urinary drainage

Answer 18

Indwelling Urethral Catheter

Question 19

a procedure in which the patient periodically passes a disposable catheter through the urethra into the bladder for the purpose of emptying it of urine.

Answer 19

Intermittent Urethral Catheter

Question 20

Urination

Answer 20

Micturition

Question 21

the complaint of involuntary leakage associated with urgency and also with exertion, effort sneezing or coughing

Answer 21

Mixed Incontinence

Question 22

Damaging or destructive to the kidneys.

Answer 22

Nephrotoxic

Question 23

the individual has to wake at night one or more times for voiding

Answer 23

Nocturia

Question 24

the involuntary release of urine from an overfull urinary bladder, often in the absence of any urge to urinate.

Answer 24

Overflow Incontinence

Question 25

when the bladder muscle contracts and urine leaks (sometimes in large amounts) without any warning or urge

Answer 25

Reflex Incontinence

Question 26

Measure of the density of the urine vs the density of water

Answer 26

Specific Gravity

Question 27

a condition (found chiefly in women) in which there is involuntary emission of urine when pressure within the abdomen increases suddenly, as in coughing or jumping.

Answer 27

Stress Incontinence

Question 28

a surgically created connection between the urinary bladder and the skin used to drain urine from the bladder in individuals with obstruction of normal urinary flow. The connection does not go through the abdominal cavity.

Answer 28

Suprapubic Catheter

Question 29

a temporary type of urinary incontinence caused by an illness or a specific medical condition that is short-lived and is, therefore, quickly remedied by appropriate treatment of the condition and a disappearance of symptoms.

Answer 29

Transient Incontinence

Question 30

A sudden involuntary contraction of the muscular wall of the bladder causing urinary urgency, an immediate unstoppable urge to urinate

Answer 30

Urge Incontinence

Question 31

any one of several surgical procedures to reroute urine flow from its normal pathway.

Answer 31

Urinary Diversion

Question 32

the inability to completely or partially empty the bladder.

Answer 32

Urinary retention

Question 33

24 hr urine output less than 50 ml (indicates renal failure)

Answer 33

Anuria

Question 34

Painful or difficult urination

Answer 34

Dysuria

Question 35

Glycosuria

Answer 35

Presence of sugar in urine

Question 36

Scanty or greatly diminished amount of urine voided in a given time; 24 hr urine output less than 400 ml

Answer 36

Oliguria

Question 37

Excessive output of urine (diuresis)

Answer 37

Polyuria

Question 38

Protein in the urine, indication of kidney disease

Answer 38

Proteinuria

Question 39

Pus in urine; urine appears cloudy

Answer 39

Pyuria

Question 40

Stoppage of urine production

Answer 40

Suppression

Question 41

Normal pH of urine

Answer 41

6.0, with a range of 4.6-8.0

Question 42

Normal specific gravity of urine?

Answer 42

1.015-1.025

Question 43

the presence in the urine of abnormal amounts of sugar

Answer 43

Glycosuria

Question 44

What can indicate kidney disease?

Answer 44

Proteinuria