GU Flashcards
____ is a term for bladder inflammation that most often occurs with infection.
Cystitis
____ is the term for kidney stones.
Calculi
____ is the involuntary bladder emptying
Incontinence
____ is a term that describes urination at night.
Nocturia
____ is the buildup of nitrogenous waste products in the blood as a result of some degree of kidney impairment.
Uremia
____ is a term that describes itching.
Pruritus
A ____ is an audible swishing sound produced when the volume of blood or the diameter of the blood vessel changes. Often occurs with blood flow through a narrowed vessel, as in renal artery stenosis.
Bruit
____ is the presence of albumin in the urine that is not measurable by a urine dipstick or usual urinalysis procedures.
Microalbuminuria
Three types of keytones.
Acetone
Acetoacetic acid
Beta-hydroxybutyric Acid.
____ is an enzyme found in some white blood cells especially neutrophils that when present in urine is a sensitive screen for assessing UTI’s.
Leukoesterase
____ means going against he normal flow of urine.
Retrograde
____ is how most kidney biopsies are performed by going through the skin and other tissues using ultrasound or CT as guidance.
Percutaneously
What are the there types of acute lower urinary tract infections?
Urethritis-urethra
Cystitis-bladder
Prostatitis-prostate
____ is an upper urinary tract infection in the kidney.
Pyelonephritis
____ is a term for the presence of bacteria in the urine.
Bacteriuria
____ is an inflammatory condition of the bladder.
Cystitis
____ is a rare, chronic inflammatory disease of the entire lower urinary tract (bladder, urethra, and adjacent pelvic muscles) that has no known cause.
Interstitial cystitis
____ is the term for the spread of infection from the urinary tract to the bloodstream.
Urosepsis
____ is pain or burning with urination.
Dysuria
____ is the presence of WBC’s in the urine.
Pyuria
____ is an abnormal thickening of the bladder wall caused by urinary retention and obstruction.
Trabeculation
____ is an inflammation of the urethra.
Urethritis
____ is the involuntary loss of urine when the bladder is over distended.
Overflow Incontinece
____ is the surgical removal of the affected area with or without grafting to create a larger opening.
Urethroplasty
____ is the control over the time and place of urination and is unique to humans and some domestic animals.
Continence
____ is and involuntary loss of urine sever enough to cause social or hygienic problems.
Incontinence
____ is the presence of calculi in the urinary tract.
Urolithiasis
____ is the formation of stones in the kidney.
Nephrolithiasis
____ is the formation of stones in the ureter.
Ureterolithiasis
____ is the enlargement of the ureter.
Hydroureter
____ is bloody urine.
Hematuria
____ is enlargement of the kidney caused by blockage of urine lower in the tract and filling of the kidney with urine.
Hydronephrosis
____ is a term used to describe the pain caused by major manifestation of stones.
Renal Colic
____ is a term for scant urine output.
Oliguria
____is the absence of urine output.
Anuria
____ is a small tube that is placed in the ureter by ureteroscopy.
Stent
____ is the use of sound, laser, or dry shock waves to break the stone into small fragments.
Lithotripsy
aka
Shock Wave Lithotripsy
____ is a term used to describe the inside of the bladder.
Intravesical
____ is the removal of the bladder and surrounding tissue.
Radical Cystectomy
____ is an inherited disorder in which fluid-filled cysts develop in the nephrons.
Polycystic Kidney Disease
____ is the need to urinate excessively at night.
Nocturia
In ____ the kidney enlarges as urine collects in the renal pelvis and kidney tissues.
Hydronephrosis
____ is the enlargement of the ureter.
Hydroureter
____ is an obstruction that occurs low in the urinary tract due to decreased diameter of the urethra, causing bladder distention before hydrometer and hydronephrosis.
Urethral Stricture
____ is the surgical creation of an opening directly into the kidney; performed to divert urine externally and prevent further damage to the kidney when a stricture is causing hydronephrosis and cannot be corrected with urologic procedures.
Nephrostomy
____ is a bacterial infection in the kidney and renal pelvis.
Pyelonephritis
Difference in acue and chronic pyelonephritis.
Acute is the active bacterial infection
Chronic results from repeated or continued upper urinary tract infections or the effects of such infections.
___- is the reverse or upward flow of urine toward the renal pelvis and kidney.
Reflux
____ are pockets of infection that can occur anywhere in the kidney.
Abscesses
____ is the surgical procedure of stone removal from the kidney.
Pyleolithotomy
____ is the surgical removal of the kidney.
Nephrectomy
____ is the ureter repair or revision.
Ureteroplasty
____ is a condition of increased glomerular permeability that allows larger molecules to pass through the membrane into the urine and then be excreted.
Nephrotic Syndrome
____ is a problem of thickening in the nephron blood vessels, resulting in narrowing of the vessel lumens.
Nephrosclerosis
____ is an increase in the number of cells in the prostate.
Nodular Tissue Hyperplasia
____ is a type of incontinence in which urine leaks around the enlarged prostate causing dribbling.
Overflow urinary Incontinence
____ is an abnormal distention of the ureter.
Hydroureter
____ is the abnormal enlargement of the kidney caused by a blockage of urine lower in the tract and filling of the kidney with urine
Hydronephrosis
____ is the inflammation and possible infection of the prostate.
Prostatitis
____ is a technique for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia that uses a variety of heat methods to destroy excess prostate tissue.
Thermotherapy
____ is a procedure for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia using low radio frequency energy to shrink the prostate.
Transurethral Needle Ablation (TUNA)
____ is a procedure for treating benign prosaic hyperplasia using high temperatures to heat and destroy excess tissue.
Transurethral Microwave Therapy (TUMT)
____ is a procedure for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia that uses laser energy to coagulate excess tissue
Interstitial Laser Coagulation (ILC)
aka
Contact Laser Prostatectomy (CLP)
____ is a procedure for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia with high-frequency electrical current to cut and vaporize excess tissue.
Electrovaporization of the Prostate (EVAP)
____ is a surgical procedure in which the enlarged portion of the prostate is removed through an endoscopic instrument.
Transurethral Resection of the Prostate
TURP
____ is a glycoprotein produced by the prostate. It is used as a screening test for prostate cancer.
Prostate-specific antigen PSA
____ is the removal of both testicles.
Bilateral orchiectomy
____ is the observation for cancer, without immediate active treatment.
Active Surveillance
____ is the inflammation of the rectal mucosa.
Radiation proctitis
____ is a term to describe breast tenderness and growth in men.
Gynecomastia
____ is an inflammation of the prostate gland.
Prostatitis
____ is the inflammation of the epididymis
Epididymitis
____ is known as impotence. The inability to achieve or maintain an erection for sexual intercourse
Erectile dysfunction
____ is the term for an undescended testis.
Cryptorchidism
____ is known as penile swelling.
Tumescence
____ is low sperm count.
Oligospermia
____ s the absence of living sperm.
Azoospermia
