GU

Question 1

____ is a term for bladder inflammation that most often occurs with infection.

Answer 1

Cystitis

Question 2

____ is the term for kidney stones.

Answer 2

Calculi

Question 3

____ is the involuntary bladder emptying

Answer 3

Incontinence

Question 4

____ is a term that describes urination at night.

Answer 4

Nocturia

Question 5

____ is the buildup of nitrogenous waste products in the blood as a result of some degree of kidney impairment.

Answer 5

Uremia

Question 6

____ is a term that describes itching.

Answer 6

Pruritus

Question 7

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.

Answer 7

Bruit

Question 8

____ is the presence of albumin in the urine that is not measurable by a urine dipstick or usual urinalysis procedures.

Answer 8

Microalbuminuria

Question 9

Three types of keytones.

Answer 9

Acetone
Acetoacetic acid
Beta-hydroxybutyric Acid.

Question 10

____ is an enzyme found in some white blood cells especially neutrophils that when present in urine is a sensitive screen for assessing UTI’s.

Answer 10

Leukoesterase

Question 11

____ means going against he normal flow of urine.

Answer 11

Retrograde

Question 12

____ is how most kidney biopsies are performed by going through the skin and other tissues using ultrasound or CT as guidance.

Answer 12

Percutaneously

Question 13

What are the there types of acute lower urinary tract infections?

Answer 13

Urethritis-urethra
Cystitis-bladder
Prostatitis-prostate

Question 14

____ is an upper urinary tract infection in the kidney.

Answer 14

Pyelonephritis

Question 15

____ is a term for the presence of bacteria in the urine.

Answer 15

Bacteriuria

Question 16

____ is an inflammatory condition of the bladder.

Answer 16

Cystitis

Question 17

____ is a rare, chronic inflammatory disease of the entire lower urinary tract (bladder, urethra, and adjacent pelvic muscles) that has no known cause.

Answer 17

Interstitial cystitis

Question 18

____ is the term for the spread of infection from the urinary tract to the bloodstream.

Answer 18

Urosepsis

Question 19

____ is pain or burning with urination.

Answer 19

Dysuria

Question 20

____ is the presence of WBC’s in the urine.

Answer 20

Pyuria

Question 21

____ is an abnormal thickening of the bladder wall caused by urinary retention and obstruction.

Answer 21

Trabeculation

Question 22

____ is an inflammation of the urethra.

Answer 22

Urethritis

Question 23

____ is the involuntary loss of urine when the bladder is over distended.

Answer 23

Overflow Incontinece

Question 24

____ is the surgical removal of the affected area with or without grafting to create a larger opening.

Answer 24

Urethroplasty

Question 25

____ is the control over the time and place of urination and is unique to humans and some domestic animals.

Answer 25

Continence

Question 26

____ is and involuntary loss of urine sever enough to cause social or hygienic problems.

Answer 26

Incontinence

Question 27

____ is the presence of calculi in the urinary tract.

Answer 27

Urolithiasis

Question 28

____ is the formation of stones in the kidney.

Answer 28

Nephrolithiasis

Question 29

____ is the formation of stones in the ureter.

Answer 29

Ureterolithiasis

Question 30

____ is the enlargement of the ureter.

Answer 30

Hydroureter

Question 31

____ is bloody urine.

Answer 31

Hematuria

Question 32

____ is enlargement of the kidney caused by blockage of urine lower in the tract and filling of the kidney with urine.

Answer 32

Hydronephrosis

Question 33

____ is a term used to describe the pain caused by major manifestation of stones.

Answer 33

Renal Colic

Question 34

____ is a term for scant urine output.

Answer 34

Oliguria

Question 35

____is the absence of urine output.

Answer 35

Anuria

Question 36

____ is a small tube that is placed in the ureter by ureteroscopy.

Answer 36

Stent

Question 37

____ is the use of sound, laser, or dry shock waves to break the stone into small fragments.

Answer 37

Lithotripsy aka Shock Wave Lithotripsy

Question 38

____ is a term used to describe the inside of the bladder.

Answer 38

Intravesical

Question 39

____ is the removal of the bladder and surrounding tissue.

Answer 39

Radical Cystectomy

Question 40

____ is an inherited disorder in which fluid-filled cysts develop in the nephrons.

Answer 40

Polycystic Kidney Disease

Question 41

____ is the need to urinate excessively at night.

Answer 41

Nocturia

Question 42

In ____ the kidney enlarges as urine collects in the renal pelvis and kidney tissues.

Answer 42

Hydronephrosis

Question 43

____ is the enlargement of the ureter.

Answer 43

Hydroureter

Question 44

____ is an obstruction that occurs low in the urinary tract due to decreased diameter of the urethra, causing bladder distention before hydrometer and hydronephrosis.

Answer 44

Urethral Stricture

Question 45

____ 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.

Answer 45

Nephrostomy

Question 46

____ is a bacterial infection in the kidney and renal pelvis.

Answer 46

Pyelonephritis

Question 47

Difference in acue and chronic pyelonephritis.

Answer 47

Acute is the active bacterial infection | Chronic results from repeated or continued upper urinary tract infections or the effects of such infections.

Question 48

___- is the reverse or upward flow of urine toward the renal pelvis and kidney.

Answer 48

Reflux

Question 49

____ are pockets of infection that can occur anywhere in the kidney.

Answer 49

Abscesses

Question 50

____ is the surgical procedure of stone removal from the kidney.

Answer 50

Pyleolithotomy

Question 51

____ is the surgical removal of the kidney.

Answer 51

Nephrectomy

Question 52

____ is the ureter repair or revision.

Answer 52

Ureteroplasty

Question 53

____ is a condition of increased glomerular permeability that allows larger molecules to pass through the membrane into the urine and then be excreted.

Answer 53

Nephrotic Syndrome

Question 54

____ is a problem of thickening in the nephron blood vessels, resulting in narrowing of the vessel lumens.

Answer 54

Nephrosclerosis

Question 55

____ is an increase in the number of cells in the prostate.

Answer 55

Nodular Tissue Hyperplasia

Question 56

____ is a type of incontinence in which urine leaks around the enlarged prostate causing dribbling.

Answer 56

Overflow urinary Incontinence

Question 57

____ is an abnormal distention of the ureter.

Answer 57

Hydroureter

Question 58

____ is the abnormal enlargement of the kidney caused by a blockage of urine lower in the tract and filling of the kidney with urine

Answer 58

Hydronephrosis

Question 59

____ is the inflammation and possible infection of the prostate.

Answer 59

Prostatitis

Question 60

____ is a technique for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia that uses a variety of heat methods to destroy excess prostate tissue.

Answer 60

Thermotherapy

Question 61

____ is a procedure for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia using low radio frequency energy to shrink the prostate.

Answer 61

Transurethral Needle Ablation (TUNA)

Question 62

____ is a procedure for treating benign prosaic hyperplasia using high temperatures to heat and destroy excess tissue.

Answer 62

Transurethral Microwave Therapy (TUMT)

Question 63

____ is a procedure for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia that uses laser energy to coagulate excess tissue

Answer 63

Interstitial Laser Coagulation (ILC) aka Contact Laser Prostatectomy (CLP)

Question 64

____ is a procedure for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia with high-frequency electrical current to cut and vaporize excess tissue.

Answer 64

Electrovaporization of the Prostate (EVAP)

Question 65

____ is a surgical procedure in which the enlarged portion of the prostate is removed through an endoscopic instrument.

Answer 65

Transurethral Resection of the Prostate | TURP

Question 66

____ is a glycoprotein produced by the prostate. It is used as a screening test for prostate cancer.

Answer 66

Prostate-specific antigen PSA

Question 67

____ is the removal of both testicles.

Answer 67

Bilateral orchiectomy

Question 68

____ is the observation for cancer, without immediate active treatment.

Answer 68

Active Surveillance

Question 69

____ is the inflammation of the rectal mucosa.

Answer 69

Radiation proctitis

Question 70

____ is a term to describe breast tenderness and growth in men.

Answer 70

Gynecomastia

Question 71

____ is an inflammation of the prostate gland.

Answer 71

Prostatitis

Question 72

____ is the inflammation of the epididymis

Answer 72

Epididymitis

Question 73

____ is known as impotence. The inability to achieve or maintain an erection for sexual intercourse

Answer 73

Erectile dysfunction

Question 74

____ is the term for an undescended testis.

Answer 74

Cryptorchidism

Question 75

____ is known as penile swelling.

Answer 75

Tumescence

Question 76

____ is low sperm count.

Answer 76

Oligospermia

Question 77

____ s the absence of living sperm.

Answer 77

Azoospermia