Kidney and urinary tract

Question 1

Thrombosis in capilliaries and arterioles due to endothelial injury?

Answer 1

Thromboticmicroangiopathy

Question 2

methos of asessing kidney function

Answer 2

glomerular filtration rate

Question 3

Drug commonly used for UTIs

Answer 3

Nitrofurantoin

Question 4

Type of urine used for a UTI test

Answer 4

mid stream

Question 5

Commonest organism responsible for UTI

Answer 5

escherichia coli (E-coli)

Question 6

combo of oedema, proteinuria, haematuria and renal failure

Answer 6

acute nephritis

Question 7

formatin of calculi in the urinary system

Answer 7

Urolithiasis

Question 8

most common prostatic cancer

Answer 8

adenocarcinoma

Question 9

Congenital tumour abnormality associated with testicular germ cell tumours

Answer 9

Crytochordism

Question 10

Part of kidney containing glomeruli

Answer 10

cortex

Question 11

commonest symptom in bladder cancer

Answer 11

haematuria

Question 12

distension and dilation of the renal pelvis and calyces due to obstructed urinary flow

Answer 12

hydronephrosis

Question 13

Production of an abnormally small ampunt of urine

Answer 13

oliguria

Question 14

Metabolite commonly used to asess renal function it is sensitive but non specific

Answer 14

urea

Question 15

infection of kidney/ renal pelvs

Answer 15

pyelonephritis

Question 16

Breakdown product of muscle metabolism that can be measured to assess renal function

Answer 16

creatinine

Question 17

testiculsr tumour associated with elevated PLAP and hCG

Answer 17

seminoma

Question 18

Type of cells most commonly seen in renal cell carcinoma

Answer 18

clear cell

Question 19

commonest cause of renal artery stenosis

Answer 19

atherosclerosis

Question 20

Method of grading prostatic tumours

Answer 20

gleason