Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures

Question 1

Blood Urea Nitrogen (BUN)

Answer 1

Measures the amount of urea (nitrogenous waste) in the blood.

Question 2

Cystoscopy

Answer 2

Visual examination of the urinary bladder with a cystoscope (endoscope).

Question 3

Kidneys, Ureters, Bladder (KUB)

Answer 3

X ray images of the kidneys and urinary tract made without the use of contrast material.

Question 4

Retrograde Pyelogram (RP)

Answer 4

Contrast material is injected through a catheter into the urethra and bladder and x ray images are taken of the urethra, bladder, and ureters.

Question 5

Voiding Cystourethrogram (VCUG)

Answer 5

X ray films of the bladder and urethra taken after the bladder is filled with a contrast material and while the patient is expelling urine.

Also called cystogram.

Question 6

Urography

Answer 6

X ray imaging of the urinary tract after injection of contrast material; pyelography.