Lower Urinary Tract Obstruction Important Terms

Question 1

urethral stricture

Answer 1

narrowing of it’s lumen - occurs when infection, injury, or surgical manipulation produces scar that reduces caliber of urethra

Question 2

low bladder wall compliance

Answer 2

bladders loss of ability to stretch and accommodate urine

Question 3

urinary tract infection

Answer 3

inflammation of the urinary epithelium usually caused by bacteria from gut flora

Question 4

cystitis

Answer 4

inflammation of the bladder (most common site of UTI)

Question 5

pyelonephritis

Answer 5

an infection of one or both upper urinary tracts (ureter, renal pelvis, and kidney interstitium)

Question 6

acute glomerulonephritis

Answer 6

inflammation of the glomerulus cause by primary glomerulary injury and is isolated to the kidney

Question 7

secondary glomerular injury