Session 29: Urinary System Flashcards
BPH
Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy
BUN
Blood Urea Nitrogen
CRD/CRF
Chronic Renal Disease/Failure
Enourein
to pass urine
nocturnal enuresis
bed wetting
GFR
glomerular filtration rate
IVP
intravenous pyelography
nephro-
kidney
nephropathy
disease of the kidney
pollaki-
often
pollakiuria
abnormally frequent urination
Sp Gr
Specific Gravity
Sp Gr
Specific Gravity
spectro-
image
spectrometer
instrument that measures index of light relection
UA
urinanalysis
-uresis
urination
anuresis
urine retention
uretero-
urine tube from the kidney to the bladder
ureter
urine tube from the kidney to the bladder
ureterolith (yur-re-ter-ro-lith)
a calculus (stone) in the ureter
urethro-
urine tube from the bladder to the outside
urethra
urine tube from the bladder to the outside
-uria
urine