Test Review Vocab Flashcards
Hydronephrosis
A condition where one or both kidneys become stretched and swollen as the result of build up urine inside them
Calculi
A concretion of material usually mineral salts that forms in an organ or duct of the body
Hypertrophy
An increase and growth of muscle cells
Atrophy
A decrease in size of an organ or tissue
Dysplasia
The presence of cells of an abnormal type within a tissue
Metaplasia
A process whereby one type of mature tissues is replaced by another type of mature tissues not indigenous to that organ or tissue
Pyelonephritis
A bacterial infection causing inflammation of the kidneys
Cystitis
An infections of the bladder that almost always follows bacterial infection in the urine
Anuria
Failure of the kidneys to produce urine
Dysuira
Painful or difficult urinarion
Oliguira
The production of abnormally small amount of urine
Polyuria
Production of abnormally large volumes of dilute urine
Hematuria
Blood in urine
Totemic
Elevated levels of urea and other nitrogen compounds in the blood
Uremia
Raised level in the blood of urea and other nitrogenous waste compounds that are normally eliminated by the kidneys
