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The Urinary System Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
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Nephr/o, ren/o

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Kidney (removes waste from blood)

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Pyel/o

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Renal pelvis (collects urine and passes to ureter)

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Ureter/o

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Ureter (carries urine from kidneys to bladder)

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Cyst/o, vesic/o

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Bladder (hollow organs thay holds urine)

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Urethr/o

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Urethra (passes urine from bladder to outside of the body)

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Urin/o, ur/o, - uria

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Urine (waste produce from the kidney)

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Albumin/o

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Albumin (type of protein)

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Glyc/o, glycos/o

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Sugar, glucose (sign of diabetes)

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Lith/o

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Stones (form in the kidney and travel through the Urinary system)

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10
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Calculus, calculi

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Terms that refer to stones

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Urea

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Waste product (physicians use to diagnose kidney disorders)

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UA, ua

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Urinalysis

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KUB

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Kidneys, ureter, bladder

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IVP

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Intravenous pyelogram

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Cath

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Catheter, catheterization

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ARF

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Acute renal failure (sudden kidney failure)

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CRF

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Chronic renal failure (loss of kidney function slowly over time)

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UTI

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Urinary tract infection (bacterial infection of bladder or urethra)

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BUN

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Blood urea nitrogen (test done to see how well kidneys are working)

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Micturition,voiding

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Urination

21
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Incontinence, enuresis

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Involuntary urination

22
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Olig/o

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Scanty; few, very little

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Cystolithotomy

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Surgical incision to remove stone from the bladder

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Noct/i

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Night

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Uremia

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Blood in the Urine

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-ptosis

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Drooping, sagging, floating

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-pexy

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Surgical fixation

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-tripsy

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Surgical crushing

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Hemodialysis

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Blood, through, breaking down;destruction

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-lysis

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Breaking down; destruction

31
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Diuretic

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Agent that increases the amount of urine

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Sepsis

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An infection that spreads through the bloodstream

33
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Septic

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Pertaining to sepsis

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