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The Urinary Tract Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Damage to the tubule cells within the kidneys that results in renal failure

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Acute Tubular Necrosis

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The accumulation of the abnormal protein amyloid in the kidneys and other organs that can lead to organ damage, as well as renal failure

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Amyloidosis

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3
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The excess of urea or other nitrogenous compounds in the blood

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Azotemia

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4
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A measure of the amount of nitrogen in the blood in the form of urea

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Blood Urea Nitrogen

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5
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An extension of the renal cortex located between the the renal pyramids

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Columns of Bertin

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6
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The ability to sonographically distinguish between the normal cortex and medullary portions of the kidney

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Corticomedullary Differentiation

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7
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A chemical waste molecule that is generated from muscle metabolism and excreted in the urine

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Creatinine

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8
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The muscle that controls the appropriate emptying of the urinary bladder

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Detrusor muscle

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9
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Shadowing seen posterior to gas or air

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Dirty Shadowing

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10
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Growing outward

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Exophytic

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Pain in one side of the body between the upper abdomen and the back

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Flank pain

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12
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The fibrous envelope of tissue that surrounds the kidney and adrenal gland

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Gerota Fascia

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13
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Blood within the urine that is visible to the naked eye

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Gross Hematuria

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14
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Form of dialysis that utilizes a machine that essentially acts as a kidney whereby it extracts the patient’s blood, filters it, and returns the filtered blood to the patient

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Hemodialysis

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15
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Maintenance of normal body physiology

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Homeostasis

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16
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Decreased blood volume

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Hypovolemia

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17
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An enzyme found within the blood that may be used to monitor renal function; may also be used as a tumor marker

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Lactate Dehydrogenase

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18
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Division of the duplex collecting system, as in the upper pole moiety and the lower pole moiety

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Moiety

19
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A small mass located on the wall of a structure

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Mural Nodule

20
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The functional of the kidney

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Nephron

21
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A nuclear medicine examination of the urinary bladder and ureters

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Nuclear Cystogram

22
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A small protrusion of tissue

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Papillary Projection

23
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A form of dialysis that uses a solution that is instilled into the abdomen; uses diffusion and osmosis to filter waste products from the blood

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Peritoneal Dialysis

24
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Irregular thin membranes of tissue located within the male posterior urethra that do not allow urine to exit the urethra

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Posterior Urethral Valves

25
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Prune Belly Syndrome

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A syndrome that is a consequence of the abdominal wall musculature being stretched by an extremely enlarged urinary bladder

26
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Pus within the urine

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Pyuria

27
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A sharp pain in the lower back that radiates into the groin and is typically associated with the passage of a urinary stone through the ureter

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Renal Colic

28
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The outer part of the renal parenchyma that is responsible for filtration

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Renal Cortex

29
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A ratio calculated by dividing the highest renal artery velocity by the highest aortic velocity obtained at the level of the renal arteries

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Renal:Aorta Ratio

30
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The inner part of the renal parenchyma that is responsible for absorption

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Renal Medulla

31
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Cone-shaped structures located within the renal medulla that contains part of the nephron

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Renal Pyramids

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The portion of the kidney containing the minor calices, major calices, renal pelvis, and infundibula

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Renal Sinus

33
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Enzyme produced by the kidneys that helps regulate blood pressure

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Renin

34
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An artifact that results from a sound wave interacting with a large acoustic interface that repeatedly bounces back and forth from the interface to the transducer

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Reverberation artifact

35
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A partition separating two or more cavities

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Septation

36
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The combination of a slow systolic upstroke and a decreased systolic velocity

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Tardus-Parvus

37
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Muscular bundle

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Trabeculae

38
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The area within the urinary bladder where the two ureteral orifices and urethral orifice are located

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Trigone of the Urinary Bladder

39
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A pelvic abscess involving the uterine tubes and ovaries that is often caused by pelvic inflammatory disease

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Tubo-Ovarian Abscess

40
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The junction of the ureter and renal pelvis

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Ureteropelvic Junction

41
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The junction of the ureter and urinary bladder

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Ureterovesicular Junction

42
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Inflammation of the urethra

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Urethritits

43
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A radiographic examination that involves the assessment of the urinary bladder and distal ureter for urinary reflux and other abnormalities

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Voiding Cystourethrogram

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