Urinary

Question 1

What organ produces urine and and helps regulate body fluids?

Answer 1

Kidneys

Question 2

What transports urine to bladder?

Answer 2

Ureter

Question 3

What serves as the reservoir for urine?

Answer 3

Bladder

Question 4

What conveys urine to the exterior?

Answer 4

Urethra

Question 5

The functional unit of the kidneys, filters metabolic waste products from blood plasma and reabsorb water and nutrients

Answer 5

Nephrons

Question 6

Sudden onset of impaired renal function

Answer 6

Acute Kidney Injury

Question 7

A lower urinary tract infection(UTI), inflammation of the urethra

Answer 7

Urethritis

Question 8

A lower UTI, inflammation of the urinary bladder

Answer 8

Cystitis

Question 9

Upper UTI, the inflammation of the kidneys

Answer 9

Pyelonephritis

Question 10

What are UTIs normally caused by?

Answer 10

Bacteria from skin or colon

Question 11

An inflammatory kidney disease, with signs and symptoms of: hematuria, hypertension, joint pain

Answer 11

Lupus Nephritis

Question 12

An inflammatory kidney disease that results from IgA deposition in the glomeruli

Answer 12

IgA Nephropathy

Question 13

Comes in an chronic and acute form, an inflammatory kidney disease

Answer 13

Glomerulonephritis

Question 14

The acute form of glomerulonephritis, occurs 1-4 weeks after streptococcal infection of throat or skin

Answer 14

Acute Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis

Question 15

A condition four times more likely in men, characterized by urinary calculi or uroliths

Answer 15

Kidney Stones

Question 16

The progressive loss of kidney function over time

Answer 16

Renal Failure

Question 17

Most common cause of chronic kidney disease, due to inflammation of glomerulus

Answer 17

Diabetic Nephropathy

Question 18

A chronic kidney disease, caused by kidney injury or atherosclerosis; mainly in people 50+ years old

Answer 18

Hypertensive Kidney Disease

Question 19

Chronic disease with proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, hyperlipidemia, edema

Answer 19

Nephrotic Syndrome

Question 20

Complete failure of kidney function ending in death

Answer 20

End Stage Renal Failure

Question 21

Condition of urine retention within dilated kidney tubules

Answer 21

Hydronephrosis

Question 22

Slowly progressing inflammation of the glomeruli, leads to glomerular necrosis, chronic kidney disease, and renal failure

Answer 22

Chronic Glomerulonephritis

Question 23

Loss of bladder control to varying degrees

Answer 23

Urinary Incontinence

Question 24

Relatively rare cancer, twice as common in men

Answer 24

Renal Cell Carcinoma

Question 25

Malignant tumor of the kidney pelvis that develops in children

Answer 25

Wilm’s Tumor

Question 26

Accounts for more than 3% of cancers in men and 1% of cancers in women; 2.5 times more common in smokers

Answer 26

Carcinoma of Bladder

Question 27

The development of numerous fluid-filled pockets of tissue within the kidney

Answer 27

Polycystic Kidney Disease

Question 28

Present at birth but asymptomatic until adulthood, characterized by recurring kidney stones

Answer 28

Medullary Sponge Kidney

Question 29

2 possible types of urinary bladder abnormalities

Answer 29

Malformed Wall or Pouches

Question 30

Possible urethra abnormalities

Answer 30

Epispadias and Hypospadias

Question 31

Possible ureter disorders

Answer 31

Duplication, abnormal position, abnormal location of openings, abnormal dilation, constrictions