Urinary Flashcards
What organ produces urine and and helps regulate body fluids?
Kidneys
What transports urine to bladder?
Ureter
What serves as the reservoir for urine?
Bladder
What conveys urine to the exterior?
Urethra
The functional unit of the kidneys, filters metabolic waste products from blood plasma and reabsorb water and nutrients
Nephrons
Sudden onset of impaired renal function
Acute Kidney Injury
A lower urinary tract infection(UTI), inflammation of the urethra
Urethritis
A lower UTI, inflammation of the urinary bladder
Cystitis
Upper UTI, the inflammation of the kidneys
Pyelonephritis
What are UTIs normally caused by?
Bacteria from skin or colon
An inflammatory kidney disease, with signs and symptoms of: hematuria, hypertension, joint pain
Lupus Nephritis
An inflammatory kidney disease that results from IgA deposition in the glomeruli
IgA Nephropathy
Comes in an chronic and acute form, an inflammatory kidney disease
Glomerulonephritis
The acute form of glomerulonephritis, occurs 1-4 weeks after streptococcal infection of throat or skin
Acute Poststreptococcal Glomerulonephritis
A condition four times more likely in men, characterized by urinary calculi or uroliths
Kidney Stones
The progressive loss of kidney function over time
Renal Failure
Most common cause of chronic kidney disease, due to inflammation of glomerulus
Diabetic Nephropathy
A chronic kidney disease, caused by kidney injury or atherosclerosis; mainly in people 50+ years old
Hypertensive Kidney Disease
Chronic disease with proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, hyperlipidemia, edema
Nephrotic Syndrome
Complete failure of kidney function ending in death
End Stage Renal Failure
Condition of urine retention within dilated kidney tubules
Hydronephrosis
Slowly progressing inflammation of the glomeruli, leads to glomerular necrosis, chronic kidney disease, and renal failure
Chronic Glomerulonephritis
Loss of bladder control to varying degrees
Urinary Incontinence
Relatively rare cancer, twice as common in men
Renal Cell Carcinoma
Malignant tumor of the kidney pelvis that develops in children
Wilm’s Tumor
Accounts for more than 3% of cancers in men and 1% of cancers in women; 2.5 times more common in smokers
Carcinoma of Bladder
The development of numerous fluid-filled pockets of tissue within the kidney
Polycystic Kidney Disease
Present at birth but asymptomatic until adulthood, characterized by recurring kidney stones
Medullary Sponge Kidney
2 possible types of urinary bladder abnormalities
Malformed Wall or Pouches
Possible urethra abnormalities
Epispadias and Hypospadias
Possible ureter disorders
Duplication, abnormal position, abnormal location of openings, abnormal dilation, constrictions
