Urinary

Question 1

Symptoms of the urinary system

Answer 1

nausea, loss of appetite, fever, headache and body aches, flank or low back pain, edema, hematuria, decreased urinary output, hypertension, pruritus

Question 2

Acute glomerulonephritis

Answer 2

Swelling of the glomeruli

Question 3

Glomerulus

Answer 3

A ball of capillaries surrounded by Bowman’s capsule in the nephron and serving as the site of filtration in the vertebrae kidney

Question 4

CGN

Answer 4

chronic glomerulonephritis noninfectious causes a reduction in filtration

Question 5

Oliguria

Answer 5

Decreased urine output

Question 6

Azotemia

Answer 6

(excessive) urea and nitrogenous substances in the blood

Question 7

Creatine

Answer 7

An energy storage molecule used by muscle tissue. The phosphate from creatine phosphate can be removed and attached to an ADP to generate ATP quickly.

Question 8

Dialysis

Answer 8

A procedure to remove waste products from the blood of patients whose kidneys no longer function

Question 9

Hemodialysis

Answer 9

Dialysis of the blood to remove toxic substances or metabolic wastes from the bloodstream

Question 10

Peritoneal dialysis

Answer 10

A procedure performed in the peritoneal cavity in which the peritoneum acts as the semipermeable membrane

Question 11

Immunosuppressive

Answer 11

Having the property of suppressing the body’s immune response to antigens

Question 12

Nephrosis

Answer 12

Loses excessive amount of protein in urine caused by increased permeability to the glomerulus

Question 13

ARF

Answer 13

A syndrome characterized by abrupt deterioration of renal function, occurs over a period of hours to days

Question 14

Nephrotoxic

Answer 14

Ability to damage the kidneys

Question 15

CRF

Answer 15

Chronic Renal Failure results from loss of nephrons

Question 16

Pyelonephritis

Answer 16

An infection of the renal pelvis & interstitium that will cause the kidney to shrink, scar, and become irregular shape. Common causes are kidney stones, vesicoureteral reflux (chronic reflux of urine up ureter), pregnancy, neurogenic bladder, instrumentation (organisms brought in by catheters, scopes, etc) and female sexual trauma

Question 17

Catheterization

Answer 17

Insertion of a tube through the urethra and into the urinary bladder for the purpose of withdrawing urine or inserting dye

Question 18

Hydronephrosis

Answer 18

abnormal diltaton of the renal pelvis caused by pressure form urine that cannot flow past an obstruction in the urinary tract

Question 19

Renal calculi

Answer 19

stones in the kidney or urinary tract formed by concentration of various mineral salts

Question 20

Lithotripsy

Answer 20

Crushing stones by sound waves

Question 21

Cystitis

Answer 21

Inflammation of the urinary bladder

Question 22

Urethritis

Answer 22

Inflammation of the urethra

Question 23

Diabetic nephropathy

Answer 23

renal change from diabetes mellitus; expected in all patients with type 1; changes are glomerulosclerosis

Question 24

Polycystic kidney

Answer 24

An inherited disorder characterized by multiple, bilateral, graplike clusters of fluid filled cysts that grossly enlarge the kidneys, compressing and eventually replacing functioning renal tissue.

Question 25

Neurogenic bladder

Answer 25

dysfunction of the urinary bladder that consists of difficulty in emptying the bladder or urinary incontinence

Question 26

Stress incontinence

Answer 26

the inability to control the voiding of urine under physical stress such as running, sneezing, laughing, or coughing

Question 27

Renal cell carcinoma

Answer 27

cancerous tumor of the kidney in adulthood; renal cortex

Question 28

Nephrectomy

Answer 28

Surgical removal of a kidney

Question 29

Bladder tumors

Answer 29

involve transitional epithelium (urothelium) that lines that the surface of the bladder