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Urinary Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
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Azotemia

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Accumulation of nitrogenous waste in the bloodstream.

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Cystalgia

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Urinary bladder pain

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Cystolith

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Bladder stone

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Cystorrhagia

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Profuse bleeding from the urinary bladder

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Diuresis

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Increased formation and excretion of urine

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Enuresis

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Involuntary discharge of urine after the age by which bladder control should have been established.

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Glycosuria

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Presence of sugar in the urine

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Nephromalacia

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Kidney is abnormally soft

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Nephrosclerosis

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Kidney tissue has become hardened

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Oliguria

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Producing too little urine

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Renal colic

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Pain caused by a kidney stone

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Uremia

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Accumulation of waste products in the bloodstream associated with renal failure.

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Ureterectasis

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Ureter is stretched out or dilated

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Ureterostenosis

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Ureter has become narrow

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Urethrorrhagia

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Profuse bleeding from the urethra

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Hydronephrosis

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Distinction of the renal pelvis due to urine collecting in the kidney; often a result of the obstruction of the ureter

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Nephroptosis

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Downward displacement of the kidney out of its normal location “floating kidney”

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Pyelitis

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Renal pelvis inflammation

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Cystitis

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Urinary bladder inflammation

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Cystocele

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Protrusion (or herniation) of the urinary bladder into the wall of the vagina

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Interstitial cystitis

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Disease of unknown cause in which there is inflammation and irritation of the bladder.

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Neurogenic bladder

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Loss of nervous control that leads to retention; may be caused by spinal cord injury or multiple sclerosis

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Cystopexy

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Surgical fixation of the urinary bladder.

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Lithotomy

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To cut into an organ for the purpose of removing a stone.

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Nephropexy

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Surgical fixation of a kidney; to anchor it in its normal anatomical position

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