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Urinary System Flashcards

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1
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albumin/o (albumin/oid)

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albumin, protein

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-oid

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resembling

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bacteri/o (bacteri/uria)

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bacteria

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cyst/o (cyst/o/scope)

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bladder

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vesic/o (vesic/o/cele)

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bladder

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-cele

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hernia, swelling

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glomerul/o (glomerul/o/pathy)

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glomerulus

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kal/i (kal/i/ur/esis)

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patassium

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-esis

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condtion

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keton/o (keton/uria)

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ketone bodies

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lith/o (lith/o/tripsy)

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stone, calculus

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meat/o (meat/o/tomy)

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opening, meatus

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nephr/o (nephr/o/pexy)

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kideny

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ren/o (ren/al)

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kidney

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noct/o (noct/uria)

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night

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olig/o (olig/uria)

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scanty

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py/o (py/uria)

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pus

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pyel/o (pyel/o/plasty)

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renal pelvis

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ur/o (ur/o/lith)

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urine, urinary tract

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ureter/o (ureter/ectasis)

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ureter

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-ectasis

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dilation, expansion

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urethr/o (urethr/o/stenosis)

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urethra

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-genesis (lith/o/genesis)

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forming; producing; origin

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-iasis (lith/iasis)

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abnormal condition

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-uria (poly/uria)

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urine

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dia- (dia/lysis)

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through, across

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retro- (retro/peritone/al)

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backward, behind

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bladder neck obstruction (BNO)

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Blockage at the base of the bladder that reduces or prevents urine from passing into the urethra

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bladder neck obstruction (BNO)

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Blockage at the base of the bladder that reduces or prevents urine from passing into the urethra

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end-stage renal disease

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Any type of kidney disease in which there is little or no remaining kidney function, requiring the patient to undergo dialysis or kidney transplant for survival

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enuresis

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Involuntary discharge of urine; also called incontinence

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enuresis

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Involuntary discharge of urine; also called incontinence

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fistula

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Abnormal passage from a hollow organ to the surface or from one organ to another

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hydronephrosis

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Abnormal dilation of the renal pelvis and the calyces of one or both kidneys caused by pressure from accumulated urine that cannot flow past an obstruction in the urinary tract

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interstitial cystitis (IC)

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Chronic inflammation of the bladder wall that is not caused by bacterial infection and is not responsive to conventional antibiotic therapy; also called painful bladder syndrome

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nephrotic syndrome

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Loss of large amounts of plasma protein, usually albumin, through urine due to an increased permeability of the glomerular membrane

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neurogenic bladder

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impairment of bladder control as a result of brain, spinal cord, or nerve damage

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polycystic kidney

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Inherited disease in which sacs of fluid called cysts develop in the kidneys

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pyelonephritis

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Infection of the kidney, usually the result of an infection that begins in the urethra or bladder and ascends the ureters to the kidney

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urinary tract infection (UTI)

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An infection, typically of bacterial origin, in any part of the urinary tract, including the kidneys (acute pyelonephritis), bladder (cystitis), or urethra (urethritis)

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vesicoureteral reflux (VUR)

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Disorder caused by the failure of urine to pass through the ureters to the bladder, usually as a result of impairment of the valve between the ureter and bladder or obstruction in the ureter

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Wilms tumor

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Rapidly developing malignant tumor of the kidney that usually occurs in children; also called nephroblastoma

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