Urinary System Flashcards
Kidney
Calyx
Renal artery
Renal cortex
Renal medula
Renal palvis
Renal vein
Nephron
Renal corpuscle
Glomerulus
One of several capillaries clusters at the end of each nephron, the indicates the process of filtering of the blood
Glomerular capsule or Bowman’s capsule
Sac that surrounds the glamorous (tuft or capillaries) and marks the beginning of the nephron
Afferent arteriole
Blood vessel that supplies the nephron
Collecting duct
Distal convoluted tubule (DCT)
Efferent arteriole
Nephron loop
Peritubular capillaries
Proximal convoluted tubule (PCT)
Ureter
Urethra
Urinary bladder
Detrusor muscle
External urethral orifice
Trigone of bladder
Urine
Albumin/o
Bacteri/o
Cyst/o
Enur/o
Glomerul/o
Glyc/o or Glycos/o
Hemat/o
Hydr/o
Lith/o
Meat/o
Nephr/o
Noct/i
Olig/o
Py/o
Pyel/o
Ren/o
Son/o
Ureter/o
Urethr/o
Ur/o or urin/o
Vesicul/o or vesic/o
Dys-
Gluco-
Poly-
Ure-
-cele
-emia
-iasis
-esis
-lith
-lysis
-ptosis
-scopy
-stenosis
-stomy
-tripsy
-uria
Cystic or vesical
Genitourinary (GU)
Meatal
Micturate
Micturition
Nephric or renal
Ureteral
Urethral
Urinary
Urinate or void
Albuminuria
Anuria
Bacteriuria
Cystitis
Cystocele
Cystolith
Diuresis
Dysuria
End-stage renal disease (ESRD) or renal failure
Enuresis
Epispadias
Glomerulonephritis
Glucosuria or glycosuria
Hematuria
Hydronephrosis
Hydroureter
Hypospadias
Nephritis
Nephrolith or renal calculus
Nephrolithiasis
Nephromegaly
Nephroptosis
Epispadias
Hypospadias
Nocturia
Nocturnal enuresis
Oliguria
Polycystic kidney disease
Polyuria
Proteinuria
Pyelitis
Pyelonephritis
Pyuria
Renal failure
Renal hypertension
Stress urinary incontinence (SUI)
Stricture
Uremia
Ureteritis
Ureterocele
Ureterolith
Ureterostenosis
Urethral stenosis
Urethritis
Urinary retention
Urinary suppression
Urinary tract infection (UTI)
Urge incontinence
Blood urea nitrogen (BUN)
Creatine clearance test
Specific gravity (SG)
Urinalysis (UA)
Urinometer
Cystogram
Cystography
Cystometrogram
Cystoscope
Cystoscopy
Intravenous pyelography (IVP) or intravenous urography (IVU)
Kidney, ureters and bladder (KUB) x-ray
Nephrogram
Neohrography
Nephroscope
Neohroscopy
Nephrosonography
Nephrotomogram
Renogram
Retrograde pyelogram
Urethroscope
Urethroscopy
Urodynamics
Voiding cystourethrogram (VCUG)
Catheterization (Cath)
Cystectomy
Cystolithotomy
Cystoplasty
Cystorrhaphy
Cystostomy
Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL)
Hemodialysis
Kidney transplant or renal transplant
Lithotomy
Lithotripsy
Meatotomy
Nephrectomy
Nephrolithotomy
Nephrolysis
Nephropexy
Nephrotomy
Peritoneal dialysis
Pyelolithotomy
Pyeloplasty
Ureterectomy
Ureterostomy
Ureterotomy
Urethroplasty
Urethrotomy
Vesicourethral suspension
Antibacterial
Antibiotic
Diuretic
Urinary anagesic
Nephrology
Neohrologist
Urology
Urologist
ARF
BUN
Cath
CMG
CRF
DCT
ESRD
ESWL
GU
IVP
IVU
KUB
PCT
SG
SUI
UA
UTI
VCUG