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Urinary System Flashcards

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Nitrogenous waste

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Product of protein metabolism that includes urea , uric acid, creatine, and ammonia

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Bacteri/o

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Bacteria

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Cyst/o

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Bladder

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Vesic/o

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Bladder

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Gomerul/o

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Glomerulus

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Kal/i

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Potassium

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Lith/o

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Stone, calculus

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Meat/o

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Opening, meatus

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Nephr/o

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Kidney

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REN/o

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Kidney

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Noct/o

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Night

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Olig/o

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Scanty

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Py/o

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Pus

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Pyel/o

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Renal pelvis

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Ur/o

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Urine, urinary tract

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Ureter/o

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Ureter

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Urethr/o

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Urethra

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-genesis

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Forming; origin; producing

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19
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-lasis

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Abnormal condition

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-uria

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Urine

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-dia

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Through; across

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Retro-

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Backward; behind

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Urology

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Branch of medicine, concerned with urinary disorders and diseases of the male reproductive system

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Urologist

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Physician who specializes in diagnosis and treatment of genital urinary disorders

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Nephrologist

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Physician who specializes in diseases of the kidney electrolyte, imbalance and renal transplant and dialysis

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Glomerulonephritis

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Inflammation of the glomerular membrane of the nephron

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27
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Hematuria

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Blood in the urine

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Bacteruria

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Bacteria in the urine

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Calculi

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Urolithiasis

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When stones form in the urinary tract

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Nephrolithiasis

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When stones form in the kidney

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Extracorporal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL)

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Pulverizing the stone using concentrated ultrasound, shockwaves generated from a machine outside the body

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Acute tubular necrosis (ATN)

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When the tubular portion of the nephron is injured after ingestion of toxic drugs

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Nephrotoxic ATN

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Oliguria

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Scanty urine production

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Hypercalcemia

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Increase blood levels of calcium

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Anuria

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Absence of urine production, or output

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Cystocele

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Prolapsing or downward displacement of the bladder, due to weakening tissues

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Enuresis

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Involuntary discharge of urine

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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 calyces of one or both kidneys

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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

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Polycystic kidney disease (PKD)

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Inherited disease in which sax of fluid called cyst, develop in the kidneys

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Pyelonephristis

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Infection of the kidney usually that results of infection that begins in the urethra or bladder, and descends the ureter to the kidneys

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Urgency

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Sensation of the need to void immediately

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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

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Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR)

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Disorder caused by the failure of urine to pass through the ureter to the bladder

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Wilms tumor

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Rapidly developing malignant tumor of the kidney that usually occurs in children

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Cystoscopy (cysto)

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Examination of the urinary bladder for evidence of pathology to obtain biopsies of tumors or other growth

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Blood urea nitrogen (BUN)

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Test that determines the amount of nitrogen in blood that comes from urea

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Urinalysis (UA)

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Urine screen test that includes physical observation, chemical test, and microscopic evaluation

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Intravenous pyelography (IVP)

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Imaging of the urinary track after IV injection of a contrast medium

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Voiding cystourethrography

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X-ray of the bladder and urethra performed before during an after voiding a contrast

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Kidney transplant

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Replacement of a diseased kidney with one that is supplied by a compatible donor

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Nephrostomy

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Opening created between the skin and the kidney to drain urine through a tube

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Urethral stent placement

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Insertion of a thin, narrow tube into the ureter to prevent or treat obstruction of urine flow

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Dialysis

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Filtering procedure used to remove fluid and waste products from the blood and correct the electrolyte imbalances

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Hemodialysis

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Dialysis in which an artificial kidney machine receives waste field blood filters it using a solution called dialysate and then returns to dialysis blood to the patient

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Peritoneal dialysis

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Dialysis in which toxic substances are removed from the body by using peritoneal membrane as the filter

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Antibiotics

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Treat bacterial infections of the urinary tract

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Diuretics

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Promote an increase excretion of urine

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BUN

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Blood urea nitrogen 

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Cysto

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Cystoscopy

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ESWL

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Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy

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IVP

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Intravenous pyelogram

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PKD

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Polycystic kidney disease

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UA

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Urinalysis

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UTI

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Urinary tract infection 

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VCUG

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Voiding cystourethrography

70
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VUR

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Vesicoureteral reflux

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