Urinary system diseases

Question 1

Nephrosis

Answer 1

Noninflammatory disease of kidneys

Question 2

Nephrolith

Answer 2

kidney stone

Question 3

Urethritis

Answer 3

Inflammation of the urethra

Question 4

Nocturia

Answer 4

Frequently getting up and urinating during the night

Question 5

Enuresis

Answer 5

involuntary release of urine, (AKA a bedwetting)

Question 6

Nephrologist

Answer 6

Physician specializing in kidney disease

Question 7

Urologist

Answer 7

Physician specializing in the genitourinary tract, which is kidneys, bladder, urethra of both sexes and prostate and testes in men.

Question 8

Cystoscopy

Answer 8

looking into the urinary bladder with fiberoptic instrument

Question 9

Intravenous pyelogram

Answer 9

X-ray showing drainage pattern of kidneys, by injecting a dye into vein, after waiting for it to pass through kidneys, then X-rays can be taken. (Ureter and bladder)

Question 10

Retrograde pyelogram

Answer 10

A dye is flushed backwards up the urethra and bladder and up the ureters to the kidneys.

Question 11

Voiding cystourethrogram

Answer 11

X-ray of you peeing, done so by using a retrograde pyelogram

Question 12

Dialysis

Answer 12

Procedure for cleansing the blood of waste products in individuals with complete kidney failure or have bad kidneys removed by surgery.

Question 13

Lithotripsy

Answer 13

Crushing kidney stones with sound waves