Urinary System Procedures

Question 0

Urologist

Answer 0

A physician specializing in the genitourinary tract, which includes kidneys, urinary bladder and urethra if both men and women and the prostate of the testes in men.

Question 1

Nephrologist

Answer 1

A physician specializing in kidney diseases,

Question 2

Cystoscopy

Answer 2

Looking into the urinary bladder with a fiber optic instrument.

Question 3

Intravenous pyelogram

Answer 3

Special X-rays showing the drainage pattern of the kidneys. A due opaque to X-rays is injected into a vein. After a waiting period for the blood and dye to pass through the kidney am X-rays can be taken of the collecting system of the kidney, ureter and bladder.

Question 4

Retrograde pyelogram

Answer 4

Personally, I prefer the Intravenous pyelogram! In this procedure a dye opaque to X-rays is flushed backwards up the urethra and bladder and up the ureters and the kidneys.

Question 5

Voiding cystourethogram

Answer 5

Take this apart starting at the end of the word: an imaging technique (X-Ray) displaying the urethra and bladder while urinating! How did the opaque dye get into the bladder? One guess then see retrograde pyelogram.

Question 6

Dialysis

Answer 6

A procedure for cleaning the blood of waste products in individuals with complete kidney failure or who have had kidneys removed by surgery. With the in-hospital procedure, the patient’s blood is circulated through a machine that removes waste products. The blood is recirculated back into the patient.

Question 7

Lithotripsy

Answer 7

Crushing kidney stones with sound waves.