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Urinary Tract: Med. Terms Flashcards

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Kidney(s)

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Nephr/o

ren/o

Responsible for removing waste products from the blood

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Renal Pelvis

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pyel/o

collects urine and passes to utreter

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Ureter

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ureter/o

carries urine from kidneys to bladder

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bladder

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cyst/o vesic/o

hollow organ that holds urine

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urethra

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urethr/o

passes urine from bladder to outside the body

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urine

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urin/o ur/o -uria

liquid waste produced by the kidneys

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albumin

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albumin/o

type of protein in urine

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sugar

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glyc/o glycos/o

glucose; in urine sign of diabetes

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stones

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lith/o

form in the kidney and travel through urinary system

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10
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terms that refer to stones

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calculus, calculi (plural)

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Waste product

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urea,

physicians use to diagnose kidney disorders

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UA, ua

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Urinalysis

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KUB

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kidneys, ureter, bladder

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IVP

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intravenous pyelogram

Special x-ray of the kidney, bladder, and ureters

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cath

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catheter, catheterization

Insert a flexible tube into the bladder which helps drain urine

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ARF

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acute renal failure

Sudden failure of kidneys

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CRF

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Chronic renal failure

loss of kideny function slowly over time

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UTI

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urinary tract infection

bacterial infection of bladder or urethra

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BUN

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blood urea nitrogen

test done to see how well kidneys are working

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Micturition, voiding

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urinaction, excretion of urine from the body

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incontinence, enuresis

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involuntary unrination

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olig/o

oliguria

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scanty; few; very little

very little urine produced or excreted

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cystolithotomy

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surgical incision to remove stone from the bladder

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noct/i

nocturia

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night

urinating at night

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uremia

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blood in urine

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-ptosis

nephroptosis

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drooping, sagging, floating

kidneys are floating, drooping, sagging

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-pexy

nephropexy

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surgical fixation

sugical fixation of a floating kidney

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-tripsy

nephrolithotripsy

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surgically crushing

surgical crushing of a stone in the kidney

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hemodialysis

-lysis

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breaking down blood through a process

breaking down, destruction

30
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-rrhaphy

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suturing (stitching)

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diuretic

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agent that increases the amount of urine

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sepsis

septic

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an infection that spreads through the blood stream

pertaining to sepsis

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