Week 6 - Urinary Flashcards

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Refers to the abrupt loss of kidney function. It may be caused from circulatory volume depletion, fluid volume shifts, or infectious disease, just to name a few causes

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Acute Renal Failure

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Inflammatory response when bacteria enter the renal pelvis. The inflammation leads to edema and swelling of the involved tissue

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Pyelonephritis

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Kidney stones can form anywhere in the urinary tract, but usually, they form in the kidney. These stones may travel down the urinary tract with or without resultant damage

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Renal calculi

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A term that encompasses a variety of diseases, most of which are caused by an immunological reaction, that leads to progressive inflammatory changes within the glomerulus

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Acute glomerulonephritis

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Produces a large amount of tasteless urine

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Diabetes Insipidus

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Herniation of bladder into vaginal canal; common when the muscles in the pelvic floor are torn during childbirth

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Cystocele

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