Urinary Word Terms
In the word cystectomy, How many elements?
Name the elements.
2, root and suffix
What is the name for the juvenile type of diabetes?
Diabetes Mellitus Type I
In a urinalysis, you noted that a white film was at the top of the urine specimen, this represents what type of urine?
pyuria
Excessive urination is called?
Polyuria or diuresis
The outer region of the kidney is called?
cortex
In the term Nephrolithiasis, Nephro represents what word element?
Combining form
What urinary disorder occurs in children under the age of 12 that is hereditary?
Wilm's Tumor
What part of the urinalysis indicates when a urine sample is cloudy?
Appearance
Accumulation of fluid in the tissues at the distal ends of the extremities is called?
Edema
What functional unit structure in the kidney secretes drugs in the urine?
The nephron
What is the term that means "record of the bladder and organ leaving the bladder?
Cystourethrogram
Pyelonephritis is the inflammation of what urinary structure?
Renal pelvis
Abnormal particles seen at the bottom of a urine sample represents what part of the urinalysis?
sediments
The inability to hold urine is in the bladder is called?
Urinary Incontinence
After urine is made in the kidney, it then enters what urinary structure?
ureter
What is the correct spelling of sugar in the urine?
Glycosuria
What is the urinary disorder that has multiple sacs in and on the surface of the kidney is called?
Poly cystic Kidney Disease
What radiology procedure that examines the main part of the urinary system is called?
KUB known as an Xray of the kidney, ureter, and bladder
No urine production is called?
Anuria
What is the opening called where urine exits the body?
Urinary meatus
Define Nephrolithiasis using medical terminology rules
Abnormal condition of a stone in the kidney
An untreated UTI can develop into the disorder called?
Pyelonephritis
What is the urinary procedure that instills contrast into a vein and assesses the renal pelvis with an X-ray called?
IVP which is a intravenous pyelogram
What is the term for involuntary urination, especially by children at night called?
Enuresis
What is the function unit of the kidney where the three steps of urine production takes place?
What are the three steps of urine production?
nephron; filtration, reabsorption, and secretion