Key Terms
Function of Kidney
Medical Terminology
Nephrology facts
nephrology terms/diagnostic terms
100
Mineral salts (Na, K, Ca) that carry an electrical charge in solution.
What is electrolytes?
100
Fluid that passes from the blood through the capillary walls of the glomeruli of the kidney.
What is filtrate?
100
Cyst/o, vesic/o
What is bladder?
100
This contains ntirogenous wastes, uric acid, ammonia, and creatinine.
What is the composition of urine?
100
Absence of urine.
What is anuria?
200
Products of cellular metabolism that contain nitrogen.
What is nitrogenous wastes?
200
This hormone act on bone marrow to stimulate production of red blood cells when blood oxygen levels are low.
What is erythropoietin?
200
lith/o
What is glomerulus?
200
These two combined decreases the secretion of aldosterone by the adrenal cortex.
What is Atrial natriuretic peptide and brain natriuretic peptide (ANP and BNP)?
200
Involuntary discharge of urine; also called incontinence
What is enuresis?
300
This encapsulates the glomerulus.
What is Bowman's capsule?
300
Temporary storage place for urine.
What is urinary bladder?
300
nephr/o, ren/o
What is kidney
300
This hormone stimulates the renal tubules to reabsorb calcium and excrete phosphate.
What is the parathyroid hormone?
300
Excessive or frequent urination after going to bed.
What is nocturia?
400
The arteriole carries blood from the glomerulus.
What is Efferent arteriole?
400
This is another term for urination.
What is micturation?
400
prostat/o
What is prostate gland?
400
This hormone affects water reabsorption.
What is antidiuretic hormone?
400
Blood test used to detect prostatic disorders, especially prostatic cancer.
What is prostate-specific antigen (PSA)?
500
This tubule transports newly formed urine to the renal pelvis for excretion by the kidneys.
What is Collecting tubule?
500
These microscopic structures are responsible for maintaining homeostasis by continually adjusting and regulating the contents of blood plasma.
What is the nephron?
500
-spadias
What is slit, fissure?
500
ADH works on this tubule to determine its permeability to water.
What is Collecting tubule?
500
Test that determines the causative organis of a diease and how the organism responds to various antibiotics.
What is Culture and sensitivity
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