The Kidneys
What organ removes metabolic waste from the blood?
What is the kidney
How many processes are in urine formation?
What are 3
What is a sudden loss of kidney function?
What is acute kidney (renal) failure
What is the most common type of urine sample?
What is random urine specimen
What does the abbreviation Ca stand for?
What is calcium
What is the outer region of the kidney called?
What is the renal cortex.
What are the 3 processes of urine formation?
What is glomerular filtration, tubukar reabsorption, and tubular secretion.
What is the condition in which the kidneys slowly lose their ability to function?
What is chronic kidney (renal) failure
What urine sample is collected after a night's sleep?
What is first morning urine specimen
What does the abbreviation CC stand for?
What is Clean Catch
What is the inner region of the kidney called?
What is the Renal Medulla
Where does glomerular formation take place?
What are the renal corpuscles.
What is the condition referred to as a bladder infection?
What is cystitis
What is the type of collection that requires the patient to collect his/her urine over a 24 hour period?
What is 24 hour urine specimen.
What does the abbreviation RBCs stand for
What s red blood cells (erythrocytes)
What is made up of a renal corpuscle and a renal tubule?
What are Nephrons
In which process do all the needed substances pass through the renal tubule into the blood of the peritubular capillaries?
What is tubular reabsorption.
Which disease is a disorder in which the kidneys enlarge because they are filled with cysts?
What is polycystic kidney disease.
Which type of urine specimen is collected to for culturing to identify the number and types of pathogens present?
What is clean catch (midstream) urine sample
What does the abbreviation CSU stand for?
What is catheter specimen (urine)
What are the 4 parts of the a renal tubule?
What are the proximal convoluted tubule, the nephron loop, the distal convoluted tubule, and the collecting duct.
In which process are drugs, hydrogen ions , and waste products secreted in the urine?
What is tubular secretion.
Commonly referred to as a complicated UTI?
What is pyeloneephriis
Which type of catheter is designed to stay in place within the bladder.
What is the foley catheter
What does the abbreviation O&P stand for?
What is ova and parasites