Terminology
Urinary System
Factors affecting Elimination
Urinary Assessment
Laboratory Tests
100
Excessive production and excretion of urine
What is polyuria
100
Where urine is stored prior to excretion
What is the bladder?
100
One reason males have problems with urinary elimination
What is an enlarged prostate?
100
Medications that affect the color of the urine
What is antimalarial drugs, laxatives, and metronidazole?
100
Monitors the balance of water and solutes in the urine
What is specific gravity?
200
Another name for urination
What is micturition?
200
Narrow tubes that carry urine to the bladder
What are ureters?
200
Nocturnal enuresis
What is bedwetting?
200
Presence of bacteria, blood, sperm, crystals, or mucus.
What is cloudy urine?
200
May be associated with fever, vigorous exercise, pregnancy and some diseases such as Lupus.
What is urine protein?
300
Waste products found in urine
What is urea?
300
Functional unit of the kidney
What are the nephrons?
300
Anorexia and dehydration
What is are causes of diminished urinary output?
300
Urine odor is sweet and fruity.
What is uncontrolled diabetes?
300
Levels used to evaluate renal function.
What is urea and creatinine?
400
Involuntary passing of urine
What is enuresis?
400
Where filtration takes place in the kidney
What is the glomerulus?
400
According to the book a condition that contributes to urine retention by decreasing awareness of the need to void.
What is anesthesia?
400
Urine odor is strong and unpleasant.
What is a urinary tract infection?
400
Their presence in the urine indicates fat breakdown for energy.
What are ketones?
500
Loss of urine control during activities
What is stress incontinence?
500
The large artery entering the kidney
What is the renal artery
500
Bacteria from the digestive tract usually invade the urethra and multiply.
What is Escherichia coli?
500
Four types of abdominal assessment for the urinary system
What is inspection, auscultation, palpation, percussion?
500
Usually performed to determine the amount of ceatinine cleared through the kidneys?
What is a 24-hour Urine Collection?
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