MT of MTAP
The word part for kidney
What is nephr/o?
True or False: as long as 1/3 of one kidney is functioning a person can survive
What is true?
Urine is excreted from each kidney through this tube and transported to the bladder
What is the ureter?
True or False: 1/2 of the total cardiac output is transported directly to the kidneys
What is false?
Inflammation of the bladder
What is cystitis?
The suffix for urine
What is -uria?
What is 500mL?
The first part of the renal tubule
What is the proximal convoluted tube?
Kidneys regulate pH levels by balancing ____ ions
What is hydrogen?
Excessive WBCs in the urine
What is pyuria?
General term for any disease of the kidney
What is nephropathy?
The percentage of water reabsorbed from tubular fluid back into the bloodstream
What is 95%?
Describe Loop of Henle
What is the U-shaped structure of the renal tubule in a nephron?
The outer tissue inside the kidney
What is the cortex?
Impaired kidney function, less than 1/3 functioning
What is renal failure?
DAILY DOUBLE (800pts) Medical term for low levels of protein in the blood
What is hypoproteinemia?
Average urine production each hour is ____mL
What is 56mL?
Another term for expelling or voiding urine. Spell it
What is micturition?
The hilum is the entrance to this cavity in the kidney
What is the renal sinus?
Term meaning presence of stones in the kidney
What is nephrolithiasis?
Term for excessive RBCs (blood) in the urine
What is hematuria?
The renal arteries supply the kidneys with ____mL of blood every minute
What is 1200mL?
This eventually narrows to form the ureter
What is the renal pelvis?
Layer of the external kidney that protects from infection
What is the renal capsule?
DAILY DOUBLE (1000pts) When nitrogenous waste and urea accumulate in the blood and become toxic due to poor kidney filtration
What is uremia?
This term describes a catheter placed through the abdomen to reach the bladder
What is suprapubic?
What is 3.8cm? (will accept ~1 inch)
The bladder is situated posteriorly to this joint
What is the pubic symphysis?
The range (#) of renal pyramids that make up the medulla of a kidney
What is 8 to 18?
Neurologic dysfunction resulting in involuntary leaking or voiding of urine
What is urinary incontinence?