Terminology
What does -trispsy mean?
Crushing
What is the name of the unit which consists of a renal tubule and a glomerulus?
What is a nephron?
What is the process of separating nitrogenous waste materials from the blood?
What is dialysis?
What is the inflammation of the glomeruli called?
What is glomerulonephritis?
What does dips/o mean?
Thirst
What does vesic/o mean?
Urinary bladder
What is the name of one of the two tubes leading to the urinary bladder called?
What is the ureter?
What is the image of urinary tract structures using high frequency sound waves?
What is ultrasonography?
What is the group of signs and symptoms caused by excessive protein loss in urine called?
What is the Nephrotic syndrome?
What does natr/o mean?
Sodium
What does -Azot/o mean?
Nitrogen
What is the triangular area in the urinary bladder called?
What is the trigone?
What is the test that measures the urea levels in the blood?
What is the Blood Urea Nitrogen Test (BUN Test)?
What is the inflammation of the lining of the renal pelvis and renal parenchyma called?
What is pyelonephritis?
What does pyel/o mean?
What is the renal pelvis?
What does -olig/o mean?
Scanty
What is the depression in the kidney where the renal vein and artery enters the organ called?
What is the Hilum?
What is the procedure where dialation of marrowed areas in renal arteries?
What is the renal angioplasty?
What is it called when the body's insulin is not secreted adequately or tissues are resistant to its effects?
What is Diabetes Mellitus (DM)?
What does -poietin mean?
What is the substance that forms?
What is the active form of vitamin D, secreted by the kidney called?
What is Calciferol?
What is the cup-like collecting region of the region of the renal pelvis called?
What is the calyx?
What is the procedure where an X-ray image of the renal pelvis and the ureters are taken after the injection of contrast through a urinary catheter into the ureters from the bladder?
What is the retrograde pyelogram?
What is called when inflammation of connective tissue that lies between the renal tubules occurs?
What is Interstitial Nephritis?
What is the hormone secreted by the kidney to to stimulate production of red blood cells?
Erythropoietin