Where are your kidneys located?
Your kidneys are located at the upper abdominal area against the back muscles on both the left and right sides of the body.
What is a urinary tract infection?
An infection in any part of your urinary system
Your bladder's main job is to?
Store Urine
What do most long-term dialysis patients want most?
A new kidney
The functional unit of the kidneys is?
1.Neuron
2.Uterus
3. Nephron
Nephron
What functions do the kidneys have?
They remove the waste and extra water from the blood to form urine.
True or False: Drinking water may provide some relief from UTI pain?
True
When it's empty, your bladder is as big as a?
1.Walnut
2. Pear
3. Grapefruit
Pear
What do dialysis treatments do to help you stay healthy?
Dialysis perform the work of your failed kidneys to get rid of your body excess fluids and waste products
Urine that has glucose in it is usually an indicator of?
1. A bacterial infection
2. Diabetes Mellitus
3. Kidney Stones
Diabetes Mellitus
How big are your kidneys?
1. About the size of your head?
2. About the size of your fist.
3. About the size of your eye
2. About the size of your fist
How much urine does the average person pass each day?
About 6 cups of urine daily
How much pee can your bladder hold?
1. 1/2 cups
2. 1 cup
3. 2 cups
2 cups
What is a nephrologist?
A kidney doctor
Which of these is not normally filtered from blood?
1. Blood cells
2. Urea
3. Water
Blood Cells
What happens if your kidneys suddenly stop working?
Then you will need to get a kidney transplant because toxins will start to build up within your body.
To prevent a UTI doctors may recommend what drink?
Cranberry Juice
Most people will pee how many times a day?
6 to 8
Where do kidneys used for transplants come from?
Human cadavers and living or living related donors
Which of these is reabsorbed back into the blood via passport transport?
1. Hydrogen ions
2. Calcium
3. Water
Water
Every day our kidneys perform an essential job of filtering how many liters of blood?
200 liters
How many people in the U.S. visit the doctor each year to be treated for a UTI?
Each year, about 8.1 million will see a doctor for a UTI
An overactive bladder is when?
You have a sudden urges to pee you can't control
What is EPO?
A natural hormone produced by the kidneys to help manufacture red blood cells.
After examining a patient’s urine, a physician has come to the conclusion that the patient is dehydrated and does NOT have diabetes mellitus. What properties would you expect the patient’s urine to have?
1. The urine is light yellow and has a specific gravity less than 1.035.
2. The urine is dark yellow and has a specific gravity greater than 1.035.
3. The urine is dark yellow and has a glucose present.
The urine is dark yellow and has a specific gravity greater than 1.035.