Name an upper urinary tract infection
What is Pyelonephritis
What is the functioning unit of the kidney?
What is a nephron
What Glomerular disease syndrome causes protenuria > 3.5g/day
What is nephrotic syndrome
How many stages of kidney disease are there?
5 stages
GFR <15% = ESRD
I can hold up to 600 mls of urine before it passes through to the urethra.
What is the urinary bladder?
Name three functions of the kidneys?
The kidneys regulate water balance,electrolytes and the PH of blood.
What is cystitis?
Inflammation of the bladder
What is the most likely culprit for UTIs?
What is E. coli?
I connect the proximal convoluted tubule and the distal convoluted tubule.
What is the loop of Henle?
Polycystic Kidney Disease- this is a rare autosomal recessive disorder.
others: Medullary cystic disease and Alport Syndrome