Kidneys
Where do I go?
Abbreviations
Medical Terminology
What is/What are?
100

We have this many kidneys.

Two.

100
I go from the urinary bladder to the outside world.
What is the Urethra?
100

K is the abbreviation for which electrolyte?

Potassium

100

cystitis

What is the medical term for inflammation of the bladder?

100

Potassium and sodium.

What are electrolytes?

200

 The functional (working) units of the kidneys?

What are the nephrons?

200
We carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
What are the ureters?
200

SG is the abbreviation for this term.

What is specific gravity?

200

Medical term for urination

What is micturition or voiding?

200

The term for no urine

What is anuria?

300

Enlargement of the kidneys

What is nephromegaly?

300
I can hold up to 16 ounces of urine before it passes through to the urethra.
What is the urinary bladder?
300

Several tests done on a urine sample is called this

Urinalysis

300

Incision to remove stone

What is a lithotomy?

300

This is the term for multiple cysts in the kidney

Polycystic kidneys

400

The kidney is shaped like this bean.

What is the kidney bean?

400

Sometimes this tube is inserted into the bladder to drain urine

What is a catheter?

400

The abbreviation for sodium is this.

What is Na?

400

The name for bedwetting.

What is enuresis?

400

This is a word for involuntary release of urine

What is incontinence?

500

You can live without your kidneys. True or false.

False

500

Pain associated with a kidney stone

What is renal colic?

500

I&O is the abbreviation for this.

What is intake and output?

500

The name for stones in the kidney

What is nephrolithiasis?

500

A term for swelling of the kidney due to urine collecting in the renal pelvis

What is hydronephrosis?

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