Disorders
This disorder causes symptoms such as a frequent need to use the bathroom, a burning sensation, and itching/redness. What is it?
UTI (Urinary Tract Infection)
What is the purpose of kidney filtration?
The kidneys remove wastes and keep a healthy balance of the water, minerals, elements, and salts that make up your blood.
Structure in the urinary system closest to the ribs
The kidneys
U, Ur-
Urine
What's the term for peeing in a cup to be tested for different things, such as glucose levels?
Urinalysis
What is the common cause of cystitis?
Bacteria, more specifically, e.coli
Stores urine until it's ready to leave the body. When it fills, stretch receptors signal the brain, creating the urge to pee.
The bladder
Surrounding the glomerulus
Bowman's capsule
Pur, Py-
Pus
What is the term for peeing frequently at night?
Nocturia
What procedure sends shock waves through an ultrasound to rid of kidney stones?
Lithotripsy
What is the function of the ureter?
The tube that allows urine to pass from the bladder to the outside of the body.
Inferior to the urethra
Urinary meatus
Lith-
Stone
A drug that increases urinary output
Diuretic
Margaret just had a baby and she (the baby) keeps her up all night. She now has to drink caffeine in the morning to stay up during work. She is dealing with symptoms of uncontrollable pee frequency and anxiety. She peed on herself in the middle of a meeting at work and ran out in embarrassment. What disorder is she dealing with?
Incontinence
What is the function of the glomerulus?
To filter the blood passing through and begin the formation of urine.
Surrounding the outside of the kidney structure
Renal capsule
(Will also accept cortex)
Cyst-
Bladder
What is the difference between anuria and oliguria?
Anuria- Absence of pee (more extreme).
Oliguria- Lack of pee or less than average amounts of pee per day.
Inflammation of the glomerulus (slowly developed, over time)
Chronic glomerulonephritis
What is the function of the renal pelvis?
Where urine collects from the renal pyramids before being funneled into the ureter.
Outermost, right part of the nephron structure
Collecting duct
Cele-
Hernia
The term "to urinate"
Micturate