Vocabulary
Opening or canal
What is meatus
Meatal stenosis
What is narrowing of urethral opening to the outside of the body
X-ray image of the urinary tract
What is KUB film
Glomerular means pertaining to:
What is Small balls of capillaries in the kidney
Childhood renal carcinoma
What is Wilms tumor
Blood vessels that carry blood to the kidney
What is renal artery
Surrounding the urinary bladder
What is Perivesical
Use of an artificial kidney machine
What is Hemodialysis
What is urea, uric acid and creatinine
Define dips/o
What is thirst
Process whereby some substances, not all, pass through a filter
What is filtration
Urine is held in the bladder
What is urinary retention
Nephrolithotomy
What is incision to remove a renal calculus
Absence of no urine production
What is Anuria
Direct visualization of the urethra and urinary bladder with a cystoscope
What is cystoscopy
What is medulla
Nephrosclerosis
What is hardening of blood vessels in the kidney
Test that measures the amount of urea in the blood
What is BUN
High levels of ketones in the blood can lead to
What is Acidosis
Process of separating nitrogenous waste materials from the blood
What is dialysis
Process of expelling urine
What is voiding, micturition, or urination
What is trigone
The use of shock waves to crush urinary tract stones
What is Lithotripsy
The smallest arteries
What is arterioles
Removal of kidney tissue for microscopic examination
What is renal biopsy