Structures
Ren/o and Nephr/o
What are the combining forms for kidney?
The cluster of capillaries that filter blood.
What is the glomerulus?
Ureters
What are the pair of narrow tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder?
Examination of urine components.
What is urinalysis or UA?
inflammation of the bladder.
What is cystitis?
Outer layer of the kidney.
What is the cortex?
Urine is collected in this area before entering the ureters.
What is the renal pelvis?
Cyst/o
What is the combining form for bladder?
A puncture of the bladder with a needle and syringe in order to collect urine.
What is cystocentesis?
Invasion of microorganisms in the urinary system.
What is urinary tract infection or UTI?
Blood flows into each kidney via the renal artery and leaves the kidney via the renal vein. This process of removing waste by the kidney depends on this blood flow.
What is filtration?
Cup shaped structure that contains the glomerulus.
What is Bowman's capsule?
Urethra
What is the tube extending from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body?
Insertion of a tube through the urethra into the urinary bladder.
What is urinary catheterization?
Surgical removal of a kidney.
What is a nephrectomy?
The inner layer of the kidney.
What is the medulla?
Hollow tubes located between Bowman's capsule and the loops of Henle that are involved in reabsorption.
What are proximal convoluted tubules?
Hormone released by the posterior pituitary gland that suppresses urine formation by reabsorbing more water.
What is Anti-diuretic hormone or ADH?
Complete suppression of urine production.
What is anuria?
Cystotomy
What is surgical incision into the urinary bladder?
The functional unit of the kidney.
What is the nephron?
U-shaped tubule that dips down from the cortex into the medulla and is involved in reabsorption. It has an ascending and descending loop.
What is the loop of Henle?
An animal's condition where darker colored urine and more concentrated urine is produced.
What is dehydration?
Glucosuria
What is the presence of glucose in the urine?
Urolith
What is a bladder stone?