Inner Workings
These bean-shaped organs perform the crucial tasks of filtering metabolic waste products, ions, and excess water from the blood
What are the kidneys?
These two combining forms are the medical roots for "kidney"
What are nephr/o and ren/o?
This abbreviation refers to a quick baseline X-ray snapshot of the kidneys, ureters, and bladde
What is KUB?
This medical term refers to the abnormal condition of kidney stones
What is nephrolithiasis?
This surgical procedure involves the complete removal of a kidney due to severe damage or dysfunction
What is a nephrectomy?
This basic structural and functional unit of the kidney totals over one million in the renal cortex
What is the nephron?
This suffix refers to "urination" or a "condition of urine"
What is -uria?
his diagnostic test uses injected contrast dye to specifically visualize the renal pelvis and detect cysts or tumors
What is an IVP (Intravenous Pyelogram)?
This hereditary disease is characterized by the development of many fluid-filled sacs in the kidney, leading to impaired function
What is Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)?
This procedure uses high-energy shock waves to crush kidney or ureter stones into tiny, passable pieces
What is lithotripsy?
In the three-step process of urine formation, this specific step involves the blood reclaiming 99% of useful substances like water and glucose
What is reabsorption?
The combining form "pyel/o" refers specifically to this widened, funnel-like part of the kidney
What is the renal pelvis?
This imaging method uses a camera to visualize the inside of the bladder
What is cystoscopy?
When a medical assistant charts this term, they are indicating the complete absence of urine production
What is anuria?
This procedure involves inserting a flexible tube through the urethra to drain the bladder
What is urinary catheterization?
This hormone, produced by the kidneys, is responsible for stimulating red blood cell production
What is erythropoietin?
These 2 combining forms refer to stones produced within the urinary system
What is calcul/o and lith/o?
A "positive" result for this indicator on a dipstick urinalysis typically points to fat catabolism or breakdown
What are ketones?
This condition describes the loss of voluntary control over the discharge of urine from the bladder
What is urinary incontinence or enuresis?
This treatment receives waste-filled blood, cleanses it, and returns it to the patient's body
What is hemodialysis?
This structural triangle at the base of the bladder is formed by two ureteral openings and the internal urethral openinG
What is the trigone?
This word part refers to the part of the body that is a dialysis site, with some kidney function still present
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What is peritone/o?
This specific diagnostic procedure involves taking X-rays while the patient is expelling urine from the bladder
What is a VCUG (Voiding Cystourethrogram)?
This Condition refers to the inflammation of both the renal pelvis lining and the functional tissue of the kidney
What is pyelonephritis?
This type of dialysis can often be performed at home and "takes the load off the kidneys"
What is peritoneal dialysis?