Anatomy Shenanigans
This is the functional unit of the kidney
What is the nephron?
A creatinine bump is a clinical indicator, not automatically this diagnosis
What is Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)?
Two words that clearly show cause and effect linkage
What is 'due to' ?
This catheter goes through the urethra into the bladder and stays in place to drain urine
What is a Foley catheter?
This is the medical word for peeing a lot at night
What is nocturia?
This kidney-made hormone signals the bone marrow to increase red blood cell production
What is erythropoietin (EPO)?
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) linked to dehydration best fits this AKI type
What is 'prerenal' ?
Two words that often mean 'past problem', not necessarily active today
What is 'history of' ?
This is the 'in-and-out' catheter used to drain the bladder one time
What is a straight catheter?
This urine finding means blood in the urine
What is hematuria?
This muscle contracts to empty the bladder
What is the detrusor muscle?
This missing detail causes Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) confusion: the patient's ____ creatinine
What is baseline?
This phrase often shows association, not a true cause - it may need a query
What is 'in the setting of' ?
This tube drains urine directly from the kidney when there is obstruction
What is a nephrostomy tube?
The medical word for painful urination
What is dysuria?
Urine moves down the ureters by this wave-like smooth muscle motion
What is peristalsis?
Long-term kidney disease is called this
What is chronic kidney disease (CKD)?
This phrase often signals a plan, not a confirmed diagnosis
What is 'covering for' ?
This device sits in the ureter to keep urine flowing from kidney to bladder
What is urethral stent?
This term means pus/white cells in the urine
What is pyuria?
This body system includes the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra
What is the urinary system?
The kidney's filter unit that gets damaged in many kidney diseases
What is the glomerulus?
This phrase usually means the diagnosis is still being worked up, not confirmed
What is 'Rule Out' ?
This catheter drains the bladder through an opening in the lower abdomen instead of the urethra
What is suprapubic catheter?
The medical word for peeing very little
What is oliguria?