Vocab
Structures
Functions
Disorders
Pee-pouri
College level Questions
100
Emptying urine from the bladder
What is to urinate or void?
100
What is the bladder?
100
In balancing fluids, if electrolytes are returned to the blood from the urine, then are too
What is low?
100
A child that still wets the bed may suffer from this disorder
What is enuresis?
100
This is the name of the tube that can be inserted in the urethra to obtain urine
What is a catheter?
100
The nurse suspects that a client with polyuria is experiencing water diuresis. This laboratory value would be helpful in diagnosis
What is urine specific gravity?
200
Painful urination
What is dysuria?
200
In females this structure is about 1.5 inches and in males 7-8 inches
What is the urethra
200
This hormone is responsible for stopping your from peeing too much
What is ADH (anti-diuretic hormone)
200
A person that complains of lower back and flank pain may be suffering from this condition
What is renal calculi
200
When blood is detected in the blood it is called this
What is hematuria?
200
A client is complaining of severe flank and abdominal pain. A flat plate of the abdomen shows urolithiasis. This is not an appropriate intervention at this time.
What is limit fluid intake?
300
Urination at night, also known as bedwetting
What is nocturia?
300
Almost any structure or disorder that refers to the kidney starts with this term
What is renal?
300
These are the 3 functions of the urinary system?
What are formation of urine, fluid and electrolyte balance, elimination of urine
300
The GFR is lowest in this stage of chronic renal failure
What is the 3rd stage?
300
This is a tool that is used to detect certain things in the urine that can be helpful in diagnosis
What is urinalysis?
300
A client has passed a renal calculus. The nurse sends the specimen to the laboratory so it can be analyzed for this factor
What is composition of the stones?
400
Small amount of urine
What is oliguria?
400
This structure is the tube that connects the kidneys to the bladder
What are the ureters?
400
This part of the formation of urine primarily occurs in the proximal and distal tubules
What is reabsorption?
400
Women are more predisposed to having this condition due to the length of their urethra
What is cystitis?
400
Kidneys are positioned in the body in this way
What is retroperitoneal?
400
When providing discharge teaching for a client with uric acid calculi, the nurse should make an instruction to avoid this type of diet
What is high-calcium?
500
presence of urea and waste products in the blood
What is uremia?
500
The opening of the urethra that urine leaves the body through
What is the urinary meatus?
500
This hormone is released when blood pressure drops
What is aldosterone?
500
This is an inflammation in the filtration system of the kidney
What is glomerulonephritis?
500
A patient urinalysis shows blood, protein, and leukocytes. They may be suffering from this condition
What is a urinary tract infection (or cystitis)?
500
Dialysis allows for the exchange of particles across a semipermeable membrane by this action
What is osmosis and diffusion?