Anatomy
Hypoechoic outter region
What is the cortex
Process of disposing metabolic waste
What is excretion
The lack of formation of the kidneys
What is Renal Agenesis
A back up of urine caused by obstruction
What is hydronephrosis
Most common primary cancer
What is renal cell carcinoma(RCC)
Muscular sac that collects the urine
What is the bladder
Functional unit of the kidney
What are nephrons
What is a dromedary hump
These look like deer antlers with shadows
What are Staghorn calculi (stones)
Pediatric renal cancer
What is nephroblastoma
Encases the kidneys, adrenal glands and perinephric fat
What is Gerota's fascia
Funnel urine produced by the nephrons into the cayleces
What are pyramids
Kidneys fused at the inferior poles
What is a horse shoe kidney
Half of senior citizens have at least one
What are renal cysts
Cystic enlargement of the distal end of the ureter
What is a ureterocele
Parenchymal tissue between the pyramids
What are columns of Bertin
Drain urine from the kidneys into the bladder
What are ureters
Lumpy bumpy baby kidney
Fetal lobulation
Echogenic pyramids caused by calcifications
What is Medullary sponge kidney
Lethal invasion of cysts seen in fetuses
Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease
Most echogenic part of the kidney
What is the sinus
Most reliable laboratory test for the kidneys
What is (serum) creatinine
Pelvis Kidney
Herniation of the bladder wall
What is bladder divertuculum
Reversable type of renal failure
Acute tubular necrosis