Terms
The medical term for no urine production
What is anuria?
This hollow, muscular organ stores urine:
What is the urinary bladder
Urine leaves the kidney by way of the:
What is ureter?
Amount of times per day the average adult voids
What is 5-10 times per day?
What is the simplest way to check urine for the presence of things like bacteria or blood?
What is a urinalysis?
The medical term for excessive urination
What is polyuria or diuresis?
The functional unit of the kidney:
What is a nephron?
The three parts of urine formation?
filtration, reabsorption, and secretion
A patient notices his urine is dark amber-colored and he is voiding very small amounts. The patient is likely?
What is dehydrated?
Involuntary voiding or leakage of urine is?
What is incontinence?
The term for blood in the urine?
What is hematuria?
Tube that leads out of the urinary bladder, and allows urine to exit the body
What is the urethra?
Needing to urinate at night during sleeping hours
What is nocturia?
What is the other name for cystitis?
What is urinary tract infection/Bladder infection?
Painful or difficulty urinating is?
Controls the release of urine from the bladder
What is the sphincter?
These filter about a half cup of blood every minute, removing wastes and extra water to make urine.
What are the kidneys?
This type of urinary incontinence involves a strong sense of urgency, voiding more often then every 2 hours, and bladder spasm
What is Urge urinary incontinence?
Process of filtering the blood through a semipermeable membrane when the kidneys fail
What is hemodialysis?
Medical term for decreased urine output
What is Oliguria?
What is the medical term for pus in the urine?
What is pyuria?
The length of the female urethra is?
The length of the male urethra is?
What is 1.5-2.5 inches long?
What is 8 inches long?
Normal Creatinine Level
0.5-1.2 mg/dL
Healthy kidneys remove creatinine from your blood. This means that a high serum (blood) level may be due to kidney damage.
Artificially created opening on the abdomen for the discharge of urine
What is a urostomy?
With this type of urinary incontinence the patient will experience a loss of urine with increased intra-abdominal pressure such as coughing, laughing, or sneezing
What is stress incontinence?