The medical term for the folds in the mucous membrane lining of the bladder.
What are rugae?
100
The first section of the ureter, funnel shaped and receives urine from the tubules.
What is the renal pelvis?
100
The amount of urine that should be sent to the laboratory for a routine specimen.
What is 120 cc's.
100
The medical term for involuntary urination.
What is incontinence?
100
The information that would be charted as a patient's output (in cc's).
What is liquid BM's, emesis, urine, and drainage from tubes.
200
Two muscular tubes that take urine from the kidneys to the bladder.
What are ureters?
200
The vessels which brings blood from the body to the kidney to be filtered.
What is the renal artery?
200
What would be recorded on a resident's fluid intake record.
What is anything that is liquid at room temperature. Water, ice, jello, ice cream, etc.
200
The term for the c-shaped structure surrounding the glomerulus in the kidney?
What is Bowman's capsule?
200
How we would instruct a patient to provide a clean-catch or mid-stream urine sample
What is to clean the meatus with provided cleaner, begin to void, stop, place the cup under the stream of urine, fill the cup, finish voiding into the toilet.
300
A medical term for inflammation of the kidneys.
What is nephritis?
300
The section of the kidney which contains the largest portion of the nephrons.
What is the cortex?
300
The amount of intake you would record if your patient drank 5 oz of water.
What is 150 cc?
300
The term for the cluster of capillaries within the nephron.
What is glomerulus?
300
How the kidneys are protected within the body.
What is a heavy cushion of fat, the lower ribs, and a tough, fibrous covering.
400
Why women are more prone to UTI's than males.
What their urethra's are shorter and closer to bacteria.
400
The medical term for the buildup of urinary waste products in the bloodstream due to renal failure.
What is uremia?
400
How many ounces are in one cubic centimeter (cc).
What is 30 oz?
400
Medical term for the microscopic filtering unit in the kidney.
What is nephron?
400
Bacteria, viruses, and chemical solutions (like bubble baths) can cause urethritis. True or False?
What is true?
500
The 2 primary purposes (functions) of the renal system.
What maintaining pH and ridding the body of excess fluid and wastes.
500
The procedure used to crush renal calculi in which sound/shock waves are used.
What is lithotripsy?
500
A unit of blood is approx. 1 pint. How many cc's (or mL's) would you record on the intake record if a patient received a unit of blood?
What is 500 mL?
500
Medical term for the outer section of the kidney.
What is the renal cortex?
500
How a nurse aid would begin a 24 hour urine collection.