MAYJOR ORGANS
URINALYSIS
PROCEDURES
ABBREVIATIONS
VOCABULARY
100

One of two bean-shaped organs behind the abdominal cavity on either side of the spine in the lumbar region.

What are kidneys

100

Normal urine is yellow or straw.

What is color

100

During visualization of the urethra and urinary bladder with an endoscope.

What is cystoscopy

100

Na+

What is sodium

100

A tube for injecting and removing fluid.

What is a catheter

200

One of two muscular tubes lined with mucous membrane.

What is ureter

200
Urine should be clear.

What is appearance

200

Process of separating nitrogenous waste materials from the blood.

What is dialysis

200

CrCI

What is creatinine clearance

200

Inflammation of the urinary bladder.

What is cystitis

300

A hollow, muscular sac, that is temporary reservoir for urine?

What is urinary bladder

300

It indicates to what degree a solution is acid or alkaline.

What is pH

300

Urinary tract stones are crushed.

What is lithotripsy

300

ADH

What is antidiuretic hormone

300

Pus in the urine from infection.

What is pyuria

400

A tube that carries urine from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body.

What is urethra

400

Small amounts of this are normally found in the urine but not in sufficient quantity to produce results by ordinary methods of testing.

What is protein

400

Dilation of narrowed areas in renal arteries.

What is renal angioplasty

400

ESWL

What is extracorporal shock wave lithotripsy

400

Kidney machine the emptys waste from the kidney blood stream.

What is hemodialysis

500

The external opening of the urethra.

What is urinary meatus

500

Sugar that is not normally found in urine.

What is glucose

500

Removal of kidney tissue for microscopic examination.

What is renal biopsy

500

UA

What is urinalysis

500

Process of expelling urine

What is voiding