Structure
This muscular sac stores urine until it is expelled from the body
What is the Urinary Bladder?
Bedwetting that occurs up to the age of 5 and is a normal part of development
What is Enuresis?
Not drinking enough of this liquid is a major risk factor for developing kidney stones
What is Water?
Doctors prescribe these medications to fight bacterial urinary tract infections.
What are antibiotics?
This structure carries urine from the bladder out of the body
What is the Urethra?
Occurs when your kidneys lose the ability to sufficiently filter waste from your blood
What is Renal Failure?
The kidneys help regulate this by controlling how much sodium the body keeps
What is Blood Pressure?
This surgical procedure replaces a failed kidney with a healthy one from a donor.
What is a kidney transplant?
These hard deposits can form in the kidneys and cause severe pain when passing through the ureter.
What is Kidney stones?
The first step of urine formation where the blood from the renal artery enters the glomerulus
What is Filtration?
This serious condition happens when kidneys suddenly stop working within hours or days
What is Acute Kidney Failure?
This tube carries urine from the kidneys to the bladder
What is the Ureter?
Inflammation of the urinary bladder most commonly caused by E.coli
What is Cystitis?
This vital organ filters waste from the blood to make urine
What are Kidneys?
This symptom occurs when kidneys can't remove excess fluid, causing swelling.
What is edema?
This process uses a machine to filter blood when kidneys fail.
What is dialysis?
The external opening of the urethra where urine exits the body
What is the Urinary Meatus?
Inflammation of the kidney that may be acute or chronic
What is Glomerulonephritis?
This medical procedure uses sound waves to break up large kidney stones
What is lithotripsy?