Urinary System 1
When waste and substances that need to be excreted it called
uremia
I sneezed and urinated at the same time what condition do I have
Stress incontinence
The disorder that is characterized by small, hard calcium deposits that form in the kidney and are painful as they pass through the urinary system.
Kidney stones
small amount of urine is called
oliguria
What does the medical abbreviation tid mean?
Three times a day
What does the prefix nephro mean?
kidney
The microscopic filtering unit of the kidney; there are more than 1 million in each kidney
Nephrons
What structure carries blood to the kidney to be filtered?
Renal Artery
People who have kidney damage/disease have to undergo this procedure.
Dialysis
A kidney infection that starts in the bladder and moves up is called
pyelonephritis
What two things protect the kidney?
Fat, ribcage, spine
The structure that carries the urine outside of the body.
Urethra
What is the name of the specialist that you would see for any kidney disorders?
Nephrologist
True or False: The liver is the organ that most people are on a waiting list to be donated.
False
What does the medical abbreviation NKA mean?
No known allergy.
The muscular sac that the ureter dumps urine in to before it is expelled from the body. The name of the muscle is called
detrusor muscle
The long tubes that leave the kidney and dump into the bladder.
Ureters
What disorder is characterized by an excess of protein that builds up in the urine?
Proteinuria
Where does most reabsorption happen in the nephron
proximal convoluted tubule
What does the suffix -ectomy mean?
Removal of
The main organ of the urinary system that filters waste from the blood.
Kidney
What organ eliminates waste in the body, besides the kidney.
Skin, lungs, liver.
An infection in any part of your urinary system, especially in women is called?
Urinary Tract Infection
If you have a urinary disorder/disease, what specialist would you go see?
Urologist
What does the prefix gastro mean?
Stomach