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Urination
Diseases and Abnormal conditions
Misc.
100
Also known as the urinary system, this is responsible for removing certain waste and excess water from the body.
What is the Excretory System
100
Allows urine to move through the ureter from the kidneys out to the bladder
What is Peristalsis
100
Excessive urination
What is Polyuria
100
Inflammation of the bladder, usually caused bu pathogens entering the urinary meatus.
What is Cystitis
100
Two bean shaped organs on either side of the verterbal column.
What is the kidneys.
200
Tube that carries the urine from the bladder to the outside.
What is the Urethra
200
External opening of urethra
What is Urinary meatus
200
Pus in the urine
What is Pyuria
200
Also called azotemia, this toxic condition that occurs when the kidneys fail and urinary waste products are present in the bloodstream.
What is Uremia
200
Outer section of the kidney
What is Cortex
300
C-shaped structure tha surrounds the glomerulus and is the start if the convoluted tubule.
What is the Bowman's Capsule
300
Funnel-shaped sstructure that is the first section of the ureter.
What is Renal Pelvis
300
painful urination
What is Dysuria
300
An inflammation of the kidney tissue and renal pelvis.
What is Pyelonephritis
300
Albumin in the urine
What is Albuminuria
400
The inner most section of the kidney.
What is The Medulla
400
Also know as urinate or micturate.
What is Void
400
protien in the urine
What is Proteinuria
400
Also known as nephritis, is an inflammation of the glomerulus of the kidney.
What is Glomerulonephritis
400
Two muscular tubes that extend from each kidney to the bladder.
What is the Ureters
500
Microscopic filtering units located inside the kidneys.
What is Nephrons
500
inability to empty the bladder
What is Retention
500
Also known as a kidney stone.
What is Renal Calculus
500
A notched or indented area through which the ureter, nerves, blood vessles abd lymph vessels eneter and leave the kidney.
What is Hilum