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100
Acute renal failure
What is ARF?
100
Blood in the urine.
What is hematuria?
100
The parenchyma of the kidneys.
What are the nephrons?
100
A lab test to determine what pathogen caused the infection and what antibiotic to use for treatment.
What is C&S?
100
Calcul/o
What is stone?
200
Urinalysis
What is UA?
200
Involuntary urination during sleep, also called bedwetting.
What is enuresis?
200
This tube drains urine from the kidneys to the bladder.
What is ureters?
200
Generalized test for checking the urine?
What is urinalysis (UA)?
200
Mictur/i
What is making urine?
300
An x-ray of the urinary system.
What is KUB?
300
Difficult or painful urination.
What is dysuria?
300
The kidneys are located in this space.
What is the retroperitoneal space?
300
A diagnostic procedure done by inserting an instrument through the urethra to view the bladder.
What is a cystoscopy?
300
Pyel/o
What is renal pelvis?
400
X-ray of the urinary system using contrast dye.
What is IVP?
400
Protein in the urine.
What is albuminuria?
400
This movement (process) propels urine through the ureters to the bladder with wave-like contractions.
What is peristalsis?
400
This surgical procedure repairs nephroptosis.
What is a nephropexy?
400
Vesic/o
What is bladder or fluid-filled sack?
500
Final, irreversible stage of chronic renal failure.
What is ESRD? (end stage renal disease)
500
This condition is often found in diabetic patients who metabolize fat instead of glucose for energy.
What is ketonuria?
500
The area of indentation located on the medial surface of the kidney; renal artery enters here and the renal vein and ureter exit here.
What is the hilum?
500
Stress urinary incontinence can be fixed with this surgical procedure.
What is bladder neck suspension surgery?
500
3 functions of the urinary system (except urine production)
What are: filters blood, stores urine, regulates blood volume and pressure, controls levels of electrolytes, regulates blood pH