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The toxic condition in which urea and other waste products normally secreted in the urine are retained in the blood stream |
Uremia |
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A chronic inflammation within the walls of the bladder |
Interstitial cystitis |
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Inflammation of the urethra |
Urethritis |
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A stone located in the ureter |
Ureterolith |
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The absence of urine formation by the kidneys |
Anuria |
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A diagnostic procedure to examine the flow of urine from the bladder and through the urethra |
Cystourethrography |
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This kidney disease is the progressive loss of renal function over months or years |
Chronic |
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The medical term meaning scanty urination |
Oliguria |
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Commonly known as bedwetting |
Nocturnal enuresis |
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Narrowing of the urethra |
Urethrostenosis |
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An abnormal opening between the bladder and vagina |
Vesicovaginal |
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Replaces kidney function by filtering waste products directly from the patients blood |
Hemodialysis |
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The placement of a catheter into the bladder through a small incision just above the pubic bone |
Suprapubic catheterization |
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Bleeding from the urethra |
Urethrorrhagia |
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The disorder characterized by the presence of stones in the kidney |
Nephrolithiasis |
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The procedure to remove waste products from the blood of patients whose kidneys no longer function |
Dialysis |
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The final stage of kidney disease |
End-stage |
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The destruction of kidney stones without use of ultrasonic waves traveling through water or gel |
Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy |
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Describes a congenital abnormality in which the urethral opening is on the under surface of the penis in males |
Hypospadias |
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The type of nephritis that involves primarily the glomeruli |
Glomerulonephritis |
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Excessive urination during the night |
Nocturia |
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Excessive urination |
Polyuria |
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The most common underlying cause of nephrotic syndrome |
Glomerulonephritis |
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Which kidney is displaced by the liver? |
Right |
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Cystitis is an inflammation of the bladder usually caused by an ascending organism introduced through the: |
Meatus |
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With nocturnal intermittent peritoneal dialysis, how many overnight exchanges? |
At least six |
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What is transobturator used for? |
Support the bladder and urethra in their proper position |
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Becoming performing an intravenous pyelography, it is extremely important to determine if the patient has an allergic response to what? |
Iodine |
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Which of the following is considered an invasive procedure? |
Catheterization |
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Urinary output |
Anuria |
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This is created by a vascular surgeon who joins an artery and a vein together and makes an opening between the two so that blood flows directly from artery to vein, bypassing the capillaries |
Fistula |
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Renal stones |
Calculi |
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A narrowing of a passageway that interferes with the movement of substances through it's interior |
Stricture |
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The medulla is divided into triangular shaped wedges called renal pyramids with bases toward the cortex and "tops", or renal papillae, emptying into cavities called this |
Calyx |
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Pain or discomfort associated with voiding |
Dysuria |
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This function of the nephron moves substances directly from the blood in the peritubular capillaries into the urine in the distal and collecting tubules |
Secretion |
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A method of kidney stone removal |
Lithotripsy |
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A dropping of the kidneys that occurs in very thin persons as a result of inadequate fatty cushion |
Ptosis |
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Similar to a fistula except it is made with either a synthetic material or treated, sterilized animal vein |
Graft |
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The life preserving service of the kidney is performed by microscopic units called these |
Nephron |
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A tube leading from the bladder to an exit from the body |
Urethra |
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The opening between the clitoris and the vagina within the folds of the labia minora |
Urinary meatus |
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After the kidneys have performed their functions, the waste material, urine, is carried through these, one for each kidney, to temporary storage in the bladder |
Ureter |