chapter 9 urinary system, medical terminology

another name for glomerular is?

Browmans capsule

catheter

a flexible tube inserted into the body

hematuria

a major sign of bladder cancer

interstitial cystitis

affects the bladder

glomerulonephritis

affects the kidneys

urethritis

affects the urethra

The ureters carry urine from the kidneys to the?

bladder

BUN

blood test

nephromegaly

enlarged kidney

urgency is

feeling the need to urinate immediately

under normal circumstances _____ _____ ______ should not be found in the urine

glucose, blood , albumin

cyctoscopy

is a visual examination of the urinary bladder

another name for loop of henle

is nephron loop

cystocele

is the bulging of the urinary bladder into the vagina

diureses

is the increased information and secretion of urine

incontinence

is the involuntary discharge of urine

stricture

is the narrowing of a passageway in the urinary system

renal colic

is the pain associated with kidney stone.

the passageways of the urine system are lined with

mucous membrane

urine production takes place in the?

nephrons

which term means drooping kidney?

nephroptosis

the urethra carries urine to the?

outside of the body

which therapeutic measure is used to treat renal failure?

peritoneal dialysis

neurogenic bladder may be caused by a

spinal cord injury

lithomalacia

surgical crushing of a stone

the peritubular capillaries

surround the renal tubules

renel cell carcinoma occurs in which kidney cells?

tubule cells

retrograde pyelography the dye is inserted through the?

urethra

hydronephrosis is caused by an accumulation of _____ in the kidney?

urine

urine is 95%

water

IVP

x-ray visualizes the renal pelvis with dye