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1
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____ is a term for bladder inflammation that most often occurs with infection.

A

Cystitis

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2
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____ is the term for kidney stones.

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Calculi

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3
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____ is the involuntary bladder emptying

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Incontinence

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4
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____ is a term that describes urination at night.

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Nocturia

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5
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____ is the buildup of nitrogenous waste products in the blood as a result of some degree of kidney impairment.

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Uremia

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6
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____ is a term that describes itching.

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Pruritus

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7
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A ____ is an audible swishing sound produced when the volume of blood or the diameter of the blood vessel changes. Often occurs with blood flow through a narrowed vessel, as in renal artery stenosis.

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Bruit

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____ is the presence of albumin in the urine that is not measurable by a urine dipstick or usual urinalysis procedures.

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Microalbuminuria

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9
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Three types of keytones.

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Acetone
Acetoacetic acid
Beta-hydroxybutyric Acid.

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10
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____ is an enzyme found in some white blood cells especially neutrophils that when present in urine is a sensitive screen for assessing UTI’s.

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Leukoesterase

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11
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____ means going against he normal flow of urine.

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Retrograde

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12
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____ is how most kidney biopsies are performed by going through the skin and other tissues using ultrasound or CT as guidance.

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Percutaneously

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13
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What are the there types of acute lower urinary tract infections?

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Urethritis-urethra
Cystitis-bladder
Prostatitis-prostate

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14
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____ is an upper urinary tract infection in the kidney.

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Pyelonephritis

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15
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____ is a term for the presence of bacteria in the urine.

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Bacteriuria

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16
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____ is an inflammatory condition of the bladder.

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Cystitis

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17
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____ is a rare, chronic inflammatory disease of the entire lower urinary tract (bladder, urethra, and adjacent pelvic muscles) that has no known cause.

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Interstitial cystitis

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18
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____ is the term for the spread of infection from the urinary tract to the bloodstream.

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Urosepsis

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19
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____ is pain or burning with urination.

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Dysuria

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20
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____ is the presence of WBC’s in the urine.

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Pyuria

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21
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____ is an abnormal thickening of the bladder wall caused by urinary retention and obstruction.

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Trabeculation

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22
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____ is an inflammation of the urethra.

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Urethritis

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23
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____ is the involuntary loss of urine when the bladder is over distended.

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Overflow Incontinece

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24
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____ is the surgical removal of the affected area with or without grafting to create a larger opening.

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Urethroplasty

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25
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____ is the control over the time and place of urination and is unique to humans and some domestic animals.

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Continence

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26
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____ is and involuntary loss of urine sever enough to cause social or hygienic problems.

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Incontinence

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27
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____ is the presence of calculi in the urinary tract.

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Urolithiasis

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28
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____ is the formation of stones in the kidney.

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Nephrolithiasis

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29
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____ is the formation of stones in the ureter.

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Ureterolithiasis

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30
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____ is the enlargement of the ureter.

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Hydroureter

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31
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____ is bloody urine.

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Hematuria

32
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____ is enlargement of the kidney caused by blockage of urine lower in the tract and filling of the kidney with urine.

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Hydronephrosis

33
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____ is a term used to describe the pain caused by major manifestation of stones.

A

Renal Colic

34
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____ is a term for scant urine output.

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Oliguria

35
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____is the absence of urine output.

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Anuria

36
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____ is a small tube that is placed in the ureter by ureteroscopy.

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Stent

37
Q

____ is the use of sound, laser, or dry shock waves to break the stone into small fragments.

A

Lithotripsy
aka
Shock Wave Lithotripsy

38
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____ is a term used to describe the inside of the bladder.

A

Intravesical

39
Q

____ is the removal of the bladder and surrounding tissue.

A

Radical Cystectomy

40
Q

____ is an inherited disorder in which fluid-filled cysts develop in the nephrons.

A

Polycystic Kidney Disease

41
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____ is the need to urinate excessively at night.

A

Nocturia

42
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In ____ the kidney enlarges as urine collects in the renal pelvis and kidney tissues.

A

Hydronephrosis

43
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____ is the enlargement of the ureter.

A

Hydroureter

44
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____ is an obstruction that occurs low in the urinary tract due to decreased diameter of the urethra, causing bladder distention before hydrometer and hydronephrosis.

A

Urethral Stricture

45
Q

____ is the surgical creation of an opening directly into the kidney; performed to divert urine externally and prevent further damage to the kidney when a stricture is causing hydronephrosis and cannot be corrected with urologic procedures.

A

Nephrostomy

46
Q

____ is a bacterial infection in the kidney and renal pelvis.

A

Pyelonephritis

47
Q

Difference in acue and chronic pyelonephritis.

A

Acute is the active bacterial infection

Chronic results from repeated or continued upper urinary tract infections or the effects of such infections.

48
Q

___- is the reverse or upward flow of urine toward the renal pelvis and kidney.

A

Reflux

49
Q

____ are pockets of infection that can occur anywhere in the kidney.

A

Abscesses

50
Q

____ is the surgical procedure of stone removal from the kidney.

A

Pyleolithotomy

51
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____ is the surgical removal of the kidney.

A

Nephrectomy

52
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____ is the ureter repair or revision.

A

Ureteroplasty

53
Q

____ is a condition of increased glomerular permeability that allows larger molecules to pass through the membrane into the urine and then be excreted.

A

Nephrotic Syndrome

54
Q

____ is a problem of thickening in the nephron blood vessels, resulting in narrowing of the vessel lumens.

A

Nephrosclerosis

55
Q

____ is an increase in the number of cells in the prostate.

A

Nodular Tissue Hyperplasia

56
Q

____ is a type of incontinence in which urine leaks around the enlarged prostate causing dribbling.

A

Overflow urinary Incontinence

57
Q

____ is an abnormal distention of the ureter.

A

Hydroureter

58
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____ is the abnormal enlargement of the kidney caused by a blockage of urine lower in the tract and filling of the kidney with urine

A

Hydronephrosis

59
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____ is the inflammation and possible infection of the prostate.

A

Prostatitis

60
Q

____ is a technique for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia that uses a variety of heat methods to destroy excess prostate tissue.

A

Thermotherapy

61
Q

____ is a procedure for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia using low radio frequency energy to shrink the prostate.

A

Transurethral Needle Ablation (TUNA)

62
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____ is a procedure for treating benign prosaic hyperplasia using high temperatures to heat and destroy excess tissue.

A

Transurethral Microwave Therapy (TUMT)

63
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____ is a procedure for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia that uses laser energy to coagulate excess tissue

A

Interstitial Laser Coagulation (ILC)
aka
Contact Laser Prostatectomy (CLP)

64
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____ is a procedure for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia with high-frequency electrical current to cut and vaporize excess tissue.

A

Electrovaporization of the Prostate (EVAP)

65
Q

____ is a surgical procedure in which the enlarged portion of the prostate is removed through an endoscopic instrument.

A

Transurethral Resection of the Prostate

TURP

66
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____ is a glycoprotein produced by the prostate. It is used as a screening test for prostate cancer.

A

Prostate-specific antigen PSA

67
Q

____ is the removal of both testicles.

A

Bilateral orchiectomy

68
Q

____ is the observation for cancer, without immediate active treatment.

A

Active Surveillance

69
Q

____ is the inflammation of the rectal mucosa.

A

Radiation proctitis

70
Q

____ is a term to describe breast tenderness and growth in men.

A

Gynecomastia

71
Q

____ is an inflammation of the prostate gland.

A

Prostatitis

72
Q

____ is the inflammation of the epididymis

A

Epididymitis

73
Q

____ is known as impotence. The inability to achieve or maintain an erection for sexual intercourse

A

Erectile dysfunction

74
Q

____ is the term for an undescended testis.

A

Cryptorchidism

75
Q

____ is known as penile swelling.

A

Tumescence

76
Q

____ is low sperm count.

A

Oligospermia

77
Q

____ s the absence of living sperm.

A

Azoospermia

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