chapter 7 urinary Flashcards
passage of flexible, tubular instrument thru the urethra into urinary bladder
urinary catheterization
surgical transfer of a kidney from a donor to a recipient
renal transplantation
removal of kidney tissue for microscopic examination
renal biopsy
dilation of narrowed areas in renal arteries
renal angioplasty
urinary tract stones are crushed
lithotripsy
process of separating nitrogenous waste materials from blood
dialysis
direct visualization of urethra and urinary bladder with an endoscope (cytoscope)
cytoscopy
changing magnetic field produces images of kidney and surrounding structures in three planes of the body
mri urography
image of kidney obtained after injecting radioactive substance into blood
radioisotope scan
xray images obtained using ct show multiple cross sectional and other views of the kidneys
ct urography
imaging of urinary tract structures using high freq sound waves
ultrasonography
xray image with contrast of urinary bladder and urethra obtained while patient is voiding
voiding cystourethrogram (vcug)
xray image of renal pelvis ureters after contrast injection thru catheter into ureters from bladder
retrograde pyelogram (rp)
xray with contrast of blood vessels of kidney
renal angiography
xray without contrast of kidneys, ureters, bladder
kub
measurement of the rate at which creatinine is cleared from the blood by the kidney
creatinine clearance
measurement of urea levels in blood
bun (blood urea nitrogen)
insulin is not secreted adequately or tissues are resistant to its effects
diabetes mellitus (DM)
antidiuretic hormone (ADH) is not secreted, resistance of the kidney to adh
diabetes insipidus (DI)
malignant tumor of the urinary bladder
bladder cancer
malignant tumor of the kidney occurring in childhood
wilms tumor
high blood pressure resulting from kidney disease
renal hypertension
decrease in excretion of wastes results from impaired filtration function
renal failure
cancerous tumor of the kidney in adulthood
renal cell carcinoma