Chapter 9: The Urinary System - 25 Tough Terms

Question 1

Cup shaped structures in the renal pelvis for collection of urine

Answer 1

calices, calyces

Question 2

Creatine

Answer 2

Substance found in urine, elevated levels may indicate muscular dystrophy

Question 3

Glomerulus

Answer 3

Group of capillaries in a nephron

Question 4

Hilum

Answer 4

Portion of the kidney where blood vessels and nerves enter and exit

Question 5

Renal pelvis

Answer 5

Collecting area for urine in the center of the kidney

Question 6

Renin

Answer 6

Enzyme produced in the kidneys to regulate the filtration rate of blood by increasing blood pressure as necessary

Question 7

Triangular area at the base of the bladder through which the ureters enter and the uretha exits the bladder

Answer 7

Trigone

Question 8

Pyel(o)

Answer 8

renal pelvis

Question 9

Vesic(o)

Vesicoabdominal

Answer 9

Bladder, generally used when describing something in relation to a bladder

Relating to the urinary bladder and the abdominal wall

Question 10

ADH

Answer 10

Antidiuretic hormone

Question 11

A/G

Answer 11

Albumin/globulin

Question 12

AGN

Answer 12

Acute glomerulonephritis

Question 13

BNO

Answer 13

Bladder neck obstruction

Question 14

BUN

Answer 14

Blood urea nitrogen

Question 15

CAPD

Answer 15

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

Question 16

ESWL

Answer 16

extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy

Question 17

IVP

Answer 17

Intravenous pyelogram

Question 18

KUB

Answer 18

Kidney ureter bladder x-ray

Question 19

RP

Answer 19

Retrograde pyelogram

Question 20

SG

Answer 20

Specific gravity

Question 21

VCU, VCUG

Answer 21

voiding cystourethrogram

Question 22

Infection in the renal pelvis and throughout the kidney

Answer 22

pyelonephritis

Question 23

Substance that results from a breakdown of fat; indicates diabetes or starvation when found in the urine

Answer 23

Ketone

Question 24

Voiding

Answer 24

Micturition

Question 25

Infection in the renal pelvis and throughout the kidney

Answer 25

Glomerulonephritis

Question 26

excessive urination

Answer 26

polyuria

Question 27

kidney disease

Answer 27

nephropathy

Question 28

abnormally large bladder

Answer 28

megacystis

Question 29

within the urinary bladder

Answer 29

intracystic

Question 30

removal of a kidney stone

Answer 30

nephrolithotomy

Question 31

kidney shaped

Answer 31

reniform