Module 9

Question 1

Kidneys

Answer 1

Two bean shaped organs that remove waist products from the blood

Question 2

Ureters

Answer 2

Long tubes back past urine from the kidneys to the bladder

Question 3

Bladder

Answer 3

A reservoir for urine

Question 4

Urethra

Answer 4

A tube like structure that passages urine from the bladder to the side of the body

Question 5

Suprarenal and adrenal glands

Answer 5

Sit on top of the kidney, but they are not part of the urinary system. They furnished epinephrine and hormones to the body.

Question 6

Micturation

Answer 6

Urination or the act-of voiding

Question 7

Voiding

Answer 7

To expel urine

Question 8

Nitrogenous wastes

Answer 8

Substances containing nitrogen and are excreted in urine

Question 9

Reabsorpion

Answer 9

Process of accepting again or taking back

Question 10

Renal artery

Answer 10

The structure that carries blood to the kidney and the renal vein is the structure that carries blood away from the kidney

Question 11

Renal pyramid, minor calyx, major calyx and renal pelvis

Answer 11

Internal structures of the kidney

Question 12

Nephron

Answer 12

The microscopic component of the kidney

Question 13

Calic/o

Answer 13

Calyces

Question 14

Cyst/o

Answer 14

Urinary bladder

Question 15

Nephr/o

Answer 15

Refer to the kidney

Question 16

Pyle/o

Answer 16

Refers to the renal pelvis of the kidney, which is an internal structure

Question 17

Urethro

Answer 17

Refers to urethra

Question 18

Urin/o

Answer 18

Urine

Question 19

-uria

Answer 19

Urination

Question 20

Nephrolithiasis

Answer 20

Refers to a condition of kidney stones or renal calculi

Question 21

Pyelonephritis

Answer 21

Inflammation of the renal pelvis

Question 22

Renal cell carcinoma

Answer 22

Cancerous tumor of the kidney

Question 23

Renal failure

Answer 23

Failure of the kidney to excrete urine

Question 24

Renal hypertension

Answer 24

High blood pressure resulting from kidney disease

Question 25

Wilms tumor

Answer 25

Malignant tumor of the kidney occurring in childhood

Question 26

Blood urea nitrogen or BUN

Answer 26

Amount of urea in the body

Question 27

Creatinine clearance test

Answer 27

Measures the ability of the kidney to remove creatinine (a break down product from muscle) from the blood

Question 28

Renal angiogram

Answer 28

Radiologic exam where contrast mania is injected into the arteries of the kidney

Question 29

KUB

Answer 29

Type of x-ray exam where a single image visualizes for kidneys, ureters and bladder

Question 30

Excretory urography exam or intravenous pyelogram (IVP)

Answer 30

Radiological examination where contrast media is injected into a vein and the urinary system is demonstrated

Question 31

Cystourethrogram

Answer 31

Is also a radiological study where contrast media is placed in the urinary bladder, and the patient voids in order to demonstrate the urethra

Question 32

Retrograde pyelogram

Answer 32

A radiological study work contrast media is introduced directly into the bladder and ureters through her cystoscope

Question 33

Cystoscope

Answer 33

A visual examination of the urinary bladder by means cystoscope

Question 34

Lithotripsy

Answer 34

The crushing of stones with shockwaves that can be performed on the kidneys

Question 35

Dialysis

Answer 35

When waste materials are separated from the bloodstream when the kidneys can no longer function

Question 36

Renal transplant

Answer 36

When a kidney is transplanted into a patient with renal failure from an identical twin (isograft) or other individual (allograft)