Urinary System Flashcards by Amanda Curti

Sac that stores urine is the _______

Bladder

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The ________ is located on kidney where ureter and renal vein leave the kidney and renal artery enters

Hilium

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What Filters blood and eliminates waste through urine?

Kidneys

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Act of releasing urine is _______

Micturition

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Millions of microscopic units where filtration, reabsorption and secretion occurs (urinary) is the _______

Nephron

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Extension of ureter inside of the kidney is the _______

Renal pelvis

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Triangular area in the bladder between the ureters’ entrance and urethral outlet is the _______

Trigone

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Thin muscular tubes that move urine in peristaltic waves from kidneys to bladder are the ______

Ureters

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______ is the Tube that conducts urine out of bladder.

Urethra

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The opening of the urethra is known as the ________

urinary meatus

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Act of releasing urine is __________

Urination

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Voiding is the act of releasing _______

Urine

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An-

No, not, without

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di-

through, complete

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dys-

abnormal/painful condition

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poly-

excessive, frequent

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re-

back

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-cele

herniation

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-dispsia

condition of thirst

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-flux

flow

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-graphy

Process of recording

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-lithotomy

removal of a stone

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-lysis

seperation, breakdown

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-pexy

suspension

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-ptosis

drooping, prolapse

-scope

instrument to view

-scopy

process of viewing

-tomy

Incision

-tripsy

Process of crushing

-uria

Urinary condition

Azot/o

Nitrogen

cyst/o

urinary bladder

gluc/o glycos/o

sugar, glucose

lith/o

stone

meat/o

meatus

nephr/o

kidney

pyel/o

renal pelvis

ren/o

kidney

trigon/o

trigone

ureter/o

urethra

urethr/o

urethra

urin/o, ur/o

urine, urinary system

vesic/o

bladder

Condition of no urine is _____

anuria

The Hollow, flexible tube that can be inserted into a vessel, organ, or cavity of the body to withdraw or instill fluid is a _______

Catheter

What is herniation of the urinary bladder?

Cystocele

Instrument for visual examination of the inside of the bladder is a _______

cystoscope

Deficiency of the anti diuretic hormone, which causes the patient to excrete large quantities of urine (polyuria) and exhibit excessive thirst (polydipsia) is known as ______

Diabetes insipidus (di)

A group of metabolic disorders characterized by high glucose levels that result from inadequate amounts of insulin, resistance to insulin, or a combination of both is ________

Diabetes mellitus (DM)

Condition of painful urination is ______

dysuria

What is sugar in the urine?

Glycosuria

What is the inability to hold urine?

Incontinence

Process of crushing stones either to prevent or clear an obstruction in the urinary system (manually, high energy shock waves, pulsed dye laser) is _________

Lithotripsy

Incision of urinary meatus is _________

Meatotomy

Incision of the kidney for removal of kidney stone is _______

Nephrolithotomy

What is the Suspension or fixation of the kidney?

Nephropexy

Prolapse or sagging of kidney is the ______

Nephroptosis

Condition of excessive thirst ______

Polydipsia

Condition of excessive urination is _______

Polyuria

_______ is an Infection of the renal pelvis and parenchyma of the kidney, usually the result of lower urinary tract infection

pyelonephritis

Inability to release urine

Retention

Narrowing of the urethra is ______-

Urethral stenosis

Intense sensation of the need to urinate immediately is known as _______

Urgency

(UA) physical, chemical, and/or microscopic examination of urine

Urinalysis

What is the Abnormal backflow of urine from the bladder to the ureter. May be the result of an obstruction, an infection, or a congenital defect

Vesicoureteral reflux

Radiographic imaging of the urinary bladder and urethra done with a contrast medium while patient is urinating is a _________

VCUG | Voiding cystourethrography