Pathologies Diagnostic Procedures Therapeutic Procedures Parts of the Urinary System Role of Kidneys in Homeostasis / Stages of Urine Production
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What is the disease called where an unusually large amount of urine is produced?
Polyuria
100
What is the test consisting of the physical, chemical, and microscopic examination of urine?
urinalysis
100
What term means to cut into the kidney?
nephrotomy
100
What carries the urine down to the urinary bladder?
Ureters
100
What does homeostasis mean in terms of the kidneys?
To keep balance in the body.
200
What is the term for kidney inflammation?
Nephritis
200
What term describes the X-ray record of the kidney?
nephrogram
200
What term means surgical placement of a donor kidney?
renal transplant
200
What is the working unit of the kidney?
Nephron
200
What do the kidneys regulate the level of?
Electrolytes (sodium, potassium, chloride, and bicarbonate)
300
What is the term used for needing to urinate immediately?
Urgency
300
What instrument is used to visually examine the inside of the urinary bladder?
cystoscope
300
What medical treatment uses ultrasound waves to break up stones?
extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL)
300
What is the tubular canal that carries the flow of urine from the bladder to the outside of the body?
Urethra
300
What is the fluid in the tubules called?
glomerular filtrate
400
What is the term for urinary bladder inflammation?
Cystitis
400
What instrument is used to measure the specific gravity of urine?
urinometer
400
What term means surgical fixation of a kidney?
nephropexy
400
What delivers the blood that is full of waste products to the kidney?
Renal artery
400
Where are most of the water and much of the electrolytes and nutrients reabsorbed as the filtrate moves along?
peritubular capillaries
500
What is the disease that involves the presence of sugar in the urine?
Glycosuria
500
What clinical laboratory test measures kidney function?
creatinine clearance
500
What term means to repair a defect in the urinary bladder by surgical means?
cystoplasty
500
The ureter from each kidney arises from where?
Renal pelvis
500
What is the most important role of the kidneys?
To maintain the correct pH range within the body.






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