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