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| tightly coiled capillary in the beginning of each nephron |
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| functional unit of the kidney: where filtration takes place |
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| membrane-enclosed basin - collects urine in the interior of a kidney |
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| spaghetti-size tubes that transport urine from the kidneys to the bladder |
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| drains urine from the floor of the bladder to the exterior of the body |
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| stores urine until it's excreted |
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| the release of urine to the exterior |
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| presence of albumin in the urine (protein - usually in the blood) |
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| abnormally high urea/other nitrogenous compounds in the blood |
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| bacterial presence in the urine |
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| condition of urine passing (usually excessively) |
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| difficulty or pain in urination |
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| to void urine - also, bed-wetting |
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| presence of pus in the urine |
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| urinary bladder inflammation |
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| urinary bladder protrusion |
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| glomeruli inflammation (inside the kidney) |
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| condition of water in a kidney |
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| congenital defect - urinary meatus opens on underside of penis/within vagina |
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| involuntary urine discharge |
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| presence of kidney stones |
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| renal pelvis and neuron inflammation |
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| urinary tract infection (UTI) |
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| infection of urinary organs |
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| use of a modified endoscope to visually examine the bladder |
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| removes nitrogenous wastes/excess ions from the blood (procedure) |
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| surgical technique for crushing stones |
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| surgical fixation of an abnormally mobile kidney |
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| toxic wastes are removed from the peritoneal cavity by artificial filtration |
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| clinical lab tests performed on a urine specimen |
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| tightly coiled tubule that transports sperm from the testis to the vas deferens |
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| the male external genital organ |
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| surrounds the urethra and secretes a milky alkaline fluid that contributes to semen |
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| ejaculatory fluid - sperm cells and secretions |
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| conveys sperm cells from the epididymis to the urethra |
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| the external region between the scrotum and the anus |
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| inability to produce or ejaculate sperm |
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| abnormally low sperm count (male infertility) |
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| absence of one or both testes |
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| benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) |
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| nonmalignant, excessive growth of the prostate gland |
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| the most common bacteria-caused STD in North America |
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| condition of undescended testis |
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| inability to achieve or sustain an erection sufficient to perform copulation |
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| STD causes ulcer-like lesions on mucous membranes and skin of genital region - characterized by urethral discharge |
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| swelling of the scrotum caused by fluid accumulation |
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| hardness of erectile tissue within the penis - results in penis curvature |
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| congenital prepuce opening narrowing - prevents it from being drawn back over the glans penis |
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| an abnormally persistent erection (drug overdose) |
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| prostate gland inflammation |
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| abnormal spermatic cord vein dilation |
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| inserting a finger into the rectum to feel the size and shape of the prostate gland through the rectal wall |
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| partial vas deferens excision |
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| reconnecting the ends severed in a vasectomy |
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| human papilloma virus (HPV)/condyloma acuminatum |
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| an STD that causes wart-like lesions |
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| transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) |
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| resectioning prostate tissue using a retroscope inserted through the urethra |
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