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| cup-shaped membrane surrounding the glomerulus |
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| kidneys, ureters, bladder is radiographic study without the use of contrast medium, flat-plate of the abdomen |
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| term used to describe some types of treatment of prostate cancer, removal of a body part or the destruction of its function through the use of surgery, hormones, drugs, heat, chemicals, electrocautery, or other methods |
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| ARF, sudden onset and is characterized by uremia |
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| band of fibers that holds structures together abnormally |
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| absence of urine formation by the kidneys |
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| results from bacteria transported in the urine |
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| inability to urinate when another person is present |
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| benign prostatic hyperplasia |
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| benign prostatic hypertrophy, enlarged prostate, enlargement of the prostate gland that most often occurs in men older than 50 |
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| behavioral therapy in which the patient learns to urinate on a schedule, with increasingly longer time intervals as the bladder increases its capacity |
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| use of a handheld ultrasound transducer look for stones or for elevation of the bladder by an enlarged prostate and to measure the residual amount of urine remaining in the bladder after urination |
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| CKD, chronic renal disease, kidney failure, the progressive loss of renal function over the months or years |
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| chronic nonbacterial prostatitis |
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| most common type of prostatitis, no single known cause |
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| spasm of pain in the abdomen |
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| CAT scan, more commonly used as a primary tool for evaluation of the urinary system because it can be rapidly performed and provides additional imaging of the abdomen which may reveal other potential sources for the patient's symptoms |
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| continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis |
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| provides ongoing dialysis as the patient goes about his or her daily activities |
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| continuous cycling peritoneal dialysis |
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| uses a machine to cycle the dialysate fluid during the night while the patient sleeps |
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| outer portion of an organ |
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| waste product of muscle metabolism |
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| cystodynia, pain in bladder |
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| surgical removal of all or part of the urinary bladder |
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| inflammation of the bladder |
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| prolapsed bladder, hernia of the bladder through the vaginal wall |
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| resulting film from a cystography |
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| radiographic or x-ray examination of the bladder after a contrast medium is instilled via a urethral catheter |
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| stone located within the urinary bladder |
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| surgical fixation of the bladder to the abdominal wall |
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| surgical suturing of a wound or defect in the bladder |
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| visual examination of th eurinary bladder with the use of a specialized type of endoscope known as a cystoscope |
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| through, between, apart, complete |
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| kidney disease resulting from late-stage diabetes mellitus |
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| salts sterlized solution made up of water and electrolytes |
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| procedure to remove waste products, such as urea, creatinine as well as excess water from the blod of a patient whose kidneys no longer function |
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| digital rectal examination |
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| performed on men by using a lubricated, gloved finger placed in the rectum to palpate the prostate gland |
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| increasing the output of urine |
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| increased output of urine |
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| medications administered to increase urine secretion |
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| difficult or painful urination |
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| excessive fluid accumulation in body tissues, can be symptomatic of nephrotic syndrome and other kidney diseases |
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| use of high frequency electrical current to destroy tissue |
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| salts that conduct electricity and are found in the body fluid, tissue and blood |
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| ESRD final stage of chronic kidney disease, fatal unless the functions of the failed kidneys are successfully replaced by dialysis or with a successful kidney transplant |
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| instrument used for visual examination of internal structures |
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congenital abnormality of the urethral opening
male: opening is located on the upper surface of the penis
female: opening is in the region of the clitoris |
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| situated or occurring outside the body |
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| extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy |
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| most common kidney stone treatment |
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| 1.5 inches long, urethral meatus is located between the clitoris and the opening of the vagina |
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| abnormal passage between two internal organs |
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| most commmon type of indwelling catheter |
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| reproductive and urinary systems together |
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| type of nephritis caused by inflammation of the glomeruli that causes red blood cells and proteins to leak into the urine |
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| cluster of capillaries surrounded by a cup-shaped membrane |
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| process by which waste products are filtered directly from the patients blood |
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| process through which the body maintains a constant internal environment |
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| dilation (swelling) of one or both kidneys |
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| condition of distention (swelling) of the ureter with urine that cannot flow because the ureter is blocked |
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| presence of abnormally high concentrations of protein in the urine |
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| presence of abnormally low concentrations of protein in the blood |
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congenital abnormality of the urethral opening
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| ileostomy, use of a small piece of intestine to convey urine to the ureters and to a stoma in the abdomen |
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| inability to control the excretion of urine, feces, or both |
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| remains inside the body for a prolonged time based on need |
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| short-term catheter, inserted as neededed several times a day to drain urine from the bladder |
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| relating to spaces within a tissue or organ |
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| chronic inflammation within the walls of the bladder |
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| excretory urography, radiographic study of the kidneys and ureters |
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| series of pelvic muscle exercises used to strengthen the muscles of the pelvic floor |
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| filter blood to remove waste products and excess water |
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| surgical incision for the removal of a nephrolith from the bladder |
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| 8 inches long, urethral meatus located at the tip of the penis |
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| surgical incision made in the urethral meatus to enlarge the opening |
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| external opening of a canal |
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| inner region of the kidney, contains most of the urine-collecting tubules |
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| so called because the nephrons look normal under a regular microscope is the most commmon cause of nephrotic syndrome in children |
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| replacement for the missing bladder created by usingabout 20 inches of the small intestine |
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| inflammation of the kidney or kidneys |
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| kidney stone or renal calculus |
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| describes the presence of stones in the kidney |
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| a physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases and disorders of the kidneys |
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| surgical freeing of a kidney from adhesions |
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| microscopic functional units of each kidney |
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| any disease of the kidney |
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| nephrorrhaphy, the surgical fixation of nephroptosis, or a floating kidney |
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| floating kidney, is the prolapse or dropping down of a kidney into the pelvic area when the patient stands |
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| also known as pyomephrosis, suppuration of the kidney |
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| placement of a catheter to maintain an opening from the pelvis of one or both kidneys to the exterior of the body |
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| nephrosis, group of conditions in which excessive amounts of protein are lost through the urine |
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| use of a CATscan to examine the kidneys |
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| urinary problem caused interference with the normal nerve pathways associated with urination |
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| frequent and excessive urination during the night |
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| urinary incontinence during sleep |
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| OAB, urge incontinence, occurs when the muscles of the bladder contract involuntarily even through the bladder is not actually full enough to indicate the need to urinate |
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| continuous leaking from the bladder either because it is full or because it does not empty completely |
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| performed through the skin |
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| percutaneous nephrolithotomy |
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| surgical removal of a nephrolith through a small incision in the back |
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| series of wave like contractions, moves urine down each ureter to the bladder |
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| lining of the peritoneal cavity acts acts as the filter to remove waste from the blood |
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| polycystic kidney disease |
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| PKD, genetic disorder characterized by the growth of numerous fuid-filled cysts in the kidneys |
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| excessive urnation and is a common symptom of diabetes |
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| one of the most common cancers among men |
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| part of the male reproductive system, surrounds the urethra |
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| prostate-specific antigen |
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| PSA, blood test used to screen for prostate cancer |
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| surgical removal of part or all of the prostate gland |
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| disorder resulting from the compression or obstruction of the urethra due to benign prostatic hyperplasia |
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| group of disorders characterized by the inflammation of the prostate gland |
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| inflammation of the renal pelvis |
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| inflammation of both the renal pelvis and of the kidney |
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| surgical repair of the ureter and renal pelvis |
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| surgical incision into the renal pelvis |
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| surgical removal of the entire prostate gland |
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| return to the blood of some of the substances that were removed during filtration |
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| pertaining to the kidneys |
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| blood enters kidney through this and flows into the nephrons |
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| is an acute pain in the kidney area that is caused by blockage during the passage or a nephrolith |
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| outer region of the kidney |
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| kidney failure, inability of one or both of the kidneys to perform their functions |
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| funnel-shaped area inside each kidney that is surrounded by the renal cortex and medulla |
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| after passing through filtration of the glomerulus, blood cells leave the kidney and return to the bloodstream through this |
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| specialized endoscopic instrument that resembles a cystoscope |
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| orgasm results in semen flowing backward into the bladder instead of out through the penis |
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| radiograph of the urinary system taken after a contrast medium has been placed in the urethra through a sterile catheter and caused to flow upward through the urinary tract |
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| artificial passage that allows blood to flow between the body and the hemodialysis unit |
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| ring-like muscle that closes a passage-way |
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| calculus, an abnormal mineral deposit that has formed within the body and is named for the organ or tissue where it is located |
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| inability to control the voiding of urine under physical stress such as running, lifting, sneezing, laughing or coughing |
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| abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
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| formation or discharge of pus |
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| suprapubic catheterization |
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| placement of a catheter into the bladder through a small incision made through the abdominal wall just above the pubic bone |
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| transurethral prostatectomy |
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| TURP, removal of excess tissue from an enlarged prostate gland with the use of a resectoscope |
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| major waste product of protein metabolism |
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| distension (enlargement) of a ureter |
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| uremic poisoning, toxic condition resulting from renal failure in which kidney function is comprised and urea and other waste products normally secreted in the urine are retained in the blood |
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| urine drains from the uteters into the bladder through these |
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| surgical removal of a ureter |
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| stone located anywhere along the ureter |
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| surgical repair of a ureter |
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| discharge of blood from the ureter |
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| is the surgical suturing of a ureter |
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| treatment for a nephrolith lodged in the ureter |
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| two narrow tubes, 10-12 inches long, transports urine from kidney to the bladder |
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| tube extending from the bladder to the exterior of the body |
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| performed by inserting a plastic tube through the urethra and into the bladder |
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| urinary meatus, external opening of the urethra |
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| inflammation of the urethra |
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| surgical fixation of the urethra to nearby tissue |
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| bleeding from the urethra |
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| abnormal discharge from the urethra |
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| urethral stricture, narrowing of the urethra |
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| surgical incision into the urethra for relief of a stricture |
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| examination of urine to determine the presence of abnormal elements |
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| oval, hollow muscular organ that is a reservoir for urine before it is excreted from the body |
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| insertion of a tube into the bladder to procure a sterile specimen for diagnostic purposes |
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| cathing, performed to withdraw urine for diagnostic purposes, to allow urine to drain freely or to place a fluid such as a chemotherapy solution into the bladder |
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| difficulty in starting a urinary stream |
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| abilty to control the voiding of urine |
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| ischuria, inability to completely empty the bladder when attempting to urinate |
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| one on each end of the urethra |
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| two kidneys, two ureters, one bladder and a urethra |
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UTI, usually begins in the bladder, can affect all parts of the urinary system
caused by bacteria, most commonly E. coli, entering the urinary system through the urethra |
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| bladder fills up with urine, pressure is placed on the base of the urethra |
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| voiding, micturition, normal process of excreting urine |
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| physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating diseases and disorders of the urinary system of females and genitourinary system of males |
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| abnormal opening between the bladder and vagina that allows constant involuntary flow of urine from the bladder into the vagina |
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| voiding cystourethrography |
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| diagnostic procedure in which a fluoroscope is used to examine the flow of urine from the bladder and through the urethra |
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| prescribed course of action in older patients because the disease normally progresses slowly |
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| rare type of malignant tumor of the kidney that occurs in young children |
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