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| a coiled capillary tucked within the space of a Bowman's capsule through which blood passes |
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| the external opening of the urethra |
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| the subunits of each kidney, composed of a renal corpuscle (Bowman's capsule and glomerulus) and a renal tubule |
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| a membrane-enclosed basin that collects urine in the interior of a kidney |
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| the outer portion of the interior of a kidney |
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| the inner portion of the interior of a kidney |
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| composed of the Bowman's capsule and the glomerulus |
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the long, twisting part of a nephron |
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| paired, narrow tubes that conduct urine from each kidney to the posterior part of the urinary bladder |
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| a tube that conveys urine from the urinary bladder to the exterior |
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| internal urethral sphincter |
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| an involuntary muscle that keeps urine from entering the urethra while it is stored in the bladder |
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| external urethral sphincter |
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| a voluntary muscle that prevents or allows urine to be released |
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a hollow, muscular organ located at the base of the pelvic cavity that serves as a temporary reservoir for urine |
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| a yellowish liquid waste, normally about 95% water and 5% electrolytes and nitrogenous waste, produced through filtration, reabsorption and secretion in the kidneys |
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| named for its 18th century discoverer, Sir William Bowman, the Bowman's capsule is a hollow, ball-shaped structured located at one end of a nephron that includes an internal membrane |
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| the concave side of a kidney |
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| a pair of organs located against the posterior abdominal wall on each side of the vertebral column, which form urine through filtration of the blood and also help regulate BP and maintain and electrolyte balance |
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| the release of urine; voiding |
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| presence of albumin, a protein normally in blood, in the urine |
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| abnormally high urea and other nitrogenous compounds in the blood |
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| presence of bacteria in the urine |
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| condition of urine passing (usually refers to excessive urine dischrage) |
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difficulty or painful urination |
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| to void urine (refers to the involuntary release of urine, usually due to lack of bladder control) |
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| presence of glucose in the urine |
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| presence of blood in the urine |
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| presence of ketone bodies in the urine |
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| presence of protein in the urine |
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| presence of pus (WBCs) in the urine |
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| inflammation of the urinary bladder |
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| protrusion of the urinary bladder |
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| a stone in the urinary bladder |
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| a congenital defect resulting in the urinary meatus positioned on the dorsal surface of the penis; in the female, the meatus opens dorsal to the clitoris |
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| inflammation of the glomeruli within a kidney |
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| condition of water in a kidney |
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| a congenital defect in which the urinary meatus opens on the underside of the penis; in the female, its opening is within the vagina |
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| the involutary discharge of urine, which may also refer to the inability to prevent the discharge of feces |
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| tumor originating from a kidney that includes developing embryonic cells; Wilms' tumor |
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| excessive development of a kidney, resulting in an abnormal growth in size |
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| presence of one or more stones is a kidney |
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| tumor originating from a kidney |
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| condition of a drooped kidney position, which occurs when the kidney is no longer held in its proper position; floating kidney |
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| a kidney condition characterized by the presencre of many polyps, resulting in the loss of functional tissue |
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| inflammation of the renal pelvis |
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| inflammation of the renal pelvis and nephrons |
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| stones in the kidney (in the renal pelvis) |
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| elevated BP caused by kidney disease |
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| abnormal narrowing, as in urethral stricture |
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| an excess of urea and other nitrogenous wastes in the blood, caused by failure of the kidneys to remove urea during urine formation |
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| presence of stone(s) in a ureter |
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| conditioned of a narrowed ureter |
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| inflammation of the urethra and urinary bladder |
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| abnormal accumulation of urine in the urinary bladder resulting from an inability to void (urinate) |
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| an acute stoppage of urine formation by the kidneys |
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| urinary tract infection (UTI) |
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| infection of urinary organs, usually the urethra and bladder |
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| blood urea nitrogen (BUN) |
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| a clinical lab test that measures urea concentration in sample of blood as an indicator of kidney function |
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| a protein that is a normal component of urine, as a result of muscle metabolism |
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| excision of the urinary bladder |
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| x-ray technique of imaging the urinary bladder |
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| incision into the urinary bladder to remove a stone |
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| surgical repair of the urinary bladder |
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| x-ray technique that images the urinary bladder and renal pelvis |
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| suturing of the urinary bladder wall |
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| used of a cystoscope to visually examine the urinary bladder |
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| surgical creation of an artificial opening into the urinary bladder to provide an alternate exit pathway for urine |
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| incision into the urinary bladder; vesicotomy |
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| x-ray technique imaging the urinary bladder and ureters |
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| x-ray technique imaging the urinary bladder and the urethra |
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a surgical procedure that destroys living tissue with an electrical spark |
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| procedure that removes nitrogenous wastes and excess ions from the blood |
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| kidney, ureter and bladder x-ray (KUB) |
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| an x-ray procedure that images the abdomen |
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| surgical technique that crushes stones |
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| a gradual reduction of symptoms of an acute diseases, or the destructions of RBCs or bacteria |
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| use of a meatoscope to visually examine the urinary meatus |
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| an incision made to enlarge the urinary meatus |
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| an x-ray technique imaging a kidney |
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| freeing of the kidney from inflammatory adhesions |
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| surgical fixation of an abnormally mobile kidney |
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| use of a nephroscope to visually examine the kidney |
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| an ultrasound procedure in which a kidney is imaged with the use of sound waves |
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surgical creation of an artificial opening into the kidney, between the renal pelvis and the kidney exterior |
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| x-ray technique imaging the kidney using sectional x-ray exposures |
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| a procedure in which toxic wastes are removes from the peritoneal cavity reservoir by artificial filtration |
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| incision into the renal pelvis to remove a stone |
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| x-ray image of the renal pelvis |
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| retrograde pyelogram (RP) |
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| a contrast medium is injected into the urethra using a cystoscope and the x-ray moves in a direction opposite from the norm, in an effort to detect the presence of stones or other obstructions |
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| intravenous pyelogram (IVP) |
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| iodine is used as the contrast medium and is injected into the bloodstream |
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| surgical repair of the renal pelvis |
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| surgical creation of an artificial opening into the renal pelvis to provide an alternate exit route for urine |
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| a surgical procedure in which a donor kidney is implanted to replace a nonfunctional kidney |
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| a nuclear medicine test using a radioactive substance to highlight internal aspects of a kidney |
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| the relative concentration of water molecules in a liquid sample |
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| x-ray image of tehe ureters |
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| surgical creation of an artificial opening through the ureter to provide an alternate exit route for urine |
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| incision into the wall of a ureter |
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| surgical fixation of the urethra to correct stress incontinence |
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| surgical repair of the urethra |
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| use of an urethroscope to visually examine the urethra |
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| surgical creation of an artificial opening into the urethra to establish an alternate exit for route |
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| incision into the urethra |
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clinical lab tests performed on a urine specimen |
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| insertion of a catheter, a flexible tube for channeling fluids into the urinary bladder to drain urine |
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| the use of an endoscope to view internal structures of the urinary system |
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| instrument that measures the water density of urine, a value known as specific gravity |
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| vesicourethral suspension |
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| a surgery performed to stabilize the urinary bladder position as a treatment for stress incontinence |
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| catheter; catheterization |
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