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| developing cell, germ cell, bud |
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| protrusion, hernia, swelling |
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| falling downward (condition of) |
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| a coiled capillary tucked within the space of a Bowman's capsule through which blood passes, leaking fluids through openings in its wall during the process of filtration |
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| the external opening of the urethra |
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| subunits of each kidney, composed of renal corpuscle and renal tube. |
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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 the kidney |
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| the inner portion of the interior of a kidney |
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| composed of Bowman's capsule and the glomerulus. |
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| the longs, twisting part of the 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, through the external urethral orifice (unrinary meatus) |
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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, reabsorbtion, and secretion in the kidneys |
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| named for its 18th century discoverer, Sir William Bowman, it is a hollow, ball-shaped structure located at one end of the nephron that includes an internal membrane, which filters fluid passing out of the glomerulus. (BC) |
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| the concave side of the kidney, which recieves the renal artery, renal vein, nerves, and a ureter |
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| 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 blood pressure and maintain water and electrolyte balance |
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| the release of urine; also called voiding |
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| presence of albumin, a protien normally in the blood, in the urine. |
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| abnormally high urea and other nitrogenous compunds 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 urination) |
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| difficulty or pain in urination |
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| to void urine (usually due to lack of bladder control) (nocturnal enuresis is known as bed wetting.) |
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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, which is a common sign of acidosis among patients suffering from diabetes mellitus |
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| presence of protien in the urine |
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| presence of pus 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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| inflammation of the glomeruli within a kidney |
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| condition of water in a kidney, usually caused by obstruction and backup of urine leading to distention of the renal pelvis |
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| a congential 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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| a congenital defect in which the urinary meatus opens on the underside of the penis; in a female, the opening is within the vagina. |
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| involuntary discharge of urine, which may also refer to the inability to prevent the discharge of feces. STRESS INCONTINENCE is involuntary discharge of urine due to a cough, sneeze, or strained movement. |
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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 abnormal growth in size |
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| presence of one or more stones in a kidney |
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| tumor originating from a kidney |
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| condition of a drooped kidney position, which occurs whent he kidney is no longer held in it's proper position. Floating kidney |
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| a kidney condition characterized by the presence 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 blood pressure caused by kidney disease |
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| abnormal narrowing, as in urethral stricture |
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| an excess of urine and other nitrogenous wastes in the blood, caused by failure of the kidneys to remove urea during urine formation |
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| inflammation of the ureter |
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| presence of stone(s) in a ureter |
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| condition 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 urine. |
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| an acute stoppage of urine formation by the kidneys |
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| infection of urinary organs, usually the urethra and bladder, in which symptoms oftne include fever, dysuria, and lumbar or abdominal ain. UTI |
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| a clinical lab test that measures urea concentration in a sample of blood as an indicatior of kidney function; elevated levels indicate a kidney disease. (BUN) |
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| protien that is a normal component of urine, as a result of muscle metabolism; elevated levels indicate kidney disease |
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| excision of the urinary bladder |
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| x-ray technique of imaging the urinary bladder. result is a cystogram |
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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; cystopyelogram |
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| suturing of the urinary bladder wall. |
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| use of a modified endoscope (cystoscope) to visually examine the urinary bladder |
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| incision into the bladder; also called vesictomy |
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| x-ray of bladder and ureters |
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| cystourethrographyx-ray of bladder and urethra |
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| a surgical procedure that destroys living tissue with an electric spark; commonly used to remove tumors or polyps from the interior bladder wall |
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| procedure that removes nitrogenous wastes and excess ions from the blood, replacing the normal function of the kedneys as intervention for kidney failure. (HD) |
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| kidney, ureter, and bladder x-ray |
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| self explanatory... looks to asses positions of organs, and to identify possible calculi or obstructions |
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| surgical technique that crushes stones |
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| a gradual reduction of symptoms of an acute disease, or the destruction of red blood cells or bacteria |
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| use of modified endoscope, known as a meatoscope, to visually examine the urinary meatus |
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| an incision made to enlarge the urinary meatus |
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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 modified endoscope (nephroscope) to visually examine the kidney |
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| 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 of the kidney using sectional exposures. |
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| a procedure in which toxic wastes are removed from the peritoneal cavity reservoir by artificial filtration as a cleansing treatment to compensate for kidney failure |
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| x-ray image of the renal pelvis; 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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| surgical repair of the renal pelvis usually involving the removal of an obstruction |
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| surgical creation of an artificial opening into the renal pelvis, usually involving the removal of an obstruction |
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| a surgical procedure in which a donor kidney, usually obtained from a close relative, is implanted to replace a nonfunctional kidney |
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| a nuclear medicine test using a readioactive substance to highlight internal aspects of a kidney. |
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| a nuclear medicine test using a readioactive substance to highlight internal aspects of a kidney. |
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| relative concentration of water molecules in a liquid sample. Measures specific gravity in a sample of urine evaluates filtration and water reabsorption in the kidneys urinometer |
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| x-ray image of the 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 a modified endoscope, known as a urethroscope to visually examine the urethra |
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| surgical creation of an artificial opening into the urethra to establish an alternate route for urine |
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| incision intot the urethra |
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| clinical lab tests performed on a urine specimen, often measuring specific gravity, creatinine, glucose, protiend, and pH. |
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| insertion of a catheter, or flexible tube for channeling fluids into the urinary bladder to drain urine |
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| use of an endoscope to view internal structures of the urinary system; includes: cystoscopy, meatoscopy, nephroscopy, and urethroscopy |
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| instrument that measures the water density of urine, a velue know 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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