MA 110 CH 9
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- Nephr/o
- kidneys
- ren/o
- kidneys
- ur/o
- urine
- urin/o
- urine
- ureter/o
- ureters
- cyst/o
- urinary bladder
- urethr/o
- urethra
- prostat/o
- prostat
- kidneys function
- 1. filter blood 2. remove waste product 3. maintain electrolyte concentrations 4. maintain balanced fluid volumes
- Renal Pelvis function
- collects urine produced by kidneys
- urine function
- liquid waste product to be exerted
- ureters function
- transports urine from kidneys to bladder
- urinary bladder function
- stores urine until it is excreted
- urethra function
- transports urine from urinary bladder so it can be excreted
- prostate function
- a gland of the male repo system that surrounds the male urethra.
- Disorders of what gland an interfere with the male urinary flow?
- prostate gland
- -cele
- hernia
- Diur-
- increased urine output
- -ectasis
- enlargement or swelling
- -emia
- blood condition
- Glomerul/o
- Bed of capillaries in Bowmans Capsule
- Hydro
- water
- Lith/o
- stone
- Olig-
- Scanty or small amount
- Pyel/o
- Renal Pelvis
- -tripsy
- Crush
- -uria
- urine condition
- -uresis
- urination
- 4 main function of urinary system
- 1. maintain water balance and electrolytes 2. maintain proper acid/base balance 3. Remove urea & other waste products 4. Secrete selected hormones to help regulate bodily functions
- What is located inside the Renal Corpuscle?
- Glomerulus & Bowman's Capsule
- What comprises the Nephron?
- Everything from Bowman's Capsule to the Distle convoluted Tubule.
- What is a Nephron?
- A functional unit of the kidney, which form the processes of filtration, reabsorption and secretion.
- Name all 7 structures in order of the passage of urine.
- 1. Glomerulus 2. Nephron 3.Collecting Duct 4. Renal Pelvis 5. Ureters 6 Urinary Bladder 7.Urethra
- Nephrolth
- Kidney Stone
- Ureterolith
- A stone in the ureter
- Cystolith
- Stone in the bladder
- Vesicovaginal Fistula
- abnormal opening between the bladder and Vagina that allows the constant flow of urine from the bladder into the vagina.
- vesic/o
- Bladder
- neur/o
- nervous system, nerve, nervous tissue
- -genic
- created by
- -rrhage or -rrhagia
- bleed, excessive bleeding
- Medical terminology for an enlarge prostate
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia or prostatomegaly
- Ablation
- surgical or other form of destruction of structure
- Anuria
- Absence of urine
- Oliguria
- little urine
- Polyuria
- excessive urine
- Nocturia
- urinating at night
- Begign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH(
- Non-malignant enlargement of prostate
- Catheterization
- insertion of tube
- Indwelling Catheter
- one that remains inside the body for a long time
- Folly Catheter
- Most popular indwelling catheter - contains a balloon ad the end to hold the CATH in pace.
- Suprapubic catheter
- is the placement of a catheter into the bladder through a small incision made through the abdominal wall just above the pubic bone
- Cystisis
- inflammation of bladder
- Lithotomy
- surgical removal of stone through incision
- Nephrolith
- kidney stone
- Nepholithiasis
- describes condition of stones in the kidney
- -lithiasis
- presence of stones
- Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
- small incision in skin made to remove/crush kidney stones
- Extracorporeal Shockwave lithotripsy
- destruction of stones with the use of high-frequency wavs traveling through water/get
- Cystoscopy
- endoscopic examination of bladder
- Dialysis
- Artificial cleansing of blood
- Hemodialysis
- filtering waste products from the pt's blood
- peritoneal dialysis
- removes waste through a fluid exchange in the peritoneal cavity
- Diuresis
- excessive formation of urine
- Diuretic
- Drug that causes urination
- Natureses
- Excessive excretion of sodium (Na) in urine
- Kaluresis
- Excessine excretion of potassium in urine
- Enuresis
- Involuntary urination including bed wetting
- Glomerulonephritis
- inflammation of the glomerulus and nephron
- Hyperproteinuria
- Excessive protein in the urine
- Hypoproteinemia
- too little protein in blood
- Incontinence
- inability to control urination
- Micturation
- urination
- Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA)
- Diagnostic marker for prostate cancer
- Uremia
- Excessive Urea in urine
- What is urea
- the major waste product of protein metabolism
- Uretrorrhagia
- is the discharge of blood from the ureter
- ureterorrhaphy
- Surgical sutering of the ureter
- Urethrostenosis
- narrowing of the urethra
- urethrostomy
- is the surgical creation of a permanent opening between the urethra and the skin.