click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Merrills Ch. 18
Urinary Bladder Pathology
Question | Answer |
---|---|
Enlargement of the prostate | Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) |
Abnormal concretion of mineral salts, often called a stone | Calculus |
Carcinoma located in the bladder | Bladder Carcinoma |
Carcinoma located in the kidney | Renal Cell Carcinoma |
Abnormality present since birth | Congenital Anomaly |
Two renal pelvi and/or ureters from the same kidney | Duplicate Collecting System |
Fusion of the kidneys, usually at the lower poles | Horseshoe Kidney |
Kidney that fails to ascend and remains in the pelvis | Pelvic Kidney |
Inflammation of the bladder | Cystitis |
Abnormal connection between two internal organ s or between an organ and the body surface | Abnormal connection between two internal organ s or between an organ and the body surface |
Inflammation of the capillary loops in the glomeruli of the kidney | Glomerulonephritis |
Distension of the renal pelvis and calyces with urine | Hydronephrosis |
Massive enlargement of the kidney with the formation of many cysts | Polycystic Kidney |
Inflammtion of the kidney and renal pelvis | Pylelonephritis |
Increased blood pressure to the kidneys | Renal Hypertension |
Condition preventing the norm al flow of urine through the urinary system | Renal Obstruction |
New tissue growth where cell proliferation is uncontrolled | Tumor |
Most common childhood abdominal neoplasm affecting the kidney | Wilms’ |
Ballooning of the lower end of the ureters into the bladder | Ureterocele |
Backwards flow of urine from the bladder into the ureters | Vesicoureteral Reflux |