Question | Answer |
Anuria | Failure of the kidneys to produce urine. |
Bilirubinuria | The presence of bilirubin in the urine. |
Bladder Catheterization | The passing of the sterile catheter through the urethra and into the bladder to remove urine. |
Diuresis | Secretion and passage of large amounts of urine. |
Dysuria | Difficult or painful unrination. |
Freguency | the condition of having to urinate often. |
Glycosuria | The presence of glucose in the urine. |
Hematuria | Blood present in the urine. |
Ketonuria | The presence of ketone bodies in the urine. |
Ketosis | An accumulation of large amounts of ketone bodies in the tissues and body fluids |
Micturition | The act of voiding urine. |
Nephron | The functional unit of the kidneys. |
Nocturia | Excessive( voluntary) unrination during the night. |
Nocturnal enuresis | Inability of a individual to control urination at night during sleep. (bedwetting) |
Oliguria | Decreased or scanty output of urine. |
pH | The unit that describes the acidity or alkalinity of a solution |
Polyuria | Increased output of urine. |
Proteinuria | The presence of protein in the urine |
Pyuria | The presence of pus in the urine. |
Renal Threshold | The concentration at which a substance in the blood that is not normally excreted by the kidneys begins to appear in the urine. |
Retention | The inability to empty the bladder. The urine is being produced normally but is not being voided |
Specific gravity | The wt of a substance compared w/ the wt of an equal volume of a substance known as the standard. In urinalysis, the specific gravity refers to the measurement of the amt of dissolved substances present in the urine compared w/ same amt. of distilled H2O |
Supernatant | The clear liguid that remains at the top after a precipitate settles. |
Suprapuic aspiration | The passing of a sterile needle through the abdominal wall into the bladder to remove urine. |
Urgency | The immediate need to urine. |
Urinalysis | The physical, chemical, and microscopic analyses of urine. |
Urinary incontinence | The inability to retain urine. |
Dribbling | Involuntary loss of drops of urine |
Hesitancy | Difficult in starting the flow of urine. |
UTI | urinary tract infection |
Cystitis | Inflammation of the bladder |
Renal Calculi | Kidney stones |
Stricture | Narrowing of the passageway interfering with movement of substances through it. |
Uremia | Prouction of normal in urine and excreted retained in blood: toxic condition |
Urochrome | yellow pigment given off from breakdown of HGB ( give yellow color) |
Occult | Invisible of hidden |
Sediment | substances settle to bottom of liguid |
Crenated | Notched or scalloped as in the crenated condition of blood cells |
Void (Voiding) | The act of urinating. |