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ALH 122 Chap 7 - Senders, SBC Portland

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electrolyte   molecules that carry an electical charge in the body  
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Na+   Sodium (an electrolyte)  
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K+   Potassium (an electrolyte)  
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Cl-   Chloride (an electrolyte)  
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UA   urinalysis  
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UTI   urinary tract infection  
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BILI   bilirubin  
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edema   water retention  
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diurectic   substance that will increase urination (water loss)  
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cyst/o   bladder  
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glomerul/o   glomerulus  
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meat/o   meatus (opening to the outside of the body)  
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nephr/o   kidney, or nephron  
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pyel/o   renal pelvis, the center of the kidney  
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ren/o   renal, kidney  
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ureter/o   ureter (tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder)  
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urethr/o   urethra (tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body)  
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vesic/o   bladder  
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kal/o   potassium  
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natr/o   sodium  
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lith/o   stone  
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noct/o   night  
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olig/o   scanty, slight, few  
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py/o   pus (don't confuse with pyel/o)  
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-tripsy   to break apart, crush  
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lithotripsy   to break up a stone  
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ur/o   urine  
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enuresis   wetting the bed  
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urin/o   urine  
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-uria   urine  
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dysuria   painful urination  
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anuria   kidney failure leads to anuria, inability to create urine ('no urine')  
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hematuria   blood in the urine  
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glycosuria   sugar in the urine  
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uremia   Urea (waste that the body disposes of via urine) in the blood. This would be a toxic sign of kidney failure.  
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oliguria   voiding just small amounts of urine  
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cystitis   bladder infection/inflammation  
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hyperkalemia   excess potassium in the blood  
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hyponatremia   low sodium levels in the blood  
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nephrolithiasis   kidney stones  
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glomerulonephritis   post-streptococcal infection where antibodies attack the kidneys.  
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pyelonephritis   kidney infection  
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cystoscopy   visualization of the bladder with a cystoscope  
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dialysis   process of using a machine to filter waste from the blood when the kidneys fail  
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