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The Urinary System
Diseases
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Renal failure | kidney failure |
| Hydroureter | is the distention (stretching out) of the ureter with urine that can not flow because the ureter is blocked |
| Cystalgia | pain in the urinary bladder |
| Cystocele | is a hernia of the bladder through the vaginal wall |
| Vesicovaginal fissure | is an abnormal opening between the bladder and vagina |
| Epispadias | in the male is a congenital abnoramlity in which the urethral opening is located on the dorsal |
| Hypospadias | in the male is a congenital abnormality in which the urethral opening is on the undersurface of the penis |
| Paraspadias | is a congenital abnormality in males in which the urethral opening is on one side of the penis |
| Diuresis | is the increased excretion of urine |
| Dysuria | is difficult or painful urination |
| Enuresis | is the involuntary discharge of urine |
| Nocturia | is excessive urination during the night |
| Oliguria | mean scanty urination |
| Polyuria | means excessive urination |
| Incontinence | the inability to control excretory functions |
| Urinary incontinence | is the inability to control the voiding of urine |
| Urinary stress incontinence | is the inability to control the voiding of urine under physical stress such as running, sneezing, laughing, or coughting |
| Urge incontinence | is when urination occurs involuntarily as soon as an urgent desire to urinate is felt |
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