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Urinary
Body system
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| urinary bladder | muscular sac that holds urine and releases it to leave the body through urethra |
| kidney | organ behind the abdomen that makes urine by filtering wastes from the blood |
| renal pelvis | central section of the kidney |
| ureter/o | tube leading form the kidney to urinary bladder |
| urethr/o | tube leading from the urinary bladder to the outside of body |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| vesic/o | urinary bladder |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| ren/o | kidney |
| pyelogram | x-ray of renal pelvis |
| urethritis | infl. of urethra |
| intraversical | pert. within the urinary bladder |
| cystoscopy | visual examination of urinary bladder |
| ureterectomy | resection of a ureter |
| dysuria | painful urination |
| hematuria | blood in the urine |
| uremia | high level of urea in bloodstream |
| nephrolithiasis | abnormal condition of kidney stones |
| albuminuria | abnormal condition of protein in urine |
| anuria | no urine production |
| glycosuria | sugar in urine |
| blood urea nitrogen | test kidney function |
| BUN | nitrogenous wast in blood |
| VCUG voiding cystourethrogram | x-ray images taken as patient expelling urine |
| lithotripsy | shock wave beamed into patient to crush stone in kidney or ureter |
| retrograde pyelogram | x-ray images of ureters, bladder and urethra |
| urinary catheterization | tube is passed through the urethra into th urinary bladder for short or long term drainage of urine |
| creatinine clearance test (Ccr), | which measures the rate at which creatinine concentration in a blood sample is excreted in the urine over a 24-hour period |
| creatinine | a crystalline end product of creatine metabolism, C 4 H 7 N 3 O, occurring in urine, muscle, and blood. |
| glomerular filtration rate (GFR), | which is used to document stages of kidney disease |
| extracorporeal | Occurring or situated outside the body. |
| extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL). | shock waves crush stones eventual passage from the body with urine |
| peritoneal dialysis | The removal of soluble substances and water from the body by transfer across the peritoneum, utilizing a solution which is intermittently introduced into and removed from the peritoneal cavity. |
| hemodialysis (HD) | Removal of certain elements (impurities or wastes) from the blood, performed by diffusion of the blood through a semipermeable membrane; used in the treatment of renal failure and other toxic conditions |
| kidney, ureter, and bladder | (KUB) x-ray without contrast material |
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