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CHM 302 CHPT 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| urologists | physicians who specialize in diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the female and the male urinary systems |
| urogynecologists | specialize in treating urinary problems involving the female reproductive system |
| pediatric urologist | specializes in diagnosing and treating urinary problems in children |
| nephraology | subspeciality of internal medicine studying the kidneys |
| nephrologists | provide diagnostic evaluation and ongoing care of patients with medical disorders related to the kidneys |
| reabsorption | other essential substances are reabsorbed into the bloodstream by this process |
| homeostatis | stable internal environment |
| kidney dialysis | artificial kidney used to filter out impurities |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| meat/o | opening, meatus |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| ren/o | kidney |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| urin/o | urine, urinary tract |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -iasis | abnormal condition (produced by something specific) |
| -lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pexy | fixation (of an origin) |
| -ptosis | prolapse, downward placement |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -uria | urine |
| cystoscopy | visual examination of the urinary tract using a cystoscope inserted through the urethra |
| vesicocele | hernial protrusion of the urinary bladder |
| meatus | opening/tunnel through any part of the body, such as the external opening of the urethra |
| neprhoma | tumor of the kidney |
| renal | pertaining to the kidney |
| plyeloplasty | surgical repair of the renal pelvis |
| uremia | excessive urea and other nitrogenous waste products in the blood; also called azotemia |
| urinary | pertaining to urine |
| ureterostenosis | narrowing or stricture of a ureter |
| -stenosis | narrowing or stricture |
| urethrocele | hernial protrusion of the urethra |
| -cele | hernia; swelling |
| azotemia | excessive amounts of nitrogenous compounds in the blood |
| azot- | nitrogenous compounds |
| lithiasis | abnormal condition of stones |
| dialysis | process of removing toxic wastes from the blood when the kidneys cannot |
| dia- | through, across |
| nephropathy | disease of the kidneys |
| nephropexy | surgical procedure to affix a displaced kidney |
| nephroptosis | downward displacement or dropping of a kidney |
| lithotripsy | crushing of a stone |
| lith/o | stone; calculus |
| polyuria | excessive urination |
| nephrectomy | excision of a kidney |
| nephromegaly | enlargement of a kidney |
| -ectomy | excision |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| nephrolithiasis | abnormal condition of kidney stones |
| nephrolith | kidney stone |
| nephralgia | pain in the kidney |
| -algia | pain |
| -dynia | pain |
| nephritis | inflammation of the kidney |
| lithectomy | excision of a stone |
| US | ultrasound |
| ESWL | extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy |
| -otomy | incision |
| nephrolithotomy | incision to remove a renal stone/calculus |
| glomerulonephritis | inflammation of the glomerulus of the kidney |
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| proteinuria | chronic loss of protein in the urine |
| edema | swelling |
| diuretic | drugs prescribed to control edema and stimulate the flow of urine |
| supra- | above, excessive, superior |
| ren | kidney |
| -al | pertaining to |
| scler/o | hardening |
| sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
| nephrosis | abnormal condition of a kidney |
| nephrosclerosis | abnormal condition of kidney hardening |
| nephrolith | calculus in the kidney |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| nephrorrhaphy | suture of a kidney |
| nephrotomy | incision of a kidney |
| neprholithotomy | incision to remove a kidney stone |
| nephroptosis | a prolapsed kidney |
| cystitis | inflammation of the bladder |
| cystolithiasis | abnormal condition of bladder stones |
| cystolithotomy | incision of the bladder to remove a stone |
| pyuria | pus in the urine |
| dysuria | painful urination |
| bacteriuria | bacteria in the urine |
| ureterorrhaphy | suture of the ureter |
| cystorrhaphy | suture of the bladder |
| vesicoenteric | pertaining to the bladder and intestine |
| rect/o | rectum |
| cystocele | herniation of the bladder |
| rectocele | herniation of the rectum into the vagina |
| -scope | instrument for examining |
| radi/o | radiation, x-ray, radius |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| urethritis | inflammation of the urethra |
| urethrecomy | excision of the urethra |
| urethropexy | surgical fixation of the urethra |
| Two words meaning pain in the urethra | urethralgia and urethrodynia |
| UTI | urinary tract infections |
| urethral | pertaining to the urethra |
| lumen | tubular space within a structure |
| urethrorectal | pertaining to the urethra and rectum |
| meatotomy | incision of the meatus |
| meatorrhaphy | suture of the meatus |
| -ia | condition |
| benign | noncancerous |
| malignant | cancerous |
| adenodynia | pain in a gland |
| aden/o | gland |
| nephron | functional unit of the kidney |
| oliguria | diminished capacity to pass urine |
| glomerulonephritis | inflammation of the glomerulus and kidney |
| glomerulitis | inflammation of the glomerulus |
| glomerulopathy | disease of the glomerulus |
| glomeruluosclerosis | an abnormal condition of the hardening glomerulus |
| pyelopathy | any disease of the renal pelvis |
| KUB | diagnostic test of the kidneys, ureters, and bladder |
| IVP | IV injection test to confirm a diagnosis of renal calculi, etc.; stands for intravenouspyelography |
| intravenous | within a vein |
| pyelogram | record of the renal pelvis |
| nephroliths | stones in the kidney |
| ureteroliths | stones in the ureter |
| retrogradepyelography (RP) | pyelography in which a contrast medium is injected into the urethra |
| retro- | backwards, behind |
| -grade | to go |
| pyelonephritis | bacterial infection of the renal pelvis and kidneys |
| pyeloplasty | surgical repair of the renal pelvis |
| pyelogram | record of the renal pelvis |
| pyorrhea | discharge or flow of pus |
| pyonephrosis | abnormal condition of pus from the kidney |
| pyuria | pus in the urine |
| anuria | without urine |
| proximal | nearest the point of attachment |
| distal | farthest from the point of attachment |
| hydronephrosis | when calculi obstruction causes cessation of urine flow |
| hydronephrosis | abnormal condition of water (urine) in the kidney |
| hematuria | blood in the urine |
| polyuria | excessive urnation |
| nocturia | urination at night |
| incontinence | uncontrolled loss of urine from the bladder |
| ARF | acute renal failure |
| diuresis | increased formation and secretion of urine |
| ESRD | end-stage renal disease |
| enuresis | involuntary discharge of urine after the age at which bladder control should be established; bed wetting |
| hypospadias | abnormal congenital opening of the male urethra on the undersurface of the penis |
| interstitial nephritis | condition associated with pathological changes in the renal interstitial tissues that may be primary or due to a toxic agent that results in the destruction of nephrones |
| renal hypertension | high BP that results from kidney disease |
| Wilms tumor | malignant neoplasm of the kidney that occurs in young children |
| BUN | blood urea nitrogen; measures about of urea in the blood |
| creatinine clearance | measure the rate at which creatinine is cleared form the blood by the kidney |
| urinalysis | physical, chemical, and microscopic evaluation of urine |
| VCUG | voiding cystourethrography; radiography of the bladder and urethra while the bladder fills and empties |
| catheterization | insertion of a catheter into a body cavity or organ to instill a substance or remove fluid |
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