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Urinary System
anything dealing with the Urinary System
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where does urine formation take place? | Nephron |
| What is it called when you place a tube in the urethra to drain urine from the bladder? | Cathitor |
| What is the abbreviation for a urinalysis? | U/A, UA |
| What X ray is done of the kidney (renal pelvis) using a dye that is injected into a vein? | IVP |
| What is the term for pus in the urine? | pyuria |
| What is the term for the back up of urine in the kidney causing distention? | Hydronephrosis |
| What is the term for a kidney stone? | nephrolith/calculus |
| What is a 'visual exam of the bladder' | cystoscopy |
| What would you call it if a patient produced no urine at all? | anuria |
| What is the term fo rblood in the urine? | Uremia |
| -algia | pain |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| dysuria | difficult or painful urination |
| incontinence | leakage of urine |
| lith/o | stone |
| micturition | urination |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| -stenosis | narrowing |
| What is the difference between the ureter and the urethra? | ureter - organ that transports urine from the kidney to the bladder urethra - the tube that leads from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body |