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P Mylin Study Stack
Urinary System
Question | Answer |
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Scanty urine | oliguria |
Without urination | anuria |
Urinating during the night | nocturia |
Function of prostate | store and secrete milky fluid that carries sperm; helps to facilitate ejaculation |
Removal of bladder | urostomy |
Enlargement of prostate - restricts urethra and makes urination difficult or impossible | Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy |
Test for levels of urea in blood | BUN - blood, urea, nitrogen |
Test for filtering of kidney; measures rate at which creatinine is cleared by kidney | Creatinine Clearance Test |
X-ray examination with contrast of the vascular (vessels) system of the kidney | Renal Angiography |
X-ray imaging of the kidney, ureters, and bladder after injection of contrast through a urinary catheter into the ureters | Retrograde Pyelogram |
X-ray record with contrast of the urinary bladder and urethra while the patient is voiding urine | Voiding Cystourethrogram |
ESWL | extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy |