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AMT Renal Gen

AMT Renal Ge

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Functional part of an organ parenchyma
By-products of break down of fatty acids ketones
Test to compare density of urine to water, measured with a urinometer specific gravity
Hormone that aids in maintaining blood pressure renin
damage to the glomerulus capillaries due to chronic high blood sugars of diabetes mellitus diabetic nephropathy
pertaining to death necrotic/necrosis
To walk around ambulate
This process occurs in the glomerulus in the formation of urine filtration
Wilm's tumor is also known as nephrobalstoma
hollow tube inserted into body catheter
Preliminary X-ray of urinary system
Diagnostic X-ray procedure in which dye is inserted through the urethra to outline bladder, ureters, and renal pelvis retrograde pyelography
Which of following involves injecting dye into blood for uptake by kidney to get a better X-ray view excretory urography
Damage to the glomerulus resulting in protein appearing in urine, proteinuria, and corresponding decrease in protein in bloodstream; also called nephrosis nephrotic syndrome
an opening meatus
enzyme produced by juxtaglomerular cells renin
If you can't control your bladder you have urge incontinence
Pathological condition where there is increased urination/increased production of urine diuresis
a stone calculus
swollen with fluid edema
can't control your bladder enuresis
Fluid is introduced into the abdominal cavity, and wastes from the blood pass into this fluid peritoneal dialysis
process of urinating micturition
severe sharp pain in lower back over kidney associated with stones renal colic
stone formed by accumulation of mineral salts calculus
dye injected into kidney to view renal pelvis better on x-ray IVP
Basic test to check for azotemia/nitrogenous wastes in blood; elevated denotes kidney dysfunction BUN
Uremia basically means the same as azotemia
hormone secreted by kidney to stimulate production of red blood cells erythropoietin
Found in urine when there is increased fat metabolism as in starvation/low carb dieting ketones
voiding micturition/urination
Created by: hope hanks
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