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Merrills Ch. 18
Urinary Bladder Pathology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Enlargement of the prostate | Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) |
| Abnormal concretion of mineral salts, often called a stone | Calculus |
| Carcinoma located in the bladder | Bladder Carcinoma |
| Carcinoma located in the kidney | Renal Cell Carcinoma |
| Abnormality present since birth | Congenital Anomaly |
| Two renal pelvi and/or ureters from the same kidney | Duplicate Collecting System |
| Fusion of the kidneys, usually at the lower poles | Horseshoe Kidney |
| Kidney that fails to ascend and remains in the pelvis | Pelvic Kidney |
| Inflammation of the bladder | Cystitis |
| Abnormal connection between two internal organ s or between an organ and the body surface | Abnormal connection between two internal organ s or between an organ and the body surface |
| Inflammation of the capillary loops in the glomeruli of the kidney | Glomerulonephritis |
| Distension of the renal pelvis and calyces with urine | Hydronephrosis |
| Massive enlargement of the kidney with the formation of many cysts | Polycystic Kidney |
| Inflammtion of the kidney and renal pelvis | Pylelonephritis |
| Increased blood pressure to the kidneys | Renal Hypertension |
| Condition preventing the norm al flow of urine through the urinary system | Renal Obstruction |
| New tissue growth where cell proliferation is uncontrolled | Tumor |
| Most common childhood abdominal neoplasm affecting the kidney | Wilms’ |
| Ballooning of the lower end of the ureters into the bladder | Ureterocele |
| Backwards flow of urine from the bladder into the ureters | Vesicoureteral Reflux |