Question | Answer |
Peristaltic Waves | sequqnce of rythmic contractions |
Plasma | Liquid Portion of Blood |
Cyst/o | bladder |
lith/o | stone |
pyle/o | renal |
balan/o | glans penis |
orch/o | testis |
varic/o | dilated vein |
vesicul/o | seminal vescile |
azot/o | nitogenous compounds |
crypt/o | hidden |
kal/i | potassium |
noct/o | night |
py/o | pus |
anuria | urine production and output |
Azotemia | excesive amounts of nitrogenous compounds in the blood |
Bladder Neck Obstruction | prevents urine |
Chronic Renal Fialure | kidneys maintain volume and composition of body fluids |
dysuria | painful urination |
End-stage Renal disease | kidney function is permanently lost |
Enuresis | involuntray discharge of urine |
Fistula | hollow organ to the surface |
Hydronephrosis | dilation of renal pelvis so the urination can occur |
Nephrotic Syndrome | Loss of plasma rotien due to an increase permeability of glomerular membrane |
Nocturia | wetting the bed |
Oliguria | inefficient excretion of urine |
Urgency | feeling of the need to void immediatly |
Vesicoureteral Reflux | failure to urine to pass through the ureters |
Wilms Tumor | malignant neolpasm of the kideny in children |
anorchidism | absence of one or both testes |
aspermia | failure to form or ejaculate semen |
balanitis | inflammation of skin covering the penis |
Epispadias | malformation of urethra opening |
Erectile Dysfunction | inability to maintain erection |
hyrdocele | serous fluid in teh saclike cavity within testes |
hypospadias | urethra opens on the underside of the penis |
phimosis | narrowing of preputial orifice |
Sterility | Inability to produce offfspring |
Varicolcele | swelling of he spermatic cord |
Digital Rectal Examination | screening of rectal wall surface for lesions |
Electromyography | measure the contraction of muscles tha the control urination |
Cystoscopy | test for urinary bladdat to test for tumors |
Nephroscopy | Visualization and irrigation of the kidney |
Blood Urea Nitrogen | amount of urea nitrogen |
Culture and Sensitivity | determines the causing organism of a disease |
Semen Analysis | sperm count |
Cystometrography | asseses the volume and pressure in teh bladder |
Intravenous Pyelography | examination of kidneys after iv infection |
Dialysis | Filter toxic substances from bloodstream |
Hemodialysis | removing blood from body and putting it through a machine that plays a role simialr to the kidney and filters and returns the blood |
Nephropexy | fixation of floating kideny |
Orichdectomy | removal of one or more testes |
Antibiotics | treat bacterial infections |
Antispasmodics | decrease spams |
Diuretics | increase excretion of urine |
Potassium Supplements | replace potassium |
Anti-Impotance Agents | treat erectile dysfunciton |
AGN | Acute glomerulonephritis |
ARF | Acute Renal Failure |
ATN | Acute Tubular Necrosis |
BNO | Bladder Neck Obstruction |
BUN | Blood Urea Nitrogen |
DRE | Digital Rectal Examiniation |
EBT | External beam therapy |
ESRD | End Stage renal disease |
ESWL | Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy |
GU | Genitourinary |
KUB | Kidney, Ureter, Bladder |
PCLN | Percutaneour nephrolithotomy |
sp. gr. | Specific Gravity |
TURP | Transurethral resection of the ... |
UA | Urinalysis |
VCUG | Voiding Cystourethrography Prostate |
VUR | Vesicoureteral Relfux |