UA/Micro - Chapter 15
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| kidney | bean shaped organ located on either side of veterbral column at the back of the abdominal cavity - removes waste products from blood, produce and eliminate urine
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| ureter | muscular tube lined with mucus membranes that run from each kidney to the bladder
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| urninary bladder | hollow muscular sac located in the pelvic cavity that serves as a temporary reservoir for urine
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| urethra | mucus membrane lined tube that leads from the bladder to the exterior of the body
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| meatus | external opening of the urethrac
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| calyx | cup-shaped division of the renal pelvis through which urine passes from the renal tubules
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| glomerulus | ball shaped collection of very thin coiled and intertwined capillaries
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| Bowman's capsule | double walled cup-shaped end of a renal tubule containing a glomerulus aka renal capsule/glomerural capsule
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| urination | act of eliminating urine from the body
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| voiding | act of eliminating urine from the body
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| micturition | act of eliminating urine from the body
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| BUN | bladder, urea, nitrogen
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| cystoscope | instrument to view the interior of the bladder
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| nephron | functional unit of the kidney - forms urine by process filtration, reabsorption and elimination
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| dysuria | painful unrination
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| pyelonephritis | bacterial infection (inflammation) of the renal pelvis
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| nocturia | excessive urination at night - wake up to have to pee
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| enuresis | urinary incontinence at night - bed wetting
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| urinary retention | abnormal involuntary accumulation of urine in the bladder - inability to empty the bladder
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| urinary incontinence | inability to control urination or retain urine in the bladder
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| hemodialysis | process of removing excess fluids and toxins the blood by shunting (in the arm) the patients blood from the body into a dialysis machine
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| peritoneal dialysis | tube inserted into the peritoneal membrane to filter and cleanse the blood of waste products - using one's one body rather than a machine
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| cystitis | inflammation of the bladder
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| albuminuria | large quantities of protein in the urine (same as proteinuria)
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| proteinuria | large quantities of protein in the urine (same as albuminuria)
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| pyuria | presence of white blood cells in the urine - pus in the urine
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| bacteriuria | presence of bacteria in the urine
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| filtration | takes place in the nephron - involves glomerulus and Bowman's capsule - removal of toxins
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| reabsorption | takes place in the nephron - after filtration water, sugar and salts are returned to the bloodstream
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| oliguria | scanty urine output
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| nephrolithiasis | kidney stones aka renal calculus
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| renal artery | supplies blood to the kidneys
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| renal vein | carries blood away from the kidney
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| cortex | outer layer of a body organ or structure - outer layer of kidney
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| medulla | most internal part of an organ - inner layer of the kidney
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| renal pelvis | central collecting part of the kidney that narrows into the ureter
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