Urinalysis Word List
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| Excretion | The removal of metabolic wastes
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| Elimination | Discharging undigested or unabsorbed food from the digestive tract.
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| Ureter | The duct that connects the urinary bladder and the kidney.
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| Hilus | The indentation on the border of the kidney.
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| Renal Capsule | Connective tissue covering the kidney.
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| Major Calyces | Funnel shaped cups of the renal pelvis that receive urine from the minor calyces.
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| Nephron | Microscopic functional unit of the kidney.
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| Renal tubule | Microscopic filtrate collection system of the nephron.
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| Renal corpuscle | Microscopic structure of the kidney that filters fluid.
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| Glomerulus | A network of Capillaries projecting into Bowman’s capsule.
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| Bowman’s Capsule | The cup shaped structure of the renal corpuscle that covers the glomerulus.
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| Afferent arteriole | Small artery that brings blood into the glomerulus.
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| Efferent arteriole | Small artery that takes blood away from the glomerulus.
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| Proximal convoluted tubule | First portion of the renal tubule that collects filtrate.
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| Juxtaglomerular apparatus | The structure of the kidney which helps to regulate the blood pressure.
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| ADH | Antidiuretic hormone – Hormone that increases reabsorption of water.
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| Diuretics | Chemicals that increase urine volume by decreasing water absorption.
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| Proteinuria | Presence of protein in the urine.
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| Hematuria | Presence of intact red blood cells in the urine.
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| Glycosuria | Presence of glucose in the urine.
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| Ketonuria | Presence of excessive amount of ketone bodies in the urine. Also called ketoaciduria.
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| Casts | Formed protein secretions that are deposited in the urine in kidney disease.
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| Incontinence | The inability to control excretory functions.
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| R & M | Routine and microscopic – routine chemical and microscopic analysis of urine usually using a dip-stick method.
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