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Ch. 11 Urinary system

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show mineral salt of the body that carries an electrical charge, regulates nerve impulses, muscle contraction, hydration and blood pH  
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filtrate   show
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show product of protein metabolism that includes urea, uric acid, creatine, creatinine, and ammonia  
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show serous membrane taht lines the abdominopelvic cavity and covers most of the organs in the cavity  
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show albumin, protein  
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show nitrogenous compounds  
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show bladder  
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vesic/o   show
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show glomerulus  
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kal/i   show
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keton/o   show
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show stone, calculus  
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meat/o   show
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show kidney  
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show kidney  
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show night  
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olig/o   show
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show pus  
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pyel/o   show
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show urine, urinary tract  
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ureter/o   show
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show urethra  
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show forming; producing; orign  
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-iasis   show
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show urine  
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show through, across  
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show backward, behind  
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cystocele   show
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show end-stage renal disease; little or o remaining kidney function, requiring the patient to undergo dialysis or kidney transplant for survival  
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enuresis   show
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show abnormal passage from a hollow organ to the surface or from one organ to another  
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hydronephrosis   show
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show IC; chronic inflammation of the bladder wall that is not caused by bacterial infection and is not responsive to conventional antibiotic therapy aka painful bladder syndrome  
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show loss of large amounts of plasma protein, through urine due to an increased permeability of the glomerular membrane  
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neurogenic bladder   show
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polycystic kidney disease   show
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show infection of the kidney, usually begins in the urethra or bladder and ascends the ureters to the kidney  
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show VUR; disorder caused by the failure of urine to pass through the ureters to the bladder, usually caused by impairment of the valve between the ureter and bladder or obstruction in the ureter  
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show malignant tumor of the kidney that usually occurs in children; aka nephroblastoma  
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show EMG; measures the contraction of muscles that control urination using electrodes placed in the rectum and urethra  
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show BUN; determines the amount of nitrogen in the blood that comes from urea  
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show C&S; determines the causative organism of an infection and identifies how the organism responds to various antibiotics  
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show UA; urine screening test that includes physical observation, chemical tests and microscopic evaluation  
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intravenous pyelography   show
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renal nuclear scan   show
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show VCUG; x-ray of teh bladder and urethra performed before, during, and after voiding using a contrast medium to enhance imaging  
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show opening created between the skin and kidney to drain urine through a tube outside the body when the ureters are unable to do so  
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show insertion of a thin, narrow tube into the ureter to prevent or treat obstruction of urine flow from the kidney  
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