Urinary vocab

urea, creatine, uric acid

water & electrolytes, sodium (NA+), potassium (K+)

hormones, renin, erythropoietin, calciferol

hormones from blood stream

inflammation & damage to the filtering part of the kidneys.

antidiuretic hormone

blood urea nitrogen

culture & sensitivity

chloride

chronic renal failure

continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

diabetes Mellitus

diabetes insipidus

extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy

continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

kidneys, ureters, bladder

polycystic kidney disease

phenylketonuria

potential hydrogen

retrograde pyelogram

specific gravity

urinary tract infection

urinalysis

voiding cyst urethrogram

urea/nitrogen

fat

potassium

stone

opening or canal

kidney

night

few or scanty

kidney

triangular body part

language to describe procedure, conditions, treatment

presence in urine, condition of

bladder/vesicle

cup like sac, 1st step in filtration of blood to form urine

procedure to examine urethra

chambers of kidneys, urine passes through

outer layer of kidney

medical procedure to treat kidney failure

kidney filtering out too much fluid

medication to help filter body of too much fluid & salt

mineral in body to help maintain electrical charge of cells

process where substances, not all, pass through a filter

tiny ball of capillaries in the kidney

there is blood in your urine

Cancer that begins in the lining of the tiny tubes in the kidney that return filtered substances that the body needs back to the blood and remove extra fluid and waste as urine

the body's ability to maintain equilibrium

depression in an organ where blood vessels & nerves enter and leave

a condition where one or both kidneys become stretched and swollen as the

when the ureter gets bigger than normal due to a backup of urine (pee)

a medical problem in which you have too much potassium in your blood

one of two, bean shaped organs, either side of back bone in lumbar region, filters waste from bloodstream to form urine

the excretion of abnormally large amounts of ketone bodies in the urine, characteristic of diabetes mellitus, starvation, or other medical conditions.

a treatment, typically using ultrasound shock waves, by which a kidney stone or other calculus is broken into small particles that can be passed out by the body.

inner region of an organ (meaning-marrow, inner part)

opening or canal

kidney stone (renal calculi)

electrolyte regulated by the kidney, so proper concentration is maintained in the blood

electrolyte regulated in blood & urine by kidneys, need for proper transmission of nerve Impulses, heart activity, and other major metabolic functions.

triangle area of the urinary bladder

a flexible tubular instrument inserted through the urethras into urinary bladder

the open or laparoscopic surgical removal of a stone from the ureter

process of expelling urine (aka micturition)

hollow muscular sac that holds and stores urine

a raised level in the blood of urea and other nitrogenous waste compounds that are normally eliminated by the kidneys