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What urinary system would be expected in a 3 year old?
Enuresis
The elastic muscular organ that is capable of great expansion and is part of the urinary system is the…
Urinary Bladder
The tubes connecting the kidneys and bladder are called…
Ureters
Hemodialysis is used to treat…
Kidney Failure
The cluster of capillaries that the Bowman’s capsule surrounds in the nephron is the…
Glomerulus
The cluster of capillaries that the bowman’s capsule surrounds in the nephron is the…
Glomerus
Dialysis involves the use of a device that rids the blood of harmful wastes by passing the blood through…
Semipermeable membrane
The function of the urinary bladder is to…
Store urine
Kidney ____ are very painful.
Stones
The tube leading the bladder to the outside of the body is the…
Urethra
Frequent urination without pain or infection is a symptom of…
Over-reactive bladder
The only cure for end-stage renal disease is…
A kidney transplant
Urine formation begins with…
Filtration
During the function of urine formation in the kidneys, useful substances filter out the renal tubules and back into the capillaries around the tubules. This function is called…
Reabsorption
Lithotripsy can break up renal calculi using…
Shock waves
UTI’s can be treated with…
Antibiotics and Fluids
UTI’s may often be caused by ____ bacteria in the GI tract.
E. Coli
What set of symptoms would be expected in someone with renal calculi?
Severe pain, chills, fever, hematuria, and nausea
What structures drain into the collecting tubule?
Distal convulted tubule
What are three processes necessary for the formation of urine?
Filtration, reabsorbtion, secretion
The opening of the urethra to the outside of the body is the…
Urinary Meatus
The process by which urine is passed out of the body is the….
Voiding
What are the functions of the urinary system?
Excretion, maintain acid, secretion, and elimination
Filtration in the kidney occurs in the…
Glomerulus
The tube that carries urine out of the kidney is called the…
Ureters
The triangular-shaped divisions of the medulla of the kidney are called…
Pyramids
Renal calculi are…
Kidney Stones
The urinary bladder is located in the ___ cavity.
Pelvic
What is an early sign of acute kidney failure?
Oliguria
What is a kidney infection called?
Nephritis
The function of the glomerulus is to….
Filter substances from blood
What is the most common type of kidney dialysis?
Hemodialysis
The most common cause of cystitis is…
E.coli Bacteria
If the kidneys are not functioning properly, what would occur?
Uremia
Another name for kidney stones is renal…
Calculi
The urinary system has __ ureters.
2
Someone who wakes up frequently at night to urinate has…
Nocturia
The double-walled structure surrounding the glomerulus is the…
Bowman’s capsul
The basic structural and functional unit of the kidney is the…
Nephron
The tube that carries the urine out of the body is called the…
Urethra
Production of urine is controlled by two hormones…
ADH and Aldosterone
Jane is 7 years old and is complaining of dysuria. Her most likely diagnosis is…
Cystitis
Renal failure is also known as _____ failure.
Kidney
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