Details Title: Abdominal Sonography II Description: For diagnostic medical sonography students, to study for the final. Total Flash Cards: 43 Created: 05/11/2009 07:22:31		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Health Care Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Normal kidney dimensions Definition 9-12 cm length, 5 cm width, 2.5 cm thick Term nephron function Definition filters blood and produces urine Term collects urine from Bowman's capsule Definition renal tubules Term how blood enters Bowman's capsule Definition through the afferent arteriole Term how blood exits Bowman's capsule Definition through the efferent arteriole Term anatomy of the renal corpuscle Definition glomerulus cluster of non-anastomosing capillaries, enclosed by Bowman's capsule Term 2 types of nephrons Definition cortical and juxtamedullary Term cells concerned with the production of Renin Definition juxtaglomerular apparatus (JGA) Term enzyme needed when blood pressure is too low Definition renin Term waste from muscles excreted through urine Definition creatinine Term causes vessel constriction which raises blood pressure Definition angiotensin Term protein in the urine Definition albuminuria Term measurement of the kisney's ability to concentrate urine Definition specific gravity Term ratio of plasma to packed-cell volume in blood Definition hematocrit Term increased deposits of fat in renal sinus Definition sinus lipomatosis Term Most common variant of urinary tract Definition duplex collecting system Term cyst-like enlargement of lower end of ureter Definition ureterocele Term usually associated with complete ureter duplication Definition ectopic ureterocele Term closed at umbilicus but open at bladder Definition diverticulum Term closed at bladder, umbilicus open Definition sinus diverticulum Term closed at umbilicus and bladder Definition urachal cyst Term associated with urethral obstructions in the fetus Definition patent urachus Term renal sinus cyst that does not connect with collecting system Definition parapelvic cyst Term dysplastic cystic dilation of medullary and papillary portion of collecting tubules Definition medullary sponge kidney Term complications of medullary sponge kidney Definition stone formation and infection Term fetus has large echogenic kidney due to multiple small cysts Definition infantile polycystic renal disease Term autosomal dominant kidney disease with bilateral cysts and masses Definition Von Hippel-Lindau Term renal failure patients with small cysts in cortex and medulla Definition acquired cystic kidney disease Term autosomal dominant, renal cysts and angiomyolipomas, associated with mental retardation, seizures, and cutaneous lesions Definition tuberous sclerosis Term bilateral normal to small kidneys with thin cortex, rapid progression with uremia and death Definition medullary cystic disease Term most common palpable abdominal mass in neonates and most common childhood renal cystic disease Definition multicystic dysplastic kidney Term most common renal carcinoma Definition renal cell carcinoma Term most common tumor of renal collecting system Definition transitional cell carcinoma Term type of patients w/increased risk of TCC Definition heavy smokers and exposure to carcinogens Term most common renal tumore in children 1-8 Definition Wilm's tumor (nephroblastoma) Term rare, benign mass, more common in men, with a stellate or spoke wheel pattern Definition oncocytoma Term benign counterpart of wilm's tumor Definition mesoblastic nephroma Term most common medical cause of acute renal failure Definition acute tubular necrosis Term S/A of lupus nephritis Definition increased echogenicity and atrophy Term air in the renal parenchyma with gas forming parenchymal infection Definition emphysematous pyelonephritis Term air within the urinary collecting system Definition emphysematous pyelitis Term causes destruction of renal parenchyma with replacement by lipid macrophages Definition xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis Term s/a of papillary necrosis Definition fluid filled spaces around corticomedullary junction - pyramids