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LOM CH. 7
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Undergraduate 1
09/15/2012

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Term
GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
Definition
INFLAMMATION OF THE GLOMERULI WITHIN THE KIDNEY.
Term
INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS
Definition
INFLAMMATION OF THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT LIES BETWEEN THE RENAL TUBULES.
Term
NEPHROLITHIASIS
Definition

KIDNEY STONES

(RENAL CALCULI)

Term

NEPHROTIC SYNDROME

(NEPHROSIS)

Definition
GROUP OF CLINICAL SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE PROTEIN LOSS IN URINE.
Term

POLYCYSITIC KIDNEY DISEASE

(PKD)

Definition
MULTIPLE FLUID-FILLED SACS (CYSTS) WITHIN AND ON THE KIDNEY.
Term
PYELONEPHRITIS
Definition
INFLAMMATION OF THE LINING OF THE RENAL PELVIS AND RENAL PARENCHYMA.
Term

RENAL CELL CARCINOMA

(HYPERNEPHROMA)

Definition
CANCEROUS TUMOR OF THE KIDNEY IN ADULTHOOD.
Term
RENAL FAILURE
Definition
KIDNEY DECREASES EXCERTION OF WASTES AS A RESULT OF IMPAIRED FILTRATION FUNCTION.
Term
RENAL HYPERTENSION
Definition
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE RESULTING FROM KIDNEY DISEAS.
Term
WILMS TUMOR
Definition
MALIGNANT TUMOR OF THE KIDNEY OCCURRING IN CHILDHOOD.
Term
BLADDER CANCER
Definition
MALIGNANT TUMOR OF THE URINARY BLADDER.
Term
DIABETES INSIPIDUS
Definition
ANTIDIURETIC HORMONE IS NOT SECRETED ADEQUATELY, OR THE KIDNEY IS RESISTANT TO ITS EFFECT.
Term
DIABETES MELLITUS
Definition
INSULIN IS NOT SECRETED ADEQUATELY OR NOT USED PROPERLY IN THE BODY.
Term

BLOOD UREA NITROGEN

(BUN)

Definition
MEASUREMENT OF UREA LEVELS IN BLOOD.
Term
CREATININE CLEARANCE
Definition
MEASURMENT OF THE RATE AT WHICH CREATININE IS CLEARED FROM THE BLOOD BY THE KIDNEY.
Term
CT SCAN
Definition
X-RAY IMAGES SHOW MULTIPLE CROSS-SECTIONAL AND OTHER VIEWS OF ORGANS AND TISSUES.
Term

KIDNEYS, URETERS, AND BLADDER

(KUB)

Definition
X-RAY EXAMINATION (WITHOUT CONTRAST) OF THE KIDNEYS, URETERS, AND BLADDER.
Term
RENAL ANGIOGRAPHY
Definition
X-RAY EXAMINATION (WITH CONTRAST) OF THE BLOOD VESSELS OF THE KIDNEY.
Term

RETROGRADE PYELOGRAM

(RP)

Definition
X-RAY IMAGING OF THE RENAL PELVIS AND URETERS AFTER INJECTION OF CONTRAST THROUGH A URINARY CATHETER INTO THE URETERS FROM THE BLADDER.
Term

VOIDING CYSTOURETHROGRAM

(VCUG)

Definition
X-RAY RECORD (WITH CONTRAST) OF THE URINARY BLADDER AND URETHRA OBTAINED WHILE THE PATIENT IS VOIDING.
Term
ULTRASONOGRAPHY
Definition
IMAGING OF URINARY TRACT STRUCTURES USING HIGH-FREQUENCY SOUND WAVES.
Term
RADIOSOTOPE SCAN
Definition
IMAGE OF THE KIDNEY AFTER INJECTING A RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE INTO THE BLOODSTREAM.
Term

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING

(MRI)

Definition
CHANGING MAGNETIC FIELD PRODUCES IMAGES OF THE KIDNEY AND SURROUNDING STRUCTURES IN THE PLANES OF THE BODY.
Term
CYSTOSCOPY
Definition
DIRECT VISUALIZATION OF THE URETHRA AND URINARY BLADDER WITH AN ENDOSCOPE.
Term
DIALYSIS
Definition
PROCESS OF SEPARATING NITROGENOUS WASTE MATERIALS FROM THE BLOOD.
Term
LITHOTRIPSY
Definition
URINARY TRACT STONES ARE CRUSHED.
Term
RENAL ANGIOPLASTY
Definition
DILATION OF NARROWED AREAS IN RENAL ARTERIES.
Term
RENAL BIOPSY
Definition
REMOVAL OF KIDNEY TISSUE FOR MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION.
Term
RENAL TRANSPLANTATION
Definition
SURGICAL TRANSFER OF A KIDNEY FROM A DONOR TO A RECIPIENT.
Term
URINARY CATHERIZATION
Definition
PASSAGE OF A FLEXIBLE, TUBULAR INSTRUMENT THROUGH THE URETHRA INTO THE URINARY BLADDER.
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