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| two bean-shaped organs located on each side of the vertebral column on the posterior wall of the abdominal cavity behind the parietal peritoneum; their function is to remove waste products from the blood and to aid in maintaining water and electrolyte balances |
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| urine-producing microscopic structure |
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| glomerulus (pl. glomeruli) |
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| cluster of capillaries at the entrance of the nephron; the process of filtering the blood, thereby forming urine, begins here |
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| funnel-shaped reservoir that collects the urine and passes it to the ureter |
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| indentation on the medial side of the kidney where the ureter leaves the kidney |
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| two slender tubes that receive the urine from the kidneys and carry it to the posterior portion of the bladder |
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| muscular, hollow organ that temporarily holds the urine |
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| lowest part of the urinary tract, through which the urine passes from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body; also part of the reproductive system; carries seminal fluid (semen) at the time of ejaculation |
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| opening through which the urine passes to the outside |
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| developing cell, germ cell |
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| loosening, dissolution, separating |
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| drooping, sagging, prolapse |
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| inflammation of the bladder |
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| protrusion of the bladder |
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| inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney |
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| abnormal condition of water in the kidney (distension of the renal pelvis with urine because of an obstruction) |
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| kidney tumor containing developing cell (malignant tumor) (also called Wilms tumor) |
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| excessive development (increase in size) of the kidney |
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| condition of stone(s) in the kidney |
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| drooping kidney (also called a floating kidney) |
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| inflammation of the renal pelvis |
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| inflammation of the renal pelvis and the kidney |
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| condition of urine (urea) in the blood (toxic condition resulting from retention of by-products of the kidney in the blood) |
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| condition of stones in the ureters |
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| inflammation of the urethra and the bladder |
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| congenital defect in which the urinary meatus is located on the upper surface of the penis |
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| congenital defect in which the urinary meatus is located on the underside of the penis; a smimilar defect can occur in the female |
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| polycystic kidney disease |
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| condition in which the kidney contains many cysts and is enlarged |
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| elevated blood pressure resulting from kidney disease |
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| a condition in whihc pathogenic microorganisms, usually bacteria, enter the bloodstream, causing a systemic inflammatory response to the infection (also called septicemia) |
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| abnormal accumulation of urine in the bladder because of an inability to urinate |
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| sudden stoppage of urine formation |
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| urinary tract infection (UTI) |
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| infection of one or more organs of the urinary tract |
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| the tightening and release of vaginopelvic muscles in intervals to improve muscular tone |
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| incision of the bladder to remove a stone |
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| creating an artificial opening into the bladder |
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| surgical crushing of a stone |
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| separating the kidney (from other body structures) |
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| surgical fixation of the kidney |
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| incision through the kidney to the renal pelvis to remove a stone |
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| creation of an artificial opening into the kidney |
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| surgical repair of the renal pelvis |
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| creation of an artificial opening into the ureter |
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| surgical repair of the urethra |
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| vesicourethral suspension |
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| suspension pertaining to the bladder and urethra (also called the Marshall-Marchetti Krantz technique) |
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| the involuntary intermittent leakage of urine as a result of pressure, from a cough or a sneeze, on the weakened area around the urethra and bladder |
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| occurring outside the body |
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| extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) |
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| a noninvasive treatment for removal of kidney or ureteral stone(s) (also called shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) |
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| destruction of living tissue with an electric spark (a method commonly used to remove bladder growths) |
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| surgical implantation of a donor kidney to replace a nonfunctioning kidney |
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| x-ray image of the bladder |
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| x-ray imaging of the bladder |
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| intravenous urogram (IVU) |
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| x-ray image of the urinary tract (with contrast medium injected intravenously) (also called intravenous pyelogram) |
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| x-ray image of the kidney |
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| x-ray imaging of the kidney |
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| process of recording the kidney using sound (an ultrasound test) |
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| (sectional) x-ray image of the kidney |
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| (graphic) record of the kidney (produced by radioactivity after injecting a radiopharmaceutical, or radioactive material, into the blood) (a nuclear medicine test) |
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| x-ray image of the urinary tract (retrograde means to move in a direction opposite from normal) with contrast medium instilled through urethral catheters by a cystoscope |
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| voiding cystourethrography |
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| x-ray imaging of the bladder and the urethra; radiopaque dye is instilled in the bladder; x-ray images are taken of the bladder and during urination of the dye |
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| instrument used for visual examination of the bladder |
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| visual examination of the bladder |
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| instrument used for visual examination of the meatus |
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| visual examination of the kidney |
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| instrument used for visual examination of the urethra |
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| instrument used to measure (the specific gravity of) urine |
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| KUB (kidney, ureter, and bladder) |
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| a simple x-ray image of the abdomen |
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| blood urea nitrogen (BUN) |
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| a blood test that measures the amount of urea in the blood |
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| a blood test that measures the amount of creatinine in the blood |
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| a test performed on a urine specimen to measure the concentrating or diluting ability of the kidneys |
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| multiple routine tests performed on a urine specimen |
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| albumin in the urine (albumin is an important protein in the blood, but when found in the urine, it indicates a kidney problem) |
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| absence of urine (failure of the kidney to produce urine) |
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| (excessive) urea and nitrogenous substances in the blood |
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| condition of urine passing through (increased excretion of urine) |
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| difficult or painful urination |
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| sugar (glucose) in the urine |
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| a physician who studies and treats diseases of the kidney |
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| study of the kidney (a branch of medicine dealing with disease of the kidney) |
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| a physician who studies and treats (diseases of) the urinary tract |
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| study of the urinary tract; a branch of medicine dealing with diseases of the male and female urinary sytems and the male reproductive system |
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| flexible, tubelike device, such as a urinary catheter, for withdrawing or instilling fluids |
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| stretched out (a bladder is destended when filled with urine) |
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| agent that increases the formation and excretion of urine |
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| involuntary urination (bed-wetting) |
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| procedure for removing impurities from the blood because of an inablility of the kidneys to do so |
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| inability to control bladder and/or bowels |
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| procedure for removing toxic wasts when the kidney is unable to do so; the peritoneal cavity is used as the receptacle for the fluid used in the dialysis |
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| abnormal narrowing, such as a urethral stricture |
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| passage of a catheter into the urinary bladder to withdraw urine |
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| pertaining to the force and flow of urine within the urinary tract |
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| to empty or evacuate waste material, especially urine |
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| catheterization, catheter |
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| extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy |
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