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| percent of adults weight due to water |
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| number of gallons that flow through kidneys everyday |
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| amount of urine you can excrete in a day |
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| good screening test fo overall health? |
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| Chemical & microscopic analysis of urine |
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| percent of people on organ transplant list that are waiting for a kidney |
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| called genitourinary system in males, similar to water filtration system, consists of 2 kidneys, 2 uretas, urinary bladder, urethra |
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| filter and remove metabolic waste, maintain proper balance of water and electrolytes, maintain pH |
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| outside cells, includes tissue spaces and inside blood cells |
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| triangular shaped structures visible in medulla |
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| tip of each renal pyramid |
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| small opening that receives urine from each papilla |
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| large opening that receives urine from each calyx and empties into ureta |
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| microscopic functional unit of kidney. there are more than 1 million nephrons per kidney |
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| extend from renal pelvis to bladder, carrying urine |
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| elastic muscular sac that stores 250 ml of urine |
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| tube that carries urine from bladder to outside of body. 1.5 inches in women, 8 inches in males |
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| 95% water, electrolytes, small proteins, waste products and toxins. |
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| normal 24 hour output of urine |
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| no urine output (kidney failure) |
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| inflammation of urinary bladder, caused by gram negative bacilli (e. coli), can develop from frequent sexual intercourse, more common in females |
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| inflam of glomeruli, the filtering units of the nephron |
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| signs and symptoms of UTIs |
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| increased urinary frequency and urgency, burning during urination, microscopic exam of urine containing bacteria, |
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| can be acute or chronic, inability to remove metabolic waste products leads to uremia |
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| artificial cleansing of blood, occurs 3x a week, 3-6 hours each time. kidney transplant is only other option, |
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| number of people in us waiting for kidney transplant |
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| urinary calculi or kidney stones |
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| caused by dehydration, recurrent UTI, genetic disorder. treatment: medication, lithotripsy, surgery, diet modification. |
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| components of urinary system |
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| 2 kidneys, ureter, bladder, urethra |
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| parts of kidney nephron in correct order |
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| glomerulus, glomarulor capsule, proximal tubule, loop of henle, distol tubule, collecting duct |
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| if a substance in the kidney filtrate is moved from the renal tubule into the blood supply it is said to be |
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| normal results of urine testing for glucose |
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| normal results of urine testing for protein |
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| normal results of urine testing for blood (RBCs) |
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| should you ever have any glucose in urine? |
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| what are 2 common causes of chronic renal desease? |
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| hypertension and diabetes |
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| most common component of kidney stones |
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