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Chapter 6
Urinary System
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Pathology
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11/08/2014

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Glomerulonephritis
Definition
inflammaory reaction of the renal parenchyma caused by steptococcal infection
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Adenocarcinoma
Definition
Carcinoma derived from glandular tissue
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Bladder Carcinoma
Definition
cancer of bladder
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Bladder diverticula
Definition
Pouch in the wall of the urinary bladder
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Bladder trabeculae
Definition
Roughening of the normally smooth bladder wall
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Bright's disease
Definition
Inflammatory reaction of the renal parenchyma caused by an antigen-antibody reaction in the glomeruli
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Crossed ectopy
Definition
Condition in which one kidney lies across the body midline and is fused to the other kidney
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Cystitis
Definition
Inflammation of the bladder as a result of its infection
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Ectopic kidney
Definition
A kidney that is out of its normal position, usually lower than normal
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Foley Catheter
Definition
A catheter that us placed through the urethra and retained in the urinary bladder by a balloon that is inflated with air or fluid
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Horseshoe kidney
Definition
Condition in which the lower poles of the kidney are joined across midline by a band of soft tissues, resulting in a rotation anomaly on one or both sides
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Hydronephrosis
Definition
An obstructive disease of the urinary system that causes a dilatation of the renal pelvis and calyces with urine
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Hyperplasia
Definition
Overdevelopment
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Hypoplasia
Definition
Less than normal development
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Malrotation
Definition
Unnatural position of the intestines caused by failure of normal rotation during embryologic development
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Medullary Sponge Kidney
Definition
Congenital anomaly of the urinary system in which the only visible abnormality is the dilation of the medullary and papillary portions of the collecting ducts, usually bilaterally
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Nephroblastoma
Definition
A rapidly developing malignancy of the kidney's usually affecting children before age 5
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Nephroptosis
Definition
Prolapse of the kidney
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Nephrosclerosis
Definition
intimal thickening of predominantly the small vessels of the kidney as a result of reduced blood flow through arteriosclerotic renal vasculature
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Nephrostomy Tube
Definition
A tube inserted through the abdominal wall into the renal pelvis to drain urine
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Neurogenic Bladder
Definition
A bladder dysfunction caused by interference with the nerve impulses concerned with urination
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Polycystic Kidney Disease
Definition
A familial kidney disorder in which innumerable tiny cysts that are present congenitally gradually enlarge during aging to compress and eventually destroy normal tissues
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Pyelonephtitis
Definition
Bacterial infection of the kidney and its pelvis
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Pyuria
Definition
The presence of pus in the urine created by its drainage from renal abscesses into the kidneys collecting tubules
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Renal agenesis
Definition
The absence of the kidney on one side, with an unusually large kidney on the other
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Renal calculi
Definition
stones tat develop from urine and can preciptate crystalline materials, especially calcium and its salts
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Renal Colic
Definition
severe, agonizing pain that refers along the course of a ureter toward the genital and loin regions in response to the movement of a renal calculus
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Renal Cyst
Definition
asymptomatic and not an impairment to renal function, but they may cause symptoms from rupure, hemorrhage infection or obsruction
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Renal Failure
Definition
The end result of a chronic process that gradually results in lost kidney function
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Staghorn Calculus
Definition
A large renal calculus that assumes the shape of the pelvialyceal junction, resembling the horn of a stag
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Supernumerary Kidney
Definition
A relatively rare anomaly consisting of the presence of a third, small rudimentary kidney
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Suprapubic Catheter
Definition
long term catheter
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Uremia
Definition
The retention of urea in the blood, as characteristic of renal failure
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Ureteral diverticula
Definition
An out pouching of the ureteral wall
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Ureteral stents
Definition
A tube used to maintain patency of the ureter, with the proxiaml end placed in the renal pelvis and the distal end placed in the urinary bladder
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Ureterocele
Definition
Cyst like dilatation of the terminal portion of the ureter as a result of stenosis of the ureteral meatus
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Urethral valves
Definition
Congenital presence of the mucosal folds that protrude into the posterior urethra, which may cause significant obstruction to urine flow
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Urinary meatus
Definition
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Urinary tract infection
Definition
The most common of all bacterial infections, infection in the urinary tract usually caused by a gramneative bacillius that invades by an ascending route through the urethra to the bladder to the kidney
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Vesicoureteral reflux
Definition
The backward flow of urine out of the bladder and into the ureters
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