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| two bean shaped organs located on eachof the verebral column. Function is to remove waste products from the blood and to aid in maintaining water and electrolyte balances. |
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| urine-producting microscopic structure. Approimately 1 million nephrons are located in each kidney. |
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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 of the medial side of the kidney where the ureter leaves the kidney |
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| two slender tubes, approximately 10 to 13 inches long, that receive the urine from the kidneys and carry it to the posterior portion of the bladder |
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| lowest part of the urinary tract, through which urine passes from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body. |
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| opening through which the urine passes to the outside. |
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| inflammation of the bladder |
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| protrustion of the bladder |
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| adnormal condition of water in the kidney |
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| enlargement of the kidney |
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| condition of urine in the blood |
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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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| a condition in which pathogenic microorganisms, usually bacteria, enter the bloodstream, causing a systemin inflamatory response to the infection |
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| sudden stoppage of urine formation |
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| incision of the bladder to remove a stone |
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| surgical crushing of a stone |
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| creation of an artifical opening into the kidney |
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| surgical repair of the urethra |
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| extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy |
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| a noninvasive treatment for removal of kidney or ureteral stones. |
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| radiographic image of the bladder |
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| radiographic imaging of the bladder |
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| visual examination of the kidney |
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| visual examination of the ureter |
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| KUB (kidney, ureter, and bladder) |
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| a simple radiographic image of the abdomen. |
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| BUN (blood urea nitrogen) |
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| a blood test that measures the amount of urea in the blood. used to determine kidney function. |
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| a blood test that measures the amount of creatinine in the blood. An elevated amount indicates impared kidney function. |
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| a test performed on a urine specimen to measure the concentrating or diluting abilty of the kidneys. |
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| multiple routine tests performed on a urine specimen. |
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| flexible, tubelike device, such as a urinary catheter, for withdrawing or instilling fluids. |
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| agent that increases the formation and excretion of urine |
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| inability to control bladder and or bowels |
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| passage of a catheter into the urinary bladder to withdraw urine |
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| to empty or evacuate wate material, expecially urine. |
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