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| "A __________________is a specialized instrument used to remove lesions of the bladder, urethra, and prostate gland." |
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| A device used to hold open vessels or tubes is called a: |
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| A method of diverting the urinary tract to provide a new passage through which urine exits the body is called: |
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| "An x-ray of the ureters, bladder, and kidneys taken after contrast material is released through a catheter within a cystoscope is called:" |
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| A scanty production of urine is termed: |
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| An intravenous pyelogram is also known as a/an: |
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| The abbreviation of the X-ray in which contrast medium is injected into a vein in order to reveal urinary tract abnormalities |
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| An involuntary discharge of urine or feces |
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| The accumulation in the blood of nitrogen-bearing waste products that are usually excreted in the urine |
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| A test that measures the amount of urea nitrogen in the blood is abbreviated |
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| A procedure that uses ultrasound waves applied from outside the body to break a kidney stone into small pieces that can more easily travel through the urinary tract |
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| extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) |
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| The opening in the urethra that allows urine to leave the body |
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| A condition marked by the presence of renal calculi |
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| The first combining form in the term PYOnephritis means |
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| The combining form in the term PYELOplasty means |
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| Either of the paired ducts that carry away urine from a kidney to the bladder |
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| The combining forms in the terms nephrectomy and renopathy mean |
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| "The form of kidney inflammation involving the ""little ball"" structures of the kidney" |
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| The suppression of urine formation and excretion |
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| The interior part of the kidney |
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| "The outer part of the substance of the kidney, composed mainly of glomeruli and convoluted tubules." |
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| "The indented opening in the kidney that is the area of convergence of the renal collecting system, ureter, renal artery and vein" |
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| The medical term for bedwetting is nocturnal_______________. |
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| The presence of protein in the urine |
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| albuminuria or proteinuria |
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| The production of urine that contains white blood cells and is a symptom of a UTI |
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| The term describing painful or difficult urine |
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| "The point of connection between the renal pelvis and the ureter, which is a common location for obstruction of the urinary tract." |
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| ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) |
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| An inflammation of the urethra and bladder. |
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| An incision into the bladder |
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| Any disease of the kidneys that includes purely degenerative lesions of the tubules |
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| Which of the following identifies the x-ray imaging of the bladder and urethra taken as the patient urinates? |
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| voiding cystourethrogram (VCU) |
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| The meaning of the combining form pyelotomy means ___________ and refers to the renal _____________. |
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| Pain in the canal that carries urine from the bladder to outside of the body |
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| "urethralgia, urethrodynia" |
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| The plural of the term calyx |
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| Inflammation of the kidney and the renal pelvis |
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| Incision into the kidney for the removal of a renal calculus |
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| "The inability to control the flow of urine, lack of bladder control" |
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| enuresis (urinary incontinence) |
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| The production of an abnormally small amount of urine |
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| The presence of blood in the urine |
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