| A | B |
|---|
| anuria | absence of urine |
| diuretic | drug that increases urinary output |
| dysuria | painful urination |
| enuresis | bedwetting |
| filtrate | fluid that has passed through a filter |
| glycosuria | presence of glucose in urine |
| hematuria | presence of blood in urine |
| incontinence | involuntary urination |
| micturate | to urinate |
| nephralgia | pain in a kidney |
| neurogenic bladder | damage to the nerve that controls the bladder |
| nocturia | frequent urination at night |
| oliguria | reduced production of urine |
| polyuria | excessive urination |
| pyuria | pus in the urine |
| uremia | presence of urinary waste products in the blood |
| urinalysis | examination of the urine |
| urinary catheterization | insertion of a sterile tube into the urinary bladder |
| urinary retention | inability to urinate |
| urinate | emptying of urine from the urinary bladder |
| void | emptying of urine from the urinary bladder |
| retroperitoneal | located behind the peritoneum |
| filtration | the first step in urine formation |
| aldosterone | adrenal hormone that controls urinary secretion |
| reabsorption | the movement of water and dissolved substances from the filtrate back into the blood |
| secretion | the movement of substances from the blood into the filtrate |
| excretion | process of removing nitrogenous waste material, salts and excess water from the blood |
| glomerulus | perfoms filtration |
| nephron | basic structural and functional unit of the kidney |
| bladder | stores urine |
| proximal convoluted tubules | where 80% of water filtered out of the blood is reabsorbed |
