| A | B |
|---|
| glycosuria | abnormal presence of a sugar in the urine |
| hematuria | abnormal presence of blood in the urine |
| ketonuria | presence of excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine |
| nocturia | urination, especially excessive, at night |
| oliguria | secretion of diminished urine in relation to intake; scanty urine output |
| erythrpoietin | hormone produced by kidneys that stimulates RBC production within bone marrow |
| peritoneum | membrane lining the abdominal cavity |
| Bowman's capsule | cup-shaped end of a renal tubule containint or surrounding a glomerulus |
| antiseptic | a substance that inhibits growth and reproduction of microorganisms |
| glomerular filtration | passage of blood through blomeruli of kidneys; BP forces materials through the galls and into Bowman's capsule |
| hilum | depression or pit of the kidney where the vessels and nerves enter |
| ureters | muscular tubes lined with mucous membrane, one leading from each kidney down to the urinary bladder |
| renal pelvis | central collecting area of the kidney |
| first-voided specimen | a urine sample collected first thing in the morning |
| clean-catch urine specimen | aka mid-stream specimen |
| voiding cystourethrogram | x-ray visualization of the bladder and urethra during the voiding process, after the bladder has been filled with a contrast material |
| retrograde pyelogram | a radiographic procedure with small catheters passing through a cystoscope inteo the ureters to visualize the ureters and the renal pelvis |
| KUB | an x-ray of the lower abdomen that defines the kidenys, ureters and bladder w/o contrast medium |
| cystometrography | an examination performed to evaluate bladder tone |
| hemodialysis | process of removing waste from the blood by continually shunting the patient's blood from body to dialysis machine for filtering and then returning the clean blood to the patient's bloodstream |
| vesicouretero reflux | abnormal back flow of urine from the bladder to the ureter |
| pyelonephritis | bacterial infection of the renal pelvis of the kidney |
| polycystic kidney | grape-like, fluid filled sacs or cysts replace normal kidney tissue; hereditary disorder of the kidneys |
| hydronephrosis | distension of the pelvis and calyces of the kidney caused by urine that can't flow past an obstruction in the ureter |
| glomerulonephritis | inflammation of the glomerulus, characterized by proteinuria, hematuria, and decreased urine production |
