Exam 11: The Urinary System

Inflammation of the renal pelvis and nephrons is known as ________.

A patient has end-stage renal failure. Several times a week, he must come to the clinic for a procedure where blood is pushed through a permeable membrane to remove wastes and excess ions. The name of this procedure is:

Select the term with the correct spelling.

Inflammation of a kidney is known as nephralgia.

The medical term for an abnormal narrowing of the urethra is urethral ________.

Match the combining form on the left with the correct definition on the right. -azot/o

The medical term ureterostenosis means:

The medical term for an abnormal accumulation of urine in the urinary bladder is:

The need to urinate frequently at night is a possible symptom of diabetes mellitus or benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH). It is called oliguria.

A narrowing of the urethra is called a:

Nephropexy is surgical fixation of a kidney.

The patient is having difficulty voiding after surgery, and the nurse notes that the bladder is full. Abnormal accumulation of urine in the bladder resulting from an inability to void is known as:

A procedure using an endoscope modified to view the bladder is:

A patient reports that he has to get up twice per night to urinate. The health care worker should chart that the patient has:

Match the combining form on the left with the correct definition on the right. -glycos/o

A herniation of the bladder affecting the vaginal wall is called a(n) ________.

Provide the term based on the brief definition. -Sugar in the urine

A series of clinical lab tests performed on a urine specimen is termed a(n) ________.

The medical term for surgical repair of the bladder is:

The medical term for painful urination is: