Exam 9: Urinary System

A neurogenic bladder may be caused by a spinal cord injury.

Diuresis is an involuntary discharge of urine.

A cystocele is the bulging of the vagina into the urinary bladder,causing it to collapse.

Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy uses ________ to treat kidney stones.

The abbreviation K⁺ stands for potassium.

The outer portion of the kidney is called the renal medulla.

A flexible tube inserted into the body is a catheter.

The combining form that means glomerulus is ________.

Which of the following terms means condition of scanty amount of urine?

Which of the following terms means condition of difficult urination?

Which of the following conditions is a kidney infection?

In a cystocele,the bladder bulges into the:

The combining form that means night is ________.

A medical term that means bladder pain is ________.

Which of the following terms means renal pelvis inflammation?

A neurogenic bladder results in:

A meatotomy is a surgical procedure to enlarge the opening of the ureter.

A combining form that means sugar or glucose is ________.

The external opening of the ureter is the meatus.

Describe calculi.Include what they are,where they can be found,at least two ways they can be diagnosed,and two ways they can be treated.