Which would be a normal finding in a urinalysis? - Answers creatinine
A urinometer is used to measure which of the following? - Answers a. specific gravity
Which word means having the function of or being able to walk? - Answers ambulate
Which of the following are NOT filtered out in the kidney? - Answers red blood cells
An excessive amount of urea in the blood because of renal failure is known as - Answers uremia.
The formation of an abnormal passageway connecting the bladder to the vagina is known as - Answers
vesicovaginal fistula.
Stress ________ occurs in a woman when she laughs, coughs, or sneezes causing her to involuntary pass
some urine. - Answers incontinence
Which is the abbreviation for the nursing procedure that documents the amount of fluids taken in and
eliminated by a patient? - Answers I&O
A urinometer is a/an: - Answers measuring device
What is the process called when a nurse measures the amount of fluid produced by the body and the
amount of fluid ingested by a patient? - Answers I&O (intake and output)
Blood in the urine is known as - Answers hematuria
An ongoing life-saving procedure that is used to treat ESRD is: - Answers hemodialysis
The abbreviation UTI means: - Answers urinary tract infection
Congenital means: - Answers present at birth
For a patient in end-stage renal failure, what are two of the three things that can take the place of the
nonfunctioning kidneys? - Answers hemodialysis or renal transplantation
Which is a renal disease in which substances from the immune response to the streptococcus bacterium
collect in the capillary network of the nephron - Answers glomerulonephritis
A small area behind the abdominal cavity that is filled with fatty tissues around the kidney is known as
the: - Answers retroperitoneal space
Waste products of metabolism that are excreted in the urine include - Answers all of the above
In addition to creating and excreting urine in order to rid the body of wastes, the kidney also functions
to influence - Answers all of the above
The trigone is part of the: - Answers bladder