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Sp gr is the abbreviation specific gravity
for:
What is specific gravity? a comparison of the density of urine with that water
What does the specific the amount of waste, minerals, and solids in urine
gravity of urine reflect?
The abbreviation for VCUG
voiding
cystourethrogram is:
What is voiding a diagnostic procedure that can reveal
cystourethrogram abnormalities of the bladder
(VCUG)?
the bladder is filled with contrast material and x-rays
What occurs during a
are taken of the bladder and urethra as the patient
VCUG?
expels urine
A combining form for lith/o
stone is:
What is ket/o? ketone bodies
What is azot/o? nitrogen
What is a lithotripsy? a procedure that crushes urinary tract stones
What is a a surgical procedure to remove a large stone from
pyelolithotomy? the renal pelvis
What is nephrolithiasis? the presence of kidney stones
The combining form for meat/o
meatus is:
, the external opening of the urethra through which
What is the meatus?
urine leaves the body
The combining form for pyel/o
renal pelvis is:
What is retrograde an x-ray imaging study of the kidneys, ureters, and
pyelogram? bladder using contrast material
What is pyelonephritis? a bacterial urinary tract infection
a surgical incision into the renal pelvis to remove a
What is pyelolithotomy?
large stone
A combining form for the cyst/o
urinary bladder is:
The suffix meaning -uria
condition of urine is:
What is pyuria? pus in the urine
What is polyuria? excessive urination
What is hematuria? blood in the urine
What is dysuria? painful urination
The term for kidney nephropathy
disorder is:
Albumin in the urine is albuminuria
called:
What is albumin? a protein in the blood
What does kidney malfunction
albuminuria/proteinuria
indicate?
______________ is the glomerulonephritis
inflammation of the
glomeruli of the kidney
The use of shock waves lithotripsy
to crush urinary tract
stones is called:
What is -tripsy? to crush
, What is extracorporeal the use of shock waves directed toward the stone
shock wave lithotripsy from outside the body; once the stone is crushed, it
(ESWL)? can pass from the body in urine
A major sign of diabetes glycosuria
mullets, detected in
urinalysis, is glucose
(sugar) in the urine, or:
What is diabetes the inadequate secretion or ineffective use of insulin
mellitus?
What happens if the sugar cannot leave the bloodstream to be used
someone lacks insulin? as energy in the body
A smoky red color to the hematuria
urine is indicative of
blood in the urine, or:
the visual examination of the bladder by means of a
What is a cystoscopy?
lighted instrument inserted into the urethra
What is the most cystoscopy
common diagnostic
procedure for bladder
abnormalities?
The use of an artificial hemodialysis (HD)
kidney machine to
remove waste materials
from the bloodstream
when the kidneys no
longer function is:
How does hemodialysis uses a machine to filter blood and then return the
(HD) work? dialyzed blood to the patient's bloodstream
How does peritoneal uses a peritoneal catheter to put a special fluid into
dialysis (PD) work? the abdomen
How are waste products into the fluid from the bloodstream and then
from dialysis passed? drained from the body