What is a hollow organ that stores urine before it leaves the body?
Bladder
What is a Cystoscopy?
A procedure where a doctor uses a thin camera tube (cytoscope) to look inside the bladder and urethra
What is inflammation of the bladder?
Cystitis
What is Dialysis?
A treatment that filters waste and extra fluid from the blood when the kidneys can’t do it.
In the urinary system, what is a filter?
A structure (like a nephron) that removes waste and extra fluid from the blood
What is it called when there is a loss of bladder control, causing accidental leakage of urine?
Incontinence
What are kidneys and what is their function?
Two organs that filter blood, remove waste, balance fluids and electrolytes, and make urine.
What is kidney failure?
When the kidneys can’t properly filter blood or remove waste.
What are hard mineral deposits that form in the kidneys and can cause severe pain when passing through the urinary tract?
Kidney stones
What is a kidney transplant?
A surgery to place a healthy donor kidney into a person whose kidneys no longer work.
What is the name of the tiny filtering units inside each kidney that remove waste from the blood and form urine?
Nephrons
What is potassium?
An important mineral (electrolyte) that helps with nerve and muscle function (Levels are managed by the kidneys)
What is sodium?
A mineral (electrolyte) that helps control fluid balance and blood pressure (Levels are managed by the kidneys)
What is diabetes?
A condition where the body cannot make insulin, causing high blood sugar
What is type 1 diabetes?
Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition where the body destroys its own cells. (Usually inherited genetically)
What is type 2 diabetes?
Type 2 diabetes happens when the body becomes resistant to insulin, and eventually the pancreas makes less insulin over time.
What are the tubes that carry urine from each kidney to the bladder?
Ureters
What is the urethra?
The tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the body.
What is urinalysis?
A test that examines urine to check for infection, blood, protein, sugar, or other abnormalities.
What is the liquid waste made by the kidneys and stored in the bladder?
Urine
What is urine culture?
A test that grows bacteria from a urine sample to identify an infection.
What is the name of an infection of any part of the urinary system? (Most commonly found in the bladder)
Urinary tract infection (UTI)
What is a lithotripsy?
A procedure that uses shock waves to break kidney stones into smaller pieces so they can pass more easily.
