Deck 15: The Urinary System

Question 1

The urinary system is also known as the renal or ____________________ system.

Answer 1

excretory

Question 2

Urine is produced by ____________________.

Answer 2

filtration

Question 3

The blood vessels, nerves and ureters enter and leave the kidneys through a depression called a (n) ____________________.

Answer 3

hilum

Question 4

A glomerulus is a group of ____________________.

Question 5

The hollow, muscular organ that stores urine is the ____________________.

Question 6

The ureters enter the bladder through the ____________________.

Question 7

An indwelling catheter aids in ____________________.

Question 8

Dialysis done outside the body is called a(n) ____________________ dialysis.

Question 9

The involuntary discharge of urine or feces is called ____________________.

Question 10

Excess urea in the blood is called ____________________.

Question 11

Surgical enlargement of the meatus is a(n) ____________________.

Question 12

The creation of a surgical opening in the abdomen through which urine exits the body is a(n) ____________________.

Question 13

Secretion of urine can be controlled with anticholinergics and ____________________.

Question 14

High blood pressure can be relieved when edema is reduced through the use of ____________________.

Question 15

Identify the combining form calic/o with its closest definition.

Question 16

Identify the combining form cyst/o with its closest definition.

Question 17

Identify the combining form glomerul/o with its closest definition.

Question 18

Identify the combining form meat/o with its closest definition.

Question 19

Identify the combining form trigon/o with its closest definition.

Question 20

Identify the combining form ur/o with its closest definition.

Question 21

Identify the combining form ureter/o with its closest definition.

Question 22

A specialist in diseases of the lower urinary tract, bladder, and urethra, is called a ____________________.

Question 23

A procedure that allows a physician to look into the bladder and examine its interior is termed a ____________________.

Question 24

The presence of white cells in the urine, usually indicating infection, is called ____________________.

Question 25

The physician would use this abbreviation to order this blood test to determine the level of urea in the blood.

Question 26

The kidneys are located in this space behind the abdominal cavity.

Question 27

Which substance is measured in urinary test as an indicator of kidney function?

A) Creatinine
B) Urea
C) Sugar
D) Uric acid

Question 28

A diuretic can reduce __________.

A) urination
B) edema
C) spasms
D) pain

Question 29

Which of the following statements about the urinary system is not true?

A) It maintains the proper water balance within the body.
B) It removes waste products.
C) It is the system for urine excretion.
D) Nephrology is the study of the urinary system.

Question 30

The part of the urinary system that is responsible for removing dissolved waste and other substances from the blood and urine is (are) __________.

A) bladder
B) kidneys
C) urethra
D) ureters

Question 31

The nurse is assessing a patient's urinary output and identifies the patient has had no urinary output in 10 hours. The nurse documents this condition is as __________.

A) polyuria
B) oliguria
C) anuria
D) nocturia

Question 32

A blood test to detect ___________ is routinely performed on infants.

A) ketones
B) phenylketones
C) albumin
D) urinalysis

Question 33

A function of the nephron is to __________.

A) carry urine to the bladder
B) remove waste products
C) excrete ketones
D) produce waste products

Question 34

The collecting area for urine in the center of the kidney is (are) the __________.

A) ilum
B) cortex
C) renal pelvis
D) glomerulus

Question 35

The presence of acetones, ketones, and glucose may indicate __________.

A) kidney failure
B) diabetes
C) infection
D) liver disease

Question 36

A retrograde pyelogram is an x-ray of the __________.

A) urinary tract
B) bladder
C) kidney, bladder, and ureters
D) kidney, bladder, and liver

Question 37

A urinary tract infection or UTI can occur in any of the following EXCEPT __________.

A) kidneys
B) bladder
C) ureters
D) gallbladder

Question 38

The patient cannot control his urine or feces. The nurse would document this as __________.

A) atresia
B) hematuria
C) incontinence
D) oliguria

Question 39

End-stage renal disease, or ESRD, is a ______ disease if not treated.

A) mild
B) moderate
C) fatal
D) severe

Question 40

Atresia can refer to __________.

A) renal disease
B) narrowing of ureters
C) pus in urine
D) lack of urine

Question 41

The health care provider tells the medical assistant to schedule the patient for the removal of a kidney. The medical assistant notifies surgery that the patient needs a __________.

A) nephrolysis
B) nephrostomy
C) nephrectomy
D) nephrolithotomy

Question 42

The removal of the bladder, usually when cancer is present, is a __________.

A) cystopexy
B) cystoplasty
C) cystectomy
D) cystorrhaphy

Question 43

The removal of a diseased ureter is called a(n) __________.

A) ureteroplasty
B) ureterectomy
C) ureterorrhaphy
D) ureteropexy

Question 44

Blood enters the kidney through the __________.

A) renal vein
B) renal artery
C) renal pelvis
D) renin

Question 45

Drugs that are used to treat an overactive bladder include __________.

A) antibiotics
B) antispasmodics
C) diuretics
D) anticholinergics

Question 46

Cystorrhaphy is bladder __________.

A) suturing
B) removal
C) repair
D) scoping