Chapter 13 - Diseases of the Urinary System
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What is the normal output of urine per day?
1-1.5 liters
Diminished amount of urine production; Due to infection, scar tissues, stones, neoplasms
Oliguria
No urine output; due to renal failure
Anuria
Increase in urine output
Polyuria
Red blood cells in the urine
Hematuria
Hemoglobin in the urine
Hemoglobinuria
Sugar in the urine
Glycosuria
Ketones in the urine
Ketonuria
Pus in the urine
Pyuria
A toxic condition caused by retention in the blood of nitrogenous waste products
Uremia
Kidney disease that has parenchymatous nephritis with pronounced lesions in the glomeruli
Glomerulonephritis
Results in antigen, antibody complexes
Glomerulonephritis
Inflammation of the pelvis of the kidney
Pyelitis
Inflammation of the kidney caused by bacterial infection
Pyelonephritis
The causes of Pyelitis and Pyelonephiritis
Kidney Stones Ascending UTI Intestinal bacteria
Infection of the renal collecting system; pus collects, infection or stones is the result
Pyonephrosis
Disease of nephrons
Nephrosis
Distention of the pelvis and calcyes of one or both kidneys with urine as a result of obstruction
Hydronephrosis
What is the result of Arteriosclerosis of the renal arteries?
Ischemia and Infarction
Malignant neoplasm arising in epithilium of proximal renal tubules
Renal cell carcinoma AKA Hypernephroma
Is kidneys a usual site for metastases?
No
Inflammation of the ureters
Ureteritis
Inflammation of a bladder, especially the urinary bladder
Cystitis
Neoplasm of epithelial tissue in urinary bladder
Urothelial Carcinoma