The Urinary System

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  1. 1. a thin,flexible,plastic tube that is used to drain urine from the kidney.
  2. 5. called a stone,is a concretion of material,usually mineral salts, that forms in an organ or duct of the body.
  3. 7. capsule---is also called Bowman's capsule, is a cup-like sack at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron in the mammalian kidney that performs the first step in the filtration of blood to form urine.
  4. 8. action of urinating.
  5. 10. waste---in the body tend to form toxic ammonia which must be excreted.
  6. 13. a medical condition characterized by abnormally high levels of nitrogen containing compounds in the blood.
  7. 15. of the kidneys to produce urine.
  8. 16. treatment,typically using ultrasound shock waves,by which a kidney stone or other calculus is broken into small particles that can be passed out by the body.
  9. 17. presence of bacteria in the urine.
  10. 19. great thirst as a symptom of disease or psychological disturbance
  11. 20. excretion of abnormally large amounts of ketone bodies in the urine,characteristic of diabetes, mellitus,starvation, or other medical conditions.
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  1. 2. production of abnormally small amounts of urine.
  2. 3. a condition in which the kidneys filter too much bodily fluid.
  3. 4. of the walls of the small arteries and arterioles of the kidney.
  4. 6. a sign of kidney disease and means that you have too much albumin in your urine.
  5. 9. inspidus---a disorder of salt and water metabolism marked by intense thirst and heavy urination.
  6. 11. dialysis.
  7. 12. infection in any part of the urinary system,the kidneys,bladder, or urethra.
  8. 14. known as a floating kidney and renal ptosis,is a condition in which the kidney descends more than 2 vertebral bodies during a position change from supine to upright.
  9. 18. chemical that is found naturally in the environment and also produced by industries.