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Urinary tract
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08/08/2011

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Term
The urinary tract consist of what organs?
Definition
Kidneys
Ureters
Bladder
Urethra
Term
What organ controls blood pressure?
Definition
Kidneys
Term
What veins and arteries go side to side in the body?
Definition
Renal veins and arteries
Term
Diseases of the kidneys are broken down into what catagories?
Definition
Immunologic
Metabolic
Circulatory
Bacterial
Tumor
Term
What is the function of the nephron?
Definition
A collective system for the urinary
Term
What kind of developmental disorders are there for the kidneys?
Definition
Renal Agenesis
Horseshoe kidney
Polycystic Kidney disease
multicycstic renal dysplasia
Term
Renal Agenensis?
Definition
Is a unilateral or bilateral medical condition in which one or both fetal kidneys fail to develope
Term
Horseshoe kidney?
Definition
This is where 2 kidneys join in the lower pole
Term
Polycycstic kidney disease?
Definition
Kidney is full of cysts
Term
Multicystic renal dysplasia?
Definition
Tumors
Term
Autosomal Polycystic kidney disease is referred to what?
Definition
Autosomal means given to child by parents: kidney disease of many cysts
Term
What catagory of diseases does glomerulonephritis fall into?
Definition
Immunologic
Term
What is an example of an immunologic disease?
Definition
Glomerulonephritis
Term
What catagory of disease does diabetes fall into?
Definition
Metabloic
Term
Give an example of metabloic diseases?
Definition
Diabetes
Nephopathy
amyloidosis
Term
What catagory of disease does amyloidosis fall into?
Definition
Metabolic
Term
Give examples of Circulatory disburtances?
Definition
Prerenal
Renal failure
Blood clot
Stenosis of an artery
Term
Hypertension is catagorized under what catogory?
Definition
Circulatory
Term
Atherosclerosis ia catagorized under what catagory?
Definition
Circulatory
Term
What are the different types of urinary stones?
Definition
Calcium 75%
Struvite 15%
Uric Acid 5%
Cystine 1%
Term
What is the most common type of urinary stone?
Definition
Calcium stone
Term
Struvite Stone?
Definition
The stone takes shape of the kidney
Term
Uric acid stones
Definition
from alot of protein
Term
What is hydronephrosis?
Definition
Urine in the kidneys
Term
Chronic Pyelonephritis?
Definition
Swollen
Inflammed
Chronic
Shrink, small
Non functional
Term
Acute Cystitis
Definition
Inflammed bladder
Ademas
Pus
Term
What tumor is only found in children?
Definition
Wilm's Tumor
Term
Tumors of the urinary tract are often malignant or benign?
Definition
Malignant
Term
Where do tumors originate from?
Definition
Epithelial cells
Urothelium (Transitional cells)
Term
Epithelial cells are from ?
Definition
Kidneys
Term
Transitional cells are from?
Definition
Bladder
Pelvis
Ureter
Urethra
Term
Chronic Cystitis?
Definition
Stones in the bladder
Term
What are the most important urinary tract tumors?
Definition
Wilm's tumor
Renal cellc carcinoma
Transitional cell carcinoma
Term
What is transitional cell carcinoma?
Definition
Tumor of bladder , utethra
Term
How many deaths per year are with renal cell carcinoma?
Definition
11,000
Term
How is prognosis for renal cell carcinoma?
Definition
Poor
50% survive 5 years
Term
How does renal cell carcinoma present clinically?
Definition
Hematuria
Typical Triad
Accidentally found
Paraneoplastic syndromes
Term
Wilm's Tumor is composed of?
Definition
Immature cells resembling renal blastoma
Term
Wilm's tumor is related in some cases to deletion or mutation of what tumor suppressor gene?
Definition
WT-1
Term
What % is wilms' tumor to be familial or bilateral?
Definition
10
Term
What is the most common cancer of the urinary tract?
Definition
Carcinoma of the urinary bladder
Term
How many new cases per year for carcinoma of the urinary bladder?
Definition
52,000
Term
How many cancer related deaths for carcinoma of the urinary bladder per yr?
Definition
10,000
Term
Prognosis of a tumor depends on what?
Definition
The grade and stage of the tumor
Term
Most tumors are _______ but may be ______ and _______.
Definition
Transitional
Squamous
Adenocarcinomas
Term
What signs or symptoms are you going to see with urinary bladder carcinoma?
Definition
Hematuria
Dysuria
Lower abnominal pain
malignant cell in urine
Term
Grade 1 of urinary bladder carcinoma has a survival rate of?
Definition
Localized to mucosa- 98%
5yr survival but tend to recur
Term
What survival rate do grade III have of urinary bladder carcinoma?
Definition
Tumors with metastases 15%
5yr survival
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