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| The most common type of fusion anomaly of the kidneys: |
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| What substance produced by the kidney, stimulates the rate of production of red blood cells: |
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| (True or False) The kidney is important in the production of red blood cells and in the control of blood pressure. |
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| (True or False) Renal failure is often associated with severe anemia. |
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| The loop of Henle is a complex structure of the kidney consisting of what 3 parts: |
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1. descending limb
2. a loop
3. ascending limb |
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| A _________ is a cystic dilation of the distal ureter near its insertion into the bladder. |
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| __________ is a common anomaly that may vary from a simple bifid pelvis to a completely double pelvis ureter and ureterovesical orifice. |
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| Thin, transverse membranes, found almost exclusively in males, that cause bladder outlet obstruction and may lead to severe hydronephrosis, hydroureter, and renal damage. The valve prevents antegrade flow: |
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| posterior urethral valves |
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| _______________ is a nonsuppurative inflammatory process involving the tufts of capillaries (glomeruli) that filter blood within the kidney. It represents an antigen-antibody reaction that most commonly occurs several weeks after an acute respiratory infection or a middle ear infection with certain strains of hemolytic streptococci. |
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| ____________ is a suppurative inflammation of the kidney and renal pelvis caused by pyogenic (pus-forming) bacteria. It primarily affects the interstitial tissue between the tubules. The infection is patchy in distribution, often involves only one kidney, and is asymmetric if both kidneys are involved. |
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| What pathology of the urinary system produces the cobra head sign? |
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| A lesion that appears as a round or oval density surrounded by a thin radiolucent halo representing the wall of the prolapsed ureter and the mucosa of the bladder in patients with ureterocele is known as the ____ ____ sign. |
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| Is a severe form of acute parenchymal and perirenal infection w/ gas-forming bacteria that occurs virtually only in diabetic pts and causes an acute necrosis of the entire kidney. It is characterized radiographically by the presence of radiolucent gas shadows within and around the kidney: |
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| emphysematous pyelonephritis |
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| (True or False) There is no such thing as tuberculosis of the kidneys. |
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| What is the most common infection in hospitalized patients (nosocomial infection)? |
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