Components of urinary system
•2 kidney
•2 ureters
•urinary bladder
• urethra.
Concerned in production of urine
Function of urinary system
The Nephrons
•Definition:- It is the functional unit of the
kidney.
•Site:-in the cortex
•Number: one million nephrons.
•Structure: it consists of-
1.Renal corpuscle
2.Renal tubule
Structure of nephron
Renal corpuscle:-
–It is the filtering part of the nephron.
–It consists of:-
•glomerulus
•Glomerular capsule
Renal tubule:-
–It is formed of the following parts:-
•Proximal convoluted tubule.
•Loop of Henle
•Distal convoluted tubule
I) Word parts related to Urinary
system:-
Meaning Word Meaning Word
stone lith/o bladder cyst/o
kidney nephr/o,
ren/o
meatus (opening) meat/o
scanty olig/o night noct/i
urine urin/o, ur/o renal pelvis pyel/o
fixation -pexy surgical crushing -tripsy
II) Vocabulary related to urinary system and its
pathology
definition Vocabulary
urination micturation
Inflammation of the urinary bladder cystitis
painful micturation dysuria
Presence of blood in the urine hematuria
passage of small amounts of urine oliguria
presence of pus in urine pyuria
Radiating pain in the region of the kidney renal colic
a kidney stone Nephrolith
getting up and urinating during the night Nocturia
failure of the kidneys to maintain volume and composition of
body fluids with normal dietary intake
chronic renal
failure
III) Vocabulary related to diagnostic procedures
of urinary system
definition Vocabulary
Introduction of a tube into a passage, such as
through the urethra into the bladder for
withdrawal of urine
catheterization
Endoscopy of the urinary bladder cystoscopy
tests performed on a urine specimen, including
physical observation, chemical tests, and
microscopic evaluation
urinalysis (UA)
X-ray imaging of kidney, ureter and bladder kidney, ureter, bladder
(KUB) radiography
Radiographic visualization of the urinary tract
after intravenous administration of a contrast
medium
Intravenous urogram
(IVU)
III) Vocabulary related to therapeutic procedures
of urinary system:-
definition Vocabulary
cleansing the blood of waste products in
individuals with complete kidney failure
Types: 1-hemodialysis
2-peritoneal dialysis
Dialysis
stone crushing with sound waves as
(Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy)
(ESWL)
lithotripsy
surgical incision to remove kidney stones lithotomy
surgical placement of donor kidney renal
transplant