Medical Terminology

cup shaped end of renal tubule containing the glomerulus

cup shaped part of the renal pelvis through which urine passes from the renal tubules

outer layer of the kidney

collection of coiled interwinded apillaries located in the kidney cortex

two organs on the posterior abdominal wall that filter the blood, excreting the end prodcuts of body metabolism in the form of urine, and regulating body minteral levels

inner layer of the kidney

structural and function unit of the kidnye, numbering about a million and capable of forming urine

one of two large arteries branching from the abdominal aorta that supplies blood to kidneys, adrenals, and ureters.

funnel shaped expansion of the upper end of the ureter

long twisted tube leading from glomerulus to collecting tubules.

one of the two large veins that carries blood from the kidneys to the inferior vena cava

tubular structure through which urine passes from the kidney to the bladder

passage through which urine is discharged from the bladder to the body exterior

musculomembanous sac that stores urine, receiving it through the ureters and discharging it through the urethra

excess urea

kidney stones

inflammation of the urinary bladder

the process of using an artifical kidney to filter waste materials from the body

kidney not securely fixed in the usual location because of birth defect or injury

nephritis with inflammation of the capillary loops in the renal glomeruli

distention of the renal pelvis with urine, caused by obstrcution of the ureter

condition marked by the presence of renal calculi

downward displacement of a kidney

suture of the kidney

inflammation of the renal pelvis

kidney fails to funciton normally in excreton of body waste

retention of toxic body waste in blood

creation of a new outlet for a ureter through the abdominal wall to the outside

inflammation of the urethra

an infection of the urinary tract

a malignant tumor of the kidney, usually affection children under age 5