Urinary and Lung Clinical Termonology
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Anuria | Absence of urine formation. Usually less than 50 mls per day. |
| Apnea | Temporary cessation of breathing. |
| Asthma | Chronic inflammatory disorder caused by hypersensitivity to a variety of stimuli and resulting in narrowed airways. |
| Atelectasis | Incomplete expansion of the lung or portion of the lung. |
| Azotemia | Presence of urea in the blood. |
| Bronchitis | Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the bronchial tubes. |
| Bronchiogenic carcinoma | Lung cancer |
| Calculi | Kidney stones |
| Cystic Fibrosis | Inherited disease characterized by chronic respiratory infection. |
| Cystitis | Inflammation of the bladder usually due to urinary tract infection. |
| Dyspnea | Painful or difficult breathing. |
| Dysuria | Painful Urniation. |
| Emphysema | Destruction of elastic fibers in the walls of the alveoli caused by irritation such as cigarette smoke. |
| Enuresis | Bed wetting. |
| Epistaxis | Noes bleed. |
| Eupnea | Normal quiet, relaxed breathing. |
| Hematuria | Red blood cells in the urine. |
| Hyperchloremia | Excessive increase in chloride ions often due to dehydration. |
| Hypokalemia | excessive loss of potassium ions often due to diarrhea or vomiting. |
| Hyponatremia | Abnormally low sodium levels, possibly due to aldosterone deficiency. |
| Hypoxia | Deficiency of oxygen in the tissue |
| Micturition | Expelling urine from the bladder. |
| Nephroptosis | Downward displacement of the kidney. |
| Polycystic didney disease | inherited disorder in which the kidneys contain hundreds or thousands of fluid filled cavities. |
| Polyuria | passage of large volumes of very dilute urine |
| Pulomnary embolism | presence of a blood clot that obstructs arterial circulation to lung tissue. |
| Pyuria | presence of white blood cells in the urine. |
| Tuberculosis | bacterial infection which causes lung tissue to form fibrous nodules. |
| Costal breathing | Shallow chest breathing using external intercostal muscles. |
| Eupnea | normal quiet breathing |
| Tachypnea | Rapid breathing |
| Modified Respiratory Movements | Coughing sneezing sighing yawning sobbing crying laughing hiccuping valsalva maneuver. |
| Hiccuping | Spasmodic contraction of the diaphram. |
| Cheyne Stokes Respiration | Irregular breathing pattern seen just before death. |
| Atelectasis | Incomplete expansion of the lung or portion of the lung. |
| Pneumonia | acute infection of the alveoli |
| Hemoptysis | spiting up blood from the respiratory tract. |
| Rales | Rattling sound in the lungs. |
| Rhinitis | Inflamed mucous membrane in the nose. |
| Pulmonary edema | abnormal accumulation of interstitial fluid in the alveoli. |
| Four types of O2 Deficency | Hypoxic Hypoxia, Anemic Hypoxia, Ischemic Hypoxia Histotoxic hypoxia. |
| glomerulonephritis | Inflammation of the renal cortex. |
| Hemodialysis | dialisis filters blood. |
| Pyelogram | x-ray of kidneys. |
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