Kidney and Urinary System Terms

A disease in which malignant (cancer) cells are found in the part of the urethra (the tube through which urine leaves the body) that connects to the bladder (the organ that stores urine).

The hard part is not finding it but judging which ones need treating, since many would never have caused harm.

Surgery to remove the bladder (the organ that holds urine) and the prostate.

An operation that removes the bladder entirely, along with neighboring organs, and requires a new route built for urine to leave.

Taking the whole kidney out inside its fatty envelope, an operation now kept for tumors too large or awkward to cut around.

Relistor is a medication that relieves opioid induced constipation by blocking opioid effects in the gut without reducing pain relief.

The main blood vessel that supplies blood to a kidney and its nearby adrenal gland and ureter.

The fibrous connective tissue that surrounds each kidney.

The most common type of kidney cancer.

The most common type of kidney cancer.

Renal cell carcinoma is the most common form of kidney cancer in adults, arising from the tubules that filter blood within the kidney.

The last part of a long, twisting tube that collects urine from the nephrons (cellular structures in the kidney that filter blood and form urine) and moves it into the renal pelvis and ureters.

A condition in which the kidneys stop working and are not able to remove waste and extra water from the blood or keep body chemicals in balance.

A fibrous envelope of tissue that surrounds the kidney.

A test in which blood or urine samples are checked for the amounts of certain substances released by the kidneys.

A tiny, round cluster of blood vessels within the kidneys.

The area at the center of the kidney.

A rare disorder in which structures in the kidney that filter the blood are impaired, producing urine that is more acid than normal.

A malignant tumor of either the central nervous system (CNS) or the kidney.

Surgery to remove part of the bladder (the organ that holds urine).