Matching Pairs 3.46 Diseases of the Urinary SystemOnline version Diseases of the Urinary System by Jorge Arizpe 1 Kidney transplant is a surgical procedure to place a healthy kidney from a living or deceased donor into a person whose kidneys no longer function properly. 2 Pyelonephritis: A bacterial infection of the kidneys that can occur when a urinary tract infection spreads beyond the bladder to the ureters and kidneys. 3 Neproptosis or Renal Ptosis is a condition in which one or both kidneys drop into the abdomen when standing up. 4 Cystitis (sis-TIE-tis) is the medical term for inflammation of the bladder. Most of the time, the inflammation is caused by a bacterial infection, and it's called a urinary tract infection (UTI). 5 Urethritis is the inflammation of the urethra. The most common symptoms include painful or difficult urination and urethral discharge. 6 Hemodialysis: the filtering of circulating blood through a semipermeable membrane in an apparatus (haemodialyser or artificial kidney) to remove waste products: performed in cases of kidney failure. 7 Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a type of dialysis which uses the peritoneum in a person's abdomen as the membrane through which fluid and dissolved substances are exchanged with the blood. 8 Kidney stones (also called renal calculi, nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis) are hard deposits made of minerals and salts that form inside your kidneys.
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