The document discusses various aspects of the urinary system. It defines acute renal failure (ARF) as the kidneys' inability to filter waste from the blood, end-stage renal disease (ESRD) as the complete or near complete failure of kidney function, and hemodialysis as a method to remove waste and excess water from the blood through the use of a dialysis machine when the kidneys fail. It also describes a KUB x-ray as a plain abdominal x-ray used to image the kidneys, ureters and bladder. Finally, it notes that a urinary tract infection (UTI) can occur anywhere along the urinary tract, which includes the kidneys, ureters, bladder

1. URINARY SYSTEM

3. ARF= ACUTE RENAL FAILURE Inability of the kidneys to filter wastes from the blood Resulting in uremia; may be acute or chronic; major Reason for a patient being placed on dialysis.

4. ESRD= END-STAGE RENAL DISEASE The complete or almost complete failure for the Kidney to function. The main function of the kidneys Is to remove wastes and excess water from the body.

5. HD= HEMODIALYSIS In medicine, hemodialysis is a method for removing waste Products such as creantine and urea, as well as free water from The blood when the kidney are in renal failure. Hemodialysis Is one of three renal replacement therapies (the other two being Renal transplant; peritoneal dialysis).

6. KUB= KIDNEY URETER, BLADDER In medicine, KUB refers to a diagnostic medical imaging Technique of the abdomen. It is a plain frontal supine Radiograph of the abdomen.

7. A UTI is an infection anywhere in the urinary tract. Your urinary tract includes the organs that collect urine and release it from your body They are the kidneys ureters bladder prostate (in men) urethra Kidneys. Your kidneys collect wastes and extra water from your blood to make urine Ureters. The ureters carry the urine from your kidneys to your bladder. Bladder. Your bladder stores the urine and squeezes it out when full. Prostate. The prostate adds fluid to semen. Urethra. The urethra carries the urine out of your bladder when you urinate.