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urinary retention is when the urinary bladder is unable to empty. This can be due to either an acute or chronic condition. The bladder muscle gets stretched beyond the point of having enough strength to contract and allow the bladder to empty. Sometimes common medications contribute to the problem.
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What is the medical term meaning recording urine in bladder?
A cystogram is a recording of the urine in the bladder.
When the urinary bladder is distended with urine the epithelial cells in the uppermost layer are?
squamouslike
What is the medical term meaning excess blood in the bladder?
Gross hematuria is the medical term meaning visible blood in the urine. Cystorrhagia is the medical term meaning hemorrhage from the urinary bladder.
What is the medical term meaning urine is held within the bladder and not released?
Urinary retention is the condition of being unable to release urine from the bladder.
What is the medical term meaning backflow of urine?
AlkaptonuriaVesicoureteral reflux is the backflow of urine into the kidneys.
What is the medical term meaning tube that carries urine from the bladder and sperm from the testicles?
Urethra
What is distended urinary bladder?
It means that it is enlarged for some reason. It could mean that you really need to empty it and haven't. Anything that blocks the urethra from allowing the urine to flow, such as an enlarged prostate or kidney stones, can result in a distended bladder.Another symptom of a distended bladder is a delay in urination. A person may need to strain in order to begin the flow of urine.
What is the medical term meaning the opening through which the urine leaves the body?
The medical term for the opening through which urine leaves the body is the "urethra." It serves as a passage for urine to travel from the bladder to the outside of the body for elimination.
What is the medical term meaning malignant tumor of the sac that holds urine?
The prefix cyst- or cysto- is commonly used when pertaining to the bladder. I would starting looking there. An example is "cystitis" - inflammation of the bladder.
What is the medical terminology combining form meaning bladder?
Cyst- or vesic- is the combining form for the urinary bladder.AscoACOScyst/o - the combining form of urinary bladder. stores urine until excretion.usco
Which organs stores urine before it can be released outside the body?
Urine is stored in the bladder before excretion.
What is the medical term meaning Inability to empty the bladder?
stress incontinenceStress incontinencestress incontinenceStress Incontinence
