Terminology K
From Kidney Cancer Resource
Kegel Exercises
- Tightening and relaxing the muscles that hold urine in the bladder and hold the bladder in its proper position, performed in order to improve the ability to hold in urine and to help people regain continence after bladder removal and/or replacement surgery (radical cystectomy)
- The organ which filters the blood to remove impurities, urea and fluid which make urine which the kidneys drain into the bladder via the ureter which is connected to the area of the kidney called the kidney pelvis. The location and size of the kidneys can be seen in diagrams elsewhere on this site
Kidney Pelvis
- see renal pelvis
Kidney Stones
- A solid gathering of impurities in the kidney forming a gravel or stone like mass also sometimes manifest as a crystalline mass. Can usually be broken up and removed without major problems. Can be very painful and if passed into the bladder naturally can be seriously painful. May cause blood in the urine, known as Haematoria
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