The diagnostic procedure performed by a radiologist, who injects the contrast medium through a urethral catheter and then takes a series of X-rays to evaluate the function of the ureters, bladder, and urethra, is a(n) ____. 

A. KUB
B. intravenous pyelography
C. retrograde pyelography
D. abdominal CT scan
E. cholecystography


C. retrograde pyelography
During retrograde pyelography, the physician injects contrast medium through a urethral catheter and then takes a series of X-rays as the contrast medium travels through the ureters, bladder, and urethra.

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