A male patient comes to the emergency department with symptoms of renal colic. The nurse realizes that this patient likely has a calculus that is obstructing which body structure?
1. ureter
2. bladder
3. renal pelvis
4. urethra
Correct Answer: 1
Renal colic is acute, severe flank pain on the affected side. It develops when a stone obstructs the ureter and causes ureteral spasm. Calculi in the bladder, renal pelvis, or urethra would not cause flank pain or colic.
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