Ch. 7 Urinary System Flashcards
1
Q
Cali/o; calic/o
A
calyx; cup-shaped
2
Q
Cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
3
Q
Glomerul/o
A
glomerulus
4
Q
Meat/o
A
meatus
5
Q
Nephr/o
A
kidney
6
Q
Pyel/o
A
renal pelvis
7
Q
Ren/o
A
kidney
8
Q
Trigon/o
A
trigone (region of the bladder)
9
Q
Ureter/o
A
ureter
10
Q
Urethr/o
A
urethra
11
Q
Vesic/o
A
urinary bladder
12
Q
Pyelolithotomy
A
incision of the renal pelvis to remove kidney stones
13
Q
Renal ischemia
A
Holding back of blood flow to the kidney.
14
Q
Albumin/o
A
albumin (a protein in the blood)
15
Q
Azot/o
A
nitrogen
16
Q
Dips/o
A
thirst
17
Q
Kal/o
A
potassium
18
Q
Ket/o; keton/o
A
ketone bodies
19
Q
Lith/o
A
stone
20
Q
Natr/o
A
sodium
21
Q
Noct/o
A
night
22
Q
Olig/o
A
scanty
23
Q
-poietin
A
substance that forms
24
Q
Py/o
A
pus
25
-tripsy
crushing
26
Ur/o
urine (urea)
27
Urin/o
urine
28
-uria
urination; urine condition
29
Enuresis
bed wetting
30
Nephrolithiasis
kidney stones
31
Polycystic kidney disease
multiple cysts within and on the kidney
32
Diabetes insipidus (DI)
antidiuretic hormone (ADH) is not secreted, or there is a resistance of the kidney to ADH
33
Diabetes mellitus (DM)
insulin is not secreted adequately or tissues are resistant to its effects
34
Blood urea nitrogen
measurement of urea levels in blood
35
Kidneys, ureter, and bladder
x-ray examination (without contrast) of the kidneys, ureters, and bladder
36
Renal angiography
x-ray examination (with contrast) of the blood vessels of the kidney
37
Voiding cystourethrogram
x-ray image (with contrast) of the urinary bladder and urethra obtained while patient is voiding
38
Dialysis
process of separating nitrogenous waste materials from the blood
39
Lithotripsy
Crushing kidney stones
40
Cortex
outer region
41
Hilum
depression in an organ where blood vessels and nerves enter and leave
42
Medulla
inner region of an organ
