Chapter 11 Urinary Flashcards
urin/o
urinary system; urine
-ary
pertaining to
urinary
pertaining to urinary system
retroperitoneal
pertaining to behind the peritoneum
retro-
backward; behind
peritone/o
peritoneum
-al
pertaining to
genitourinary
pertaining to urinary genitalia
genit/o
genitalia
excretory
having the function of removing from the body
excret/o
removing from the body
-ory
having the function of
renal
pertaining to kidney
ren/o
kidney
cortical
pertaining to outer region
cortic/o
cortex; outer region
caliceal
pertaining to the cup like structure
-eal
pertaining to
calic/o
calyx
pelvic
pertaining to the hip bone
pelv/o
hip bone
ic-
pertaining to
ureteral
pertaining to ureter
ureter/o
ureter
peristalsis
process of (muscle) contractions around
peri-
around
stal/o
contraction
-sis
condition; process
vesic/o
bladder
mucosal
pertaining to mucous membrane
mucos/o
mucous membrane
urethral
pertaining to urethra
urethr/o
urethra
glomerular
pertaining to ball like structure
glomerul/o
ball like structure
electrolyte
dissolved substance that carries electricity
electr/o
electricity
-lyte
dissolved substance
filtrate
action of filtrating
filtr/o
filtering
-ate
composed of; pertaining to
-ion
action; condition
proximal
pertaining to near
proxim/o
near the center/point of origin
tubule
small tube thing
tub/o
tube
-ule
small thing
distal
pertaining to far
dist/o
far
urine
pertaining to urine
ur/o
urine
-ine
pertaining to
urination
process of urinating
-ation
process
micturition
process of making urine
micturi/o
making urine
-tion
process
erythropoietin
red substance that forms
erythr/o
red
-poietin
substance that forms
glomerulonephritis
infection of the glomerulus in the kidney
glomerul/o
glomerulus
nephr/o
kidney; nephron
-itis
infection/inflammation of
hydronephrosis
condition of fluid in the kidney
hydr/o
fluid
nephr/o
kidney
-osis
condition; process
caliectasis
condition of dilation in the calyx
-ectasis
condition of dilation
cali/o
calyx
nephrolithiasis
state of having a kidney stone
nephr/o
kidney
lith/o
stone
-iasis
process; state
calculogenesis
condition of stone arising
calcul/o
stone
gen/o
arising from
-esis
condition; process
colic
pertaining to colon
col/o
colon
nephropathy
disease in the kidney
-pathy
disease
glomerulosclerosis
condition of hard glomerulus
nephroptosis
state of drooping kidney
-ptosis
state of drooping
nephrotic
pertaining to kidney
polycystic
pertaining to many fluid filled semi solid cysts
poly-
many; much
cyst/o
fluid filled
pyelonephritis
infection of
pyel/o
renal pelvis
nephritis
infection of the kidney
Nephroblastoma
kidney tumor made of immature cells
blast/o
embryonic
-oma
mass tumor
necrosis
condition of dead tissue
necr/o
dead tissue
chronic
pertaining to time
chron/o
time
uremia
condition of the blood in the urine
-emia
condition/substance in the blood
intravesical
pertaining to within bladder
intra-
within
vesic/o
bladder
cystitis
infection of the bladder
cyst/o
bladder
cystocele
hernia in the bladder
-cele
hernia
vesicocele
hernia in the bladder
epispadias
condition of the opening of the urethra above or on top
hypospadias
condition of the opening of the urethra below
hypo-
below
spad/o
opening; tear
-ias
condition
epi-
above; upon
albuminuria
condition of albumin in the urinary system
albumin/o
albumin
-ia
condition; state; thing
proteinuria
condition of the protein in the urine
protein/o
protein
anuria
condition of without urine
an-
not; without
bacteriuria
condition of bacterium in the urine
bacteri/o
bacterium
dysuria
condition of difficult urination
dys-
abnormal; difficult
enuresis
process of urinating
enur/o
urinate
glycosuria
condition of glucose in the urine
glycos/o
glucose