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