Chapter 13

Question 1

ren/o

Answer 1

kidney

ex. ‘suprarenal’ - above the kidney

Question 2

nephr/o

Answer 2

kidney

ex. ‘nephrosis’ - any noninflammatory disease condition of the kidney

Question 3

glomerul/o

Answer 3

glomerulus

ex. ‘juxtaglomerular’ - near the glomerulus

Question 4

pyel/o

Answer 4

renal pelvis

ex. ‘pyelectasis’ - dialation of the renal pelvis

Question 5

cali/o

Answer 5

calyx

ex. ‘caliceal’ - pertaining to a renal calyx
note addition of ‘e’, also spelled calyceal

Question 6

kidney

Answer 6

organ of excretion, filters blood and forms urine.

Question 7

glomerulus

Answer 7

cluster of capillaries within the glomerular capsule

Question 8

renal pelvis

Answer 8

the expanded upper end of the ureter that receives urine from the kidney

Question 9

calyx

Answer 9

A cup like cavity in the pelvis of the kidney; also calix

Question 10

ur/o

Answer 10

urine, urinary tract

ex. ‘urosepsis’ - generalized infection that originates in the urinary tract

Question 11

urin/o

Answer 11

urine

ex. ‘nocturia’ - urination during the night

Question 12

noct/i

Answer 12

night

ex. ‘nocturia’ - urination during the night

Question 13

ureter/o

Answer 13

ureter

ex. ‘ureterostenosis’ - narrowing of the ureter

Question 14

cyst/o

Answer 14

urinary bladder

ex. ‘cystocele’ - hernia of the urinary bladder

Question 15

vesic/o

Answer 15

urinary bladder

ex. ‘intravesical’ - within the urinary bladder

Question 16

urethr/o

Answer 16

urethra

ex. ‘urethrotome’ - instrument for incising the urethra

Question 17

urine

Answer 17

fluid excreted by kidneys (water, electrolytes, metabolic waste, urea pigments)

Question 18

ureter

Answer 18

the tube that carries urine from from the kidneys to the bladder

Question 19

urinary bladder

Answer 19

organ that stores and eliminates urine excreted by the kidneys

Question 20

urethra

Answer 20

the tubes that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body