Chapter 6- Urinary System Flashcards
Kidney
1 of 2 bean-shaped organs that remove waste products from the blood and help maintain fluid and electrolyte balance in the body
Nephron
Microscopic urine-producing unit; each kidney contains about 1 million nephrons
Glomerulus
1 of several capillary clusters at the entrance of each nephron that initiates the process of filtering blood
Renal pelvis
Reservoir in each kidney that collects urine
Ureter
OOne of 2 narrow tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder
Urethra
Tubular structure through which urine passes from the urinary bladder to outside the body
Urinary bladder
Muscular organ that holds the urine until it is released
Urinary meatus
Opening that carries urine from the urethra to the outside of the body
Urine
Water, waste products, and other substances excreted by the kidneys
Son/o
Sound waves, sound
Pyel/o
Renal pelvis
Py/o
Pus
Olig/o
Scanty, few
Noct/i
Night
Nephr/o, ren/o
Kidney
Meat/o
Meatus
Lith/o
Stone, calculus
Hydr/o
Water, fluid
Hemat/o
Blood
Glycos/o, glyc/o
Glucose, sugar
Glomerul/o
Glomerulus
Enur/o
To urinate in
Cyst/o, vesicul/o, cesic/o
Fluid-filled sac (urinary bladder)
Bacteri/o
Bacteria
Albumin/o
Albumin
Ur/o, urin/o
Urine, urinary system/tract
Urethr/o
Urethra
Ureter/o
Ureter
Dys-
Painful, difficult, abnormal
Poly-
Many, much
-Cele
Herniation, protrusion
-Emia
Blood (condition of)
-Iasis, -esis
Condition of
-Lith
Stone, calculus
-Lysis
Destruction, breakdown, separation
-Ptosis
Prolapse, drooping, sagging
-Scopy
Process of examining, examination
-Stenosis
Surgical opening
-Tripsy
Crushing
-Uria
Urine, urination
Cystic, syn. vesical
Pertaining to the urinary bladder
Genitourinary (GU)
Pertaining to the organs of reproduction and urination
Meatal
Pertaining to the meatus
Micturition
Process of releasing urine from the bladder
Nephric, syn. renal
Pertaining to the kidney
Ureteral
Pertaining to the ureter
Urethral
Pertaining to the urethra
Urinary
Pertaining to urine
Urinate, syn. micturate, void
To release urine from the bladder
Albuminuria
Albumin in urine
Anuria
Absence of urine formation
Bacteriuria
Bacteria in the urine
Cystitis
Inflammation of the bladder
Cystocele
Protrusion of the bladder
Cystolith
Stone in bladder
Diuresis
Condition of excreting increased amounts of urine
Dysuria
Difficulty urinating; painful urination
End-stage renal disease (ESRD)
Final phase of chronic kidney disease
Enuresis
Involuntary discharge of urine
Epispadias
Congenital defect in which the urinary meatus is on the upper surface of the penis
Glomerulonephritis
Inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney
Glycosuria
Glucose in urine
Hematuria
Blood in the urine
Hydronephrosis
Condition of fluid in the kidney(x); a buildup of urine caused by obstruction of urine flow usually due to a stone or stricture
Hydroureter
Condition of fluid in the ureter(s); a buildup of urine caused by obstruction of urine flow usually due to a stone or stricture
Hypospadias
Congenital defect in which the urinary meatus in on the underside of the penis
Nephritis
Inflammation of the kidney