Chapter 6: Word Parts

Question 1

albumin/o

Example: albumin/uria

Answer 1

albumin

Question 2

azot/o

Example: azot/emia

Answer 2

urea, nitrogen

Question 3

blast/o

Example: nephr/o/blast/oma

Answer 3

developing cell, germ cell

Question 4

glomerul/o

Example: glomerul/o/nephr/itis

Answer 4

glomerulus

Cluster of capillaries in the kidney where the urine begins to form

Question 5

cyst/o, vesic/o

Example: cyst/itis

Answer 5

bladder, sac

Stores urine

Question 6

glyc/o, glycos/o

Example: glycos/uria

Answer 6

sugar

Question 7

hydr/o

Example: hydr/o/nephr/osis

Answer 7

water

Question 8

lith/o

Example: lith/o/tripsy

Answer 8

stone, calculus

Question 9

meat/o

Example: meat/o/tomy

Answer 9

meatus (opening)

Outside opening through which the urine passes

Question 10

nephr/o, ren/o

Example: ren/o/gram

Answer 10

kidney

Organs that remove waste products from the blood

Question 11

noct/i

Example: noct/uria

Answer 11

night

Question 12

olig/o

Example: olig/uria

Answer 12

scanty, few

Question 13

pyel/o

Example: pyel/o/plasty

Answer 13

renal pelvis

Reservoir within the kidney that collects the urine

Question 14

ureter/o

Example: ureter/o/stomy

Answer 14

ureter

Carries urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder

Question 15

urethr/o

Example: urethr/o/plasty

Answer 15

urethra

Carries urine from the urinary bladder to the urinary meatus

Question 16

urin/o, ur/o

Example: urin/ary

Answer 16

urine, urinary tract

Question 17

-iasis, -esis

Example: nephr/o/lith/iasis

Answer 17

condition

Question 18

-lysis

Example: nephr/o/lysis

Answer 18

loosening, dissolution, separating

Question 19

-ptosis

Example: nephr/o/ptosis

Answer 19

drooping, sagging, prolapse

Question 20

-rrhaphy

Example: cyst/o/rraphy

Answer 20

suturing, repairing

Question 21

-tripsy

Example: lith/o/tripsy

Answer 21

surgical crushing

Question 22

-uria

Example: py/uria

Answer 22

urine, urination