Chapter 7

Question 1

Urinary system

Answer 1

Removes wastes from the body
Maintains homeostasis, or a constant internal environment, within the body
Urin/o and ur/o

Question 2

Kidneys combining form

Answer 2

ren/o and nephr/o

Question 3

Two parts of the kidney

Answer 3

Renal cortex: outer part (cortic/o means outer part)
Renal medulla: inner part (medull/o means inner)

Question 4

Kidney strucures

Answer 4

Nephron: functional unit of the kidney
Renal pelvis: area of the kidney where urine collects before entering the ureters (present in some species)
Peyl/o means pelvis

Question 5

Ureters combining form

Answer 5

Ureter/o

Question 6

A single urinary bladder combining form

Answer 6

cyst/o

Question 7

Urethra combining form

Answer 7

urethr/o

Question 8

Urine production

Answer 8

The process of urine production is uropoiesis
-poiesis means formation
Normal is clear and pale yellow in most species
-chrome means color
Turbid means cloudy

Question 9

Cytocentesis

Answer 9

Surgical puncture of the urinary bladder

Question 10

Pneumocystography

Answer 10

Radiographic study of the urinary bladder after air has been placed in the bladder

Question 11

Calculus

Answer 11

Abnormal mineral deposit
Lith/o is combining form for stone or calculus
-lith is suffix for stone or calculus

Question 12

Nephrolith

Answer 12

Kidney stones

Question 13

Prolapse

Answer 13

Downward displacement of body organ

Question 14

Uremia

Answer 14

Wast products in the blood

Question 15

Cystotomy

Answer 15

Surgical incision into the urinary bladder

Question 16

Lithotripsy

Answer 16

Destruction of stone ultrasonic waves traveling through water

Question 17

AKI

Answer 17

Acute kidney failure

Question 18

ARF

Answer 18

Acute renal failure

Question 19

CRF

Answer 19

Chronic renal failure

Question 20

PU

Answer 20

Polyuria

Question 21

UA

Answer 21

Urinalysis

Question 22

ADH

Answer 22

Antidiuretic hormone

Question 23

BUN

Answer 23

Blood urea N

Question 24

CRRT

Answer 24

Continuous renal replacement therapy

Question 25

FLUTD

Answer 25

Feline lower urinary tract disease

Question 26

FUS

Answer 26

Feline urologic syndrome

Question 27

GFR

Answer 27

Glomerular filtration rate

Question 28

HD

Answer 28

Hemodialysis

Question 29

IHD

Answer 29

Intermittent hemodalysis

Question 30

IVP

Answer 30

Intravenous pyelogram

Question 31

SG

Answer 31

Specific gravity