chapter 7

Question 1

cali/o, calic/o

Answer 1

calyx, calix =cup like colleting region of the renal pelvis

Question 2

glomerul/o

Answer 2

glomerulus=tiny ball of capollaries (microscopic blood vessels) in the kidney, it works like a filter

Question 3

meat/o

Answer 3

meatus = opening or canal

Question 4

percutaneous

Answer 4

incision into an organ

Question 5

pyel/o

Answer 5

renal pelvis

Question 6

ren/o

Answer 6

kidney

Question 7

trigon/o

Answer 7

trigone=region of the bladder

Question 8

ureter/o

Answer 8

ureter

Question 9

urethr/o

Answer 9

urethra (urethral stricture)

Question 10

stricture

Answer 10

an abnormal narrowing of an opening or passageway

Question 11

vesic/o

Answer 11

urinary bladder—intravesical

Question 12

albumin/o

Answer 12

albumin=a protein in the blood–albuminuria

Question 13

azot/o

Answer 13

nitrogen—azotemia=toxic condition of uremia

Question 14

bacteri/o

Answer 14

bacteria—bacteriuria

Question 15

dipso

Answer 15

thirst—polydipsia,a sign of diabetes

Question 16

kal/o

Answer 16

potassium—hyperkalemia=potassium accumulate in blood

Question 17

ket/o, keton/o

Answer 17

ketone bodies–ketonacids and acetone–ketonacidosis=acids accu. in the blood and tissues—ketonuria

Question 18

lith/o

Answer 18

stone

Question 19

natr/o

Answer 19

sodium—hyponatremia

Question 20

noct/o

Answer 20

night—nocturia=excessive urination at night

Question 21

olig/o

Answer 21

scanty=little—–oliguria

Question 22

–poietin

Answer 22

substance that forms—erythropoietin

Question 23

py/o

Answer 23

pus—pyuria

Question 24

–tripsy

Answer 24

crushing—–lithotripsy

Question 25

ur/o

Answer 25

urine or urea—–uremia

Question 26

enuresis

Answer 26

bed wetting= in urine

Question 27

urin/o

Answer 27

urine

Question 28

–uria

Answer 28

urination, urine condition—dysuria, glycosuria