Chapter 7- Urinary System

Question 1

What is calci/o, calic/o?

Answer 1

calyx (calix); cup-chaped

Question 2

What is cyst/o?

Answer 2

urinary bladder

Question 3

What is glomerul/o?

Answer 3

glomerulus (ball of capillaries at the start of nephrons)

Question 4

What is meat/o?

Answer 4

meatus (natural body passage)

Question 5

What is nephr/o?

Answer 5

kidney (NEPHRon)

Question 6

What is pyel/o?

Answer 6

renal pelvis

Question 7

What is ren/o?

Answer 7

kidney

Question 8

What is trigon/o?

Answer 8

trigone (region of bladder)

Question 9

What is ureter/o?

Answer 9

ureter

Question 10

What is urethr/o?

Answer 10

urethra

Question 11

What is vesic/o?

Answer 11

urinary bladder

Question 12

What is albumin/o?

Answer 12

albumin (protein in blood)

Question 13

What is azot/o?

Answer 13

nitrogen

Question 14

What is bacteri/o?

Answer 14

bacteria

Question 15

What is dips/o?

Answer 15

thirst

Question 16

What is kal/i?

Answer 16

potassium (K+, Kal/i)

Question 17

What is ket/o, keton/o?

Answer 17

ketone bodies, ketoacids and acetone

Question 18

What is lith/o?

Answer 18

stone

Question 19

What is natr/o?

Answer 19

Sodium (Na+2, NAtr/o)

Question 20

What is noct/o?

Answer 20

night (nocturnal)

Question 21

What is olig/o?

Answer 21

scanty (limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent)

Question 22

What is -poietin?

Answer 22

substance that forms

Question 23

What is py/o?

Answer 23

pus

Question 24

What is -tripsy?

Answer 24

crushing

Question 25

What is ur/o?

Answer 25

urine (Urea)

Question 26

What is urin/o?

Answer 26

urine

Question 27

What is -uria?

Answer 27

urination, urine condition