Lesson 5 – The Urinary System Flashcards
Cyst /o; vesic /o
Bladder
Glomerul /o
Glomerulus
Nephr /o
Kidney
Pyel /o
Renal pelvism
Ureter /o
Ureter
Urethr /o
Urethra
Ur /o; urin /o
Urine
Ren/o
kidney
Carcin /o
Cancer
Hemat/o
blood
Lith /o
Stone; calculus
Noct/o
night
Olig/o
Scanty; very small amount
-ectomy
Removal
-pexy
Fixation (of an organ)
-rrhaphy
Suture
-ostomy
Forming an opening
-tripsy
crushing
-cele
Abnormal pocket; hernia
algia; -dynia
Pain
-ectasis
Dilation, swelling
-edema
Swelling
-emia
Blood condition
-grade
Move; step
-iasis
Abnl condition
-lysis
Separate/destruction
-lith
Stone, calculi
-oma
tumor
-megaly
enlargement
-oma
tumor
-osis
Abnormal condition, increased
-pathy
disease
-ptosis
Prolapsed, downward placement
-rrhea
Discharge, flow
-stenosis
narrowing
-uria
urine
an-
Without
dys-
Painful, difficult, bad
Hemat-
blood
Hydro-
water
in-
In, not
intra-
Within, inside
Noct-
night
Oligo-
Scant; little
poly-
Many, much
Retro-
Back; backwards
supra-
Above; excessive; superior
Trans-
across