Quiz 4- Urinary System Flashcards
cyst/o; vesic/o
bladder
glomerul/o
glomerulus
nephr/o
kidney
pyel/o
renal pelvis
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
abnormal condition
-lysis
separate; destruction
-oma
tumor
-megaly
enlargement
-osis
abnormal condition; increased
-pathy
disease
-ptosis
prolapsed, downward placement
-rrhea
discharge; flow
-stenosis
narrowing
-uria
urine
an-
without
intra-
within, inside
poly-
many; much
retro-
back; backwards
supra-
above; excessive; superior
trans-
across