The Urinary and Male Reproductive Systems-Urology

Question 1

Nephron

Answer 1

Basic working unit of the kidney

more than two million of them in a single kidney

Question 2

Glomerulus

Answer 2

A cluster or little ball of small blood vessels in which blood passes through the kidneys. It is here that the blood is filtered, with water and nutrients being forced into the surrounding capsule around the glomerulus and becomes urine.

Question 3

Renal Pelvis

Answer 3

A series of tubes that funnel urine out of the kidneys and into the uterus and on to the bladder

Question 4

Bladder

Answer 4

Large Bag for holding Urine

Question 5

Urethra

Answer 5

Where urine empties out of the body

Question 6

Glumerul/o

Answer 6

Glumerulos (plural: Glumeruli)

Question 7

Nephr/o

Answer 7

Kidney

Question 8

Ren/o

Answer 8

Kidney

Question 9

Kidneys filter blood at a rate of ______ per day

Answer 9

200 Quarts

Question 10

Pyel/o

Answer 10

Renal Pelvis

Question 11

Ur/o

Answer 11

Urine

Question 12

Urin/o

Answer 12

Urine

Question 13

Lith/o

Answer 13

Stone

Question 14

Cyst/o

Answer 14

Bladder

Question 15

Vesic/o

Answer 15

Bladder

Question 16

Urethr/o

Answer 16

Urethra

Question 17

Ureter/o

Answer 17

Ureter

Ureters are thick walled tubes about 10 inches in length that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder.

Question 18

Meat/o

Answer 18

Opening

Question 19

Oligospermia

Answer 19

Low Sperm Count

Question 20

Orchi/o

Answer 20

Testicle

Question 21

Orch/o

Answer 21

Testicle

Question 22

Test/o

Answer 22

Testicle

Question 23

Nephroptosis

Answer 23

Downward displacement of a kidney

Question 24

Diuresis

Answer 24

Excessive Urination

Question 25

Lithotripsy

Answer 25

Breakdown of a stone

Question 26

Balan/o

Answer 26

Penis

Question 27

Spermat/o

Answer 27

Sperm

Question 28

Sperm/o

Answer 28

Sperm

Question 29

Sperm/i

Answer 29

Sperm

Question 30

Nephrogram

Answer 30

Image of a kidney