The Urinary System Flashcards
Nephr/o, ren/o
Kidney (removes waste from blood)
Pyel/o
Renal pelvis (collects urine and passes to ureter)
Ureter/o
Ureter (carries urine from kidneys to bladder)
Cyst/o, vesic/o
Bladder (hollow organs thay holds urine)
Urethr/o
Urethra (passes urine from bladder to outside of the body)
Urin/o, ur/o, - uria
Urine (waste produce from the kidney)
Albumin/o
Albumin (type of protein)
Glyc/o, glycos/o
Sugar, glucose (sign of diabetes)
Lith/o
Stones (form in the kidney and travel through the Urinary system)
Calculus, calculi
Terms that refer to stones
Urea
Waste product (physicians use to diagnose kidney disorders)
UA, ua
Urinalysis
KUB
Kidneys, ureter, bladder
IVP
Intravenous pyelogram
Cath
Catheter, catheterization
ARF
Acute renal failure (sudden kidney failure)
CRF
Chronic renal failure (loss of kidney function slowly over time)
UTI
Urinary tract infection (bacterial infection of bladder or urethra)
BUN
Blood urea nitrogen (test done to see how well kidneys are working)
Micturition,voiding
Urination
Incontinence, enuresis
Involuntary urination
Olig/o
Scanty; few, very little
Cystolithotomy
Surgical incision to remove stone from the bladder
Noct/i
Night
