Unit 5

Question 1

-lysis

Answer 1

destruction

Question 2

-pexy

Answer 2

surgical fixation

Question 3

ur/o

Answer 3

urine

Question 4

Nephro/

Answer 4

kidney

Question 5

Nephrons

Answer 5

functional units of the kidney

filter blood to remove waste and excess water and form urine

Question 6

Ren/o

Answer 6

kidney

Question 7

pyel/o

Answer 7

renal pelvis

Question 8

IVP

Answer 8

Intravenous pyelogram

Question 9

-uria

Answer 9

condition of urine

Question 10

poly-

Answer 10

many, too much

Question 11

ureter/o

Answer 11

ureter

Question 12

urethr/o

Answer 12

urethra

Question 13

-rraphy

Answer 13

suturing o stitching

Question 14

-rrhagia

Answer 14

hemorrhage

Question 15

spermat/o

Answer 15

sperm/o(i)

Sperm

Question 16

-cide

Answer 16

to kill or destroy

Question 17

orchid/o

Answer 17

orchi/o
orch/o
testicle

Question 18

crypt

Answer 18

hidden

Question 19

prostat/o

Answer 19

prostate gland

Question 20

BPH

Answer 20

Benign Prostate hyperplasia

Enlargement of the prostate due to increase in number of cells and aging

Question 21

semin/o

Answer 21

semen

combined fluid of prostatic fluid and sperm, secreted by seminal vesicles

Question 22

Balan/o

Answer 22

glans penis

Question 23

pen/o

Answer 23

penis

Question 24

o/o

Answer 24

egg

Question 25

oophor/o

Answer 25

ovary: egg bearing oon: egg phoros: bear

Question 26

salping/o

Answer 26

fallopian tubes

Question 27

hyphens

Answer 27

use a hyphen between 2 like vowels when building compounds

Question 28

TAH-BSO

Answer 28

total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy

Question 29

colp/o

Answer 29

vagina

Question 30

hard "G"

Answer 30

hard "G" when followed by a o,u, a, or a consonant | laryngoscope, hysterogram

Question 31

soft "g"

Answer 31

when followed by e, i, or y | Germ, meningitis

Question 32

Hyster/o

Answer 32

uterus

Question 33

Metr/o

Answer 33

Uterine tissue

Question 34

Endo/metr/iosis

Answer 34

a condition in which tissue that looks and acts like endometrial tissue is found in places other than the lining of the uterus

Question 35

Uter/o

Answer 35

uterus

Question 36

-ptosis

Answer 36

prolapse or downward displacement

Question 37

Gynec/o

Answer 37

gyn/e | woman

Question 38

Vas/o

Answer 38

blood vessel or many types of vessels Vas Deferens- part of male reproduction

Question 39

vas/o/motor

Answer 39

adj- refers to nerves that control the tone of blood vessel walls

Question 40

Hist/o

Answer 40

tissue

Question 41

Hist/o/genous

Answer 41

a substance that is made by tissue

Question 42

Neo-

Answer 42

New

Question 43

-plasm/o

Answer 43

formation

Question 44

-anti

Answer 44

against

Question 45

Cysto

Answer 45

cystoscopy

Question 46

ESRD

Answer 46

End stage renal Disese

Question 47

HSG

Answer 47

Hysterosalpinogram

Question 48

KUB

Answer 48

Kidney, ureter, bladder, x-ray, radiography

Question 49

PAP

Answer 49

Papanicolaou test (smear)

Question 50

PID

Answer 50

Pelvic inflammatory disease

Question 51

PSA

Answer 51

Prostate specific antigen

Question 52

RPG

Answer 52

Retrograde pyelogram

Question 53

Sp gr

Answer 53

Specific gravity

Question 54

TAH

Answer 54

Total abdominal hysterectomy

Question 55

TSE

Answer 55

Testicular self-exam

Question 56

TUR (P)

Answer 56

transurethral resection (prostate)

Question 57

UA

Answer 57

Urinalysis

Question 58

UTI

Answer 58

Urinary tract infection