Unit 6 Flashcards
1
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nephr/o
A
kidney
2
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ren/o
A
kidney
3
Q
kidney
A
remove waste from blood
4
Q
pyel/o
A
renal pelvis
5
Q
renal pelvis
A
collects urine and passes to ureter
6
Q
ureter/o
A
ureter
7
Q
ureter
A
carries urine from kidneys to bladder
8
Q
cyst/o
A
bladder
9
Q
vesic/o
A
bladder
10
Q
bladder
A
hollow organ that holds urine
11
Q
urethr/o
A
urethra
12
Q
urethra
A
passes urine from the bladder to the outside to the body
13
Q
urin/o
A
urine
14
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ur/o
A
urine
15
Q
-uria
A
urine
16
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urine
A
liquid waste produced by the kidneys
17
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albumin/o
A
albumin
18
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albumin
A
type of protein
19
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glyc/o
A
sugar
20
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glycos/o
A
sugar
21
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lith/o
A
stones
22
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stones
A
form in the kidney and travel through urinary system
23
Q
calculus
A
refer to stones
24
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calculi
A
refer to stones
25
urea
waste product
26
UA , ua
urinalysis
27
KUB
kidneys, ureter, bladder
28
IVP
intravenous pyelogram
29
intravenous pyelogram
special x-ray exam of the kidney, bladder, and ureters
30
cath
catheter
31
catheter
flexible tube that is inserted into the bladder so urine can drain
32
ARF
acute renal failure
33
CRF
chronic renal failure (less kidney function)
34
UTI
urinary tract infection (bacteria infection of the bladder)
35
BUN
blood urea nitrogen (test done to test kidney function)
36
micturition
urinating
37
voiding
urinating
38
incontinence
involuntary urination
39
enuresis
involuntary urination
40
olig/o
scanty, few, very little
41
cystolithotomy
surgical incision to remove stone from bladder
42
noct/i
night
43
uremia
blood in the urine
44
-ptosis
drooping, sagging
45
-pexy
surgical fixation
46
-tripsy
surgical crushing
47
-rraphy
stitching
48
-lysis
breaking down
49
diuretic
agent that increases the amount of urine
50
sepsis
an infectoin that spreads through the blood stream
