Unit 6 - Urinary System

Question 1

nephr/o ren/o

Answer 1

kidney(s) (removes waste from blood)

Question 2

pyel/o

Answer 2

renal pelvis (collects urine and passes to ureter; not pelvic area)

Question 3

ureter/o

Answer 3

ureter (carries urine from kidneys to bladder)

Question 4

cyst/o vesic/o

Answer 4

bladder (hollow organ that holds urine)

Question 5

urethr/o

Answer 5

urethra (passes urine from bladder to outside the body)

Question 6

urin/o ur/o -uria

Answer 6

urine (liquid waste produced by the kidneys)

Question 7

albumin/o

Answer 7

albumin (type of protein found in urine)

Question 8

glyc/o glycos/o

Answer 8

sugar (glucose; in urine sign of diabetes)

Question 9

lith/o

Answer 9

stone(s) (form in the kidney and travel through urinary system)

Question 10

calculus, calculi (pl)

Answer 10

terms that refer to stone(s)

Question 11

urea

Answer 11

waste product (physicians use to diagnose kidney disorders uria means urine)

Question 12

UA, ua

Answer 12

urinalysis

Question 13

KUB

Answer 13

kidneys, ureter, bladder

Question 14

IVP

Answer 14

intravenous pyelogram (gram- record, image) special x-ray exam of the kidney, bladder, and ureter

Question 15

cath

Answer 15

catheter; catheterization (flexible tube inserted into the bladder to drain urine)

Question 16

ARF

Answer 16

acute renal failure (sudden kidney failure)

Question 17

CRF

Answer 17

chronic renal failure (loss of kidney function slowly over time)

Question 18

UTI

Answer 18

urinary tract infection (bacterial infection of bladder or urethra)

Question 19

BUN

Answer 19

blood urea nitrogen (test done to see how well kidneys are working)

Question 20

micturition, voiding

Answer 20

urination, excretion of urine from the body

Question 21

incontinence, enuresis

Answer 21

involuntary urination (inability to control excretory functions)

Question 22

olig/o

Answer 22

scanty; few; very little (very little urine produced or excreted)

Question 23

cystolithotomy

Answer 23

surgical incision to remove stone from the bladder

Question 24

noct/i

Answer 24

night (nocturia; urinating at night)

Question 25

uremia

Answer 25

blood in the urine

Question 26

-ptosis

Answer 26

drooping, sagging, floating (nephroptosis; drooping, sagging, floating, kidneys)

Question 27

-tripsy

Answer 27

surgical crushing (nephrolithotripsy; surgical crushing of a stone in the kidney)

Question 28

-lysis

Answer 28

breaking down; destruction (hemodialysis)

Question 29

-rrhaphy

Answer 29

suturing (stitching) (cystorraphy: suturing the bladder)

Question 30

diuretic

Answer 30

agent that increases the amount of urine

Question 31

sepsis

Answer 31

an infection that spreads through the bloodstream (septic)