Urinary and Male Reproductive System Flashcards

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Medical word for an abnormally high level of uric acid in the blood?

A

Hyperuricaemia
hyper = above / excessive / more than normal
uric/o = uric acid
aemia = blood condition

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Medical word for when there are more than two testes present?

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Polyorchism
poly/o = many
orch/o = testes / testicle
ism = condition / process / state of

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Medical word for an incision into the bladder to remove stones?

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Cystolithotomy
cyst/o = urinary bladder
lith/o = stone / calculus
tomy = incision into / cut into

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A congenital absence of one kidney? (2 words) - think of the word for kidney followed by a word that captures the absence of the kidney during formation of a human

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Renal agenesis

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Medical word for improperly descended testis?

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Cryptorchidism
crypt/o = hidden
orchid/o = testis / testicle
ism = condition / process / state of

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Medical word for painful straining to empty the bladder without evacuation of urine?

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Tenesmus
(no component part breakdown available)

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Word for a painful downward curvature of the penis? (3 words) ‘…….’ of penis

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Chordee of penis
(no component part breakdown available)

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Medical words for an extravesical removal of the prostate with partial or complete excision of the gland? (2 medical words)

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Retropubic prostatectomy
retro = back / again / backward / behind
pub = pubis / pubic bone / anterior part of the pelvis
ic = pertaining to
prostat/o = prostate
ectomy = excision / surgical removal

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Medical word for a congenital anomaly where the urethra opens out on the ventral (under) side of the penis?

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Hypospadias
hypo = below / under
spadias = ?

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Medical word for a process which excess waste products and water are removed from the patient’s blood by an external machine and blood then returned to the body?

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Haemodialysis
haem/o = blood
dia = complete / through / across
lysis = destruction / loosening / breakdown / separation

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Hydroureter is overdistension of the ureter with?

A

Urine

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Megalocystis is abnormal enlargement of the?

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Bladder

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Vesicoureteral reflux is the backflow of urine into the?

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Ureter

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Dysplasia of the kidney indicates a?

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Multicystic kidney

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Nephrolysis is the destruction of renal what?

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Adhesions

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Cutaneous ureterostomy is the transplantation of the ureter to the what?

A

Skin

17
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A ureterovesicoplasty is corrective surgery for persistent what?

A

Reflux

18
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Trigonitis is inflammation of a part of the what?

A

Bladder

19
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Ureterocystostomy is the reimplantation of the ureter into the what?

A

Bladder

20
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Orchiopexy is surgical fixation of an undescended what?

A

Testis

21
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What’s the filter in the kidney called?

A

Glomerulus

22
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Name of the muscular tube that transports semen?

A

Vas deferens

23
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Name the tube between the kidney and the bladder?

A

Ureter

24
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Name the vessel through which blood enters the kidney?

A

Renal artery

25
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Secretion from this gland forms part of semen?

A

Prostate

26
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Collection sac for urine?

A

Urinary bladder

27
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Male gonads or sex organs?

A

Testes

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Name the tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside?

A

Urethra

29
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Name the tip of the penis? (2 words)

A

Glans penis

30
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Urine leaves the kidney through this structure? (2 words)

A

Renal pelvis