Urinary System

Question 1

calic/o, calyc/o

Answer 1

calyx, calyx
- has roughly cuplike extensions, called calyces, within the kidney—these are cavities in which urine collects before it flows on into the urinary bladder

Question 2

catheter/o

Answer 2

something inserted

Question 3

corpor/o

Answer 3

body

Question 4

cortic/o

Answer 4

cortex, outer layer

Question 5

cyst/o, vesic/o

Answer 5

bladder

Question 6

glomerul/o

Answer 6

glomerulus
Located in nephron. It is here that all the small capillaries that allows substances to move back and forth through the thin membrane

Question 7

lith/o

Answer 7

Stone

Question 8

meat/o

Answer 8

opening, passageway

Question 9

medull/o

Answer 9

middle or inner portion

Question 10

nephr/o, ren/o

Answer 10

kidney

Question 11

olig/o

Answer 11

scanty, few

Question 12

py/o

Answer 12

pus

Question 13

pyel/o

Answer 13

renal pelvis

Question 14

spad/o

Answer 14

draw off

Question 15

ureter/o

Answer 15

ureter
Tubular structure that connects kidneys to urinary bladder

Question 16

urethr/o

Answer 16

urethra

Question 17

urin/o, ur/o

Answer 17

urine, urinary organs

Question 18

-cele

Answer 18

hernia

Question 19

-chrome

Answer 19

colour

Question 20

-ectasis

Answer 20

enlargement, stretching, dilation

Question 21

-emia

Answer 21

blood

Question 22

-lithasis

Answer 22

presence of stones

Question 23

-osis, -pathy

Answer 23

abnormal condition, disease

Question 24

-pexy

Answer 24

surgical fixation

Question 25

-ptosis

Answer 25

drooping, dropping down

Question 26

-lysis

Answer 26

breakdown, destruction

Question 27

-tripsy

Answer 27

crush

Question 28

-uria

Answer 28

urine, urination

Question 29

epi-

Answer 29

upper, above

Question 30

in-

Answer 30

no, not

Question 31

an-

Answer 31

without, lack of

Question 32

para-

Answer 32

beside

Question 33

poly-

Answer 33

many

Question 34

retro-

Answer 34

backward

Question 35

ADH

Answer 35

Antidiuretic hormone

Question 36

BUN

Answer 36

Blood urea nitrogen (test)

Question 37

CRF

Answer 37

Chronic renal failure

Question 38

C and S

Answer 38

Culture and sensitivity
A lab test in which an infecting organism is grown in a specially prepared media (culture) and exposed to different antibiotics to find out if the organism is sensitive or resistant to a particular antibiotic.

Question 39

ECSL

Answer 39

Extracorporeal shockwave lithotriptor

Question 40

ESWL

Answer 40

Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy

Question 41

GU

Answer 41

Genitourinary

Question 42

I and O

Answer 42

Intake and output

Question 43

IVP

Answer 43

Intravenous pyelogram

Question 44

KUB

Answer 44

Kidney, ureter, bladder