Urinary System Flashcards
Kidney
Calyx
Renal artery
Renal cortex
Renal medula
Renal palvis
Renal vein
Nephron
Renal corpuscle
Glomerulus
One of several capillaries clusters at the end of each nephron, the indicates the process of filtering of the blood
Glomerular capsule or Bowman’s capsule
Sac that surrounds the glamorous (tuft or capillaries) and marks the beginning of the nephron
Afferent arteriole
Blood vessel that supplies the nephron
Collecting duct
Distal convoluted tubule (DCT)
Efferent arteriole
Nephron loop
Peritubular capillaries
Proximal convoluted tubule (PCT)
Ureter
Urethra
Urinary bladder
Detrusor muscle
External urethral orifice
Trigone of bladder
Urine
Albumin/o
Bacteri/o
Cyst/o
Enur/o
Glomerul/o
Glyc/o or Glycos/o
Hemat/o
Hydr/o
Lith/o
Meat/o
Nephr/o
Noct/i
Olig/o
Py/o
Pyel/o
Ren/o
Son/o
Ureter/o
Urethr/o
Ur/o or urin/o
Vesicul/o or vesic/o
Dys-
Gluco-
Poly-
Ure-
-cele
-emia
-iasis
-esis
-lith
-lysis
-ptosis
-scopy
-stenosis
-stomy
-tripsy
-uria
Cystic or vesical
Genitourinary (GU)
Meatal
Micturate
Micturition
Nephric or renal
Ureteral
Urethral
Urinary
Urinate or void
Albuminuria
Anuria
Bacteriuria
Cystitis
Cystocele
Cystolith