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Urinary System Flashcards

1
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cyst/o

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bladder

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vesic/o

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bladder

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glomerul/o

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glomerulus

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meat/o

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opening, meatus

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nephr/o

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kidney

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ren/o

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kidney

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pyel/o

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renal pelvis

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ur/o

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urine

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urin/o

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urine

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ureter/o

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ureter

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cystoscopy

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visual examination of the urinary tract by means of a cystoscope inserted into the urethra

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12
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vesicocele

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hernial protrusion of the urinary bladder, cystocele

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glomerulosclerosis

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hardening or scarring within the glomeruli

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meatus

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opening or tunnel through any part of the body, such as the external opening of the urethra

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nephroma

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tumor of the kidney

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renal

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pertaining to the kidney

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pyeloplasty

A

surgical repair of the renal pelvic

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uremia

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excessive urea and other nitrogenous waste products in the blood, azotemia

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19
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urinary

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pertains to urine or formation of urine

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ureterostenosis

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narrowing or stricture of a ureter

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urethr/o

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urethra

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-emia

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blood condition

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-iasis

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abnormal condition

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-lysis

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separation, destruction, loosening

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-pathy

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disease

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-pexy

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fixation of an organ

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-ptosis

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prolapse, downward displacement

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-tripsy

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crushing

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29
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-uria

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urine

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urethrocele

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hernial protrusion of the urethra

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azotemia

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excessive amounts of nitrogenous compounds in the blood

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lithiasis

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abnormal condition or presence of stones or calculi

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dialysis

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process of removing toxic material from the blood when the kidneys are unable to

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nephropathy

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any disorder of the kidneys, including inflammatory, degenerative, and sclerotic conditions

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nephropexy

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downward displacement or dropping of a kidney

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lithotripsy

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crushing of a stone in the bladder or urethra

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polyuria

A

excessive urination

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nephrectomy

A

excision of a kidney

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nephromegaly

A

enlargement of a kidney

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nephrolith

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kidney stone

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nephrolithiasis

A

abnormal condition of kidney stones

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nephralgia

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pain in kidney

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nephritis

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inflammation of kidney

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glomerulonephritis

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inflammation of the glomerulus of the kidney

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proteinuria

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a chronic loss of protein in the urine

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supra-

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above, excessive, superior

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ren

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nephrosis

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abnormal condition of kidney

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nephrosclerosis

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abnormal condition of kidney hardening

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nephroptosis

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prolapsed kidney

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nephropexy

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fixation of the kidney

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ureterectasis

A

expansion or dilation of ureter

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pyelopathy

A

disease of the renal pelvis

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pyelotomy

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incision of the renal pelvis

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pyelostomy

A

forming an opening into the renal pelvis

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pyelitis

A

inflammation of the renal pelvis

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oliguria

A

diminished capacity to pass urine

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ureteropyeloplasty

A

surgical repair of the ureter and renal pelvis

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urology

A

study of urine

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pyeloplasty

A

surgical repair of the renal pelvis

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pyorrhea

A

discharge or flow of pus

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pyonephrosis

A

abnormal condition of pus from the kidneys

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polyuria

A

excessive urination

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polycystic

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many cysts

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uremia

A

increase in concentration of urea and other nitrogenous wastes in the blood

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nocturia

A

urination at night

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hematuria

A

blood in the urine

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dysuria

A

painful urination

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bacteriuria

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bacteria in the urine

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pyuria

A

pus in teh urine

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lithectomy

A

excision of a stone

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lithotripsy

A

crushing a stone

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diuresis

A

increased formation and secretion of urine

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enuresis

A

involuntary discharge of urine after the age by which the bladder control should have been established

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hypospadias

A

abnormal congenital opening of the male urethra on the undersurface of the penis

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interstitial nephritis

A

nephritis associated with pathological changes in the renal interstitial tissue that may be primary or due to a toxic agent, such as a drug or chemical.

77
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renal hypertension

A

HBP that results from kidney disease

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