Urinary Tract: Med. Terms Flashcards
Kidney(s)
Nephr/o
ren/o
Responsible for removing waste products from the blood
Renal Pelvis
pyel/o
collects urine and passes to utreter
Ureter
ureter/o
carries urine from kidneys to bladder
bladder
cyst/o vesic/o
hollow organ that holds urine
urethra
urethr/o
passes urine from bladder to outside the body
urine
urin/o ur/o -uria
liquid waste produced by the kidneys
albumin
albumin/o
type of protein in urine
sugar
glyc/o glycos/o
glucose; in urine sign of diabetes
stones
lith/o
form in the kidney and travel through urinary system
terms that refer to stones
calculus, calculi (plural)
Waste product
urea,
physicians use to diagnose kidney disorders
UA, ua
Urinalysis
KUB
kidneys, ureter, bladder
IVP
intravenous pyelogram
Special x-ray of the kidney, bladder, and ureters
cath
catheter, catheterization
Insert a flexible tube into the bladder which helps drain urine
ARF
acute renal failure
Sudden failure of kidneys
CRF
Chronic renal failure
loss of kideny function slowly over time
UTI
urinary tract infection
bacterial infection of bladder or urethra
BUN
blood urea nitrogen
test done to see how well kidneys are working
Micturition, voiding
urinaction, excretion of urine from the body
incontinence, enuresis
involuntary unrination
olig/o
oliguria
scanty; few; very little
very little urine produced or excreted
cystolithotomy
surgical incision to remove stone from the bladder
noct/i
nocturia
night
urinating at night
uremia
blood in urine
-ptosis
nephroptosis
drooping, sagging, floating
kidneys are floating, drooping, sagging
-pexy
nephropexy
surgical fixation
sugical fixation of a floating kidney
-tripsy
nephrolithotripsy
surgically crushing
surgical crushing of a stone in the kidney
hemodialysis
-lysis
breaking down blood through a process
breaking down, destruction
-rrhaphy
suturing (stitching)
diuretic
agent that increases the amount of urine
sepsis
septic
an infection that spreads through the blood stream
pertaining to sepsis
