Urinary and Male Reproductive System

Question 1

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

Answer 1

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

Question 2

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

Answer 2

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

Question 3

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

Answer 3

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

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Renal agenesis

Question 5

Medical word for improperly descended testis?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Tenesmus
(no component part breakdown available)

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Chordee of penis
(no component part breakdown available)

Question 8

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

Answer 8

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

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Hypospadias
hypo = below / under
spadias = ?

Question 10

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?

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Hydroureter is overdistension of the ureter with?

Answer 11

Urine

Question 12

Megalocystis is abnormal enlargement of the?

Answer 12

Bladder

Question 13

Vesicoureteral reflux is the backflow of urine into the?

Answer 13

Ureter

Question 14

Dysplasia of the kidney indicates a?

Answer 14

Multicystic kidney

Question 15

Nephrolysis is the destruction of renal what?

Answer 15

Adhesions

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Skin

Question 17

A ureterovesicoplasty is corrective surgery for persistent what?

Answer 17

Reflux

Question 18

Trigonitis is inflammation of a part of the what?

Answer 18

Bladder

Question 19

Ureterocystostomy is the reimplantation of the ureter into the what?

Answer 19

Bladder

Question 20

Orchiopexy is surgical fixation of an undescended what?

Answer 20

Testis

Question 21

What’s the filter in the kidney called?

Answer 21

Glomerulus

Question 22

Name of the muscular tube that transports semen?

Answer 22

Vas deferens

Question 23

Name the tube between the kidney and the bladder?

Answer 23

Ureter

Question 24

Name the vessel through which blood enters the kidney?

Answer 24

Renal artery

Question 25

Secretion from this gland forms part of semen?

Answer 25

Prostate

Question 26

Collection sac for urine?

Answer 26

Urinary bladder

Question 27

Male gonads or sex organs?

Answer 27

Testes

Question 28

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

Answer 28

Urethra

Question 29

Name the tip of the penis? (2 words)

Answer 29

Glans penis

Question 30

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

Answer 30

Renal pelvis