Ch.6 Organs of Urin. System, Combining Forms, Suffixes

Question 1

kidneys

Answer 1

2 bean-shaped organs that remove waste products from the blood

Question 2

nephron

Answer 2

kidney’s urine producing unit

Question 3

glomerulus (pl. glomeruli)

Answer 3

cluster of capillaries in the kidney where the urine begins to form

Question 4

renal pelvis

Answer 4

collects urine and goes to ureter

Question 5

hilum

Answer 5

indentation on the kidney’s medial side, where the ureter leaves the kidney

Question 6

ureters

Answer 6

carries urine from kidneys to urinary bladder

Question 7

urinary bladder

Answer 7

stores urine

Question 8

urethra

Answer 8

carries urine from bladder to urinary meatus

Question 9

urinary meatus

Answer 9

outside opening through which urine passes

Question 10

cyst/o, vesic/o

Answer 10

bladder, sac

Question 11

glomerul/o

Answer 11

glomerulus

Question 12

meat/o

Answer 12

meatus (opening)

Question 13

nephr/o, ren/o

Answer 13

kidney

Question 14

pyel/o

Answer 14

renal pelvis

Question 15

ureter/o

Answer 15

ureter

Question 16

urethr/o

Answer 16

urethra

Question 17

albumin/o

Answer 17

albumin

Question 18

azot/o

Answer 18

urea, nitrogen

Question 19

blast/o

Answer 19

developing cell, germ cell

Question 20

glyc/o, glycos/o

Answer 20

sugar

Question 21

hydr/o

Answer 21

water

Question 22

lith/o

Answer 22

stone, calculus

Question 23

noct/i

Answer 23

night

Question 24

olig/o

Answer 24

scanty, few

Question 25

son/o

Answer 25

sound

Question 26

tom/o

Answer 26

cut, section

Question 27

urin/o, ur/o

Answer 27

urine, urinary tract

Question 28

-gram

Answer 28

record, radiographic image

Question 29

-iasis, -esis

Answer 29

condition

Question 30

-lysis

Answer 30

loosening, dissolution, separating

Question 31

-megaly

Answer 31

enlargement

Question 32

-ptosis

Answer 32

drooping, sagging, prolapse

Question 33

-rrhaphy

Answer 33

suturing, repairing

Question 34

-tripsy

Answer 34

surgical crushing

Question 35

-trophy

Answer 35

nourishment, development

Question 36

-uria

Answer 36

urine, urination