Unit 6

Question 1

nephr/o

ren/o

Answer 1

Kidneys; removes waste from blood.

Question 2

pyel/o

Answer 2

renal pelvis; collects urine and passes to ureter

Question 3

ureter/o

Answer 3

ureter; carries urine from kidneys to bladder

Question 4

cyst/o

vesic/o

Answer 4

bladder; hollow organ that holds urine

Question 5

urethr/o

Answer 5

urethra; passes urine from bladder to outside the body

Question 6

urin/o

ur/o

-uria

Answer 6

urine; liquid waste produced by the kidneys

Question 7

albumin/o

Answer 7

albumin; type of protein

Question 8

glyc/o

glycos/o

Answer 8

sugar; glucose; in urine sign of diabetes

Question 9

lith/o

Answer 9

stones; form in the kidney and travel through urinary system

Question 10

calculus,

calculi (pl)

Answer 10

terms that refer to stone(s)

Question 11

urea

Answer 11

waste product; physicians use to diagnose kidney disorders

Question 12

UA, ua

Answer 12

Urinalysis; analysing the urine

Question 13

KUB

Answer 13

kidneys, ureter, bladder

Question 14

IVP

Answer 14

intravenous pyelogram, a special x-ray exam of the bladder, kidneys, and ureters

Question 15

-gram

Answer 15

record. image

Question 16

cath

Answer 16

catherter; catherterization, flexible tube inserted into the bladder to drain urine

Question 17

ARF

Answer 17

acute renal failure; sudden kidney failure

Question 18

CRF

Answer 18

chronic renal failure; loss of kidney function slowly over time

Question 19

UTI

Answer 19

urinary tract infection; bacterial infection of bladder or urethra

Question 20

BUN

Answer 20

blood urea nitrogen; test done to see how well kidneys are working

Question 21

micturition, voiding

Answer 21

urination, excretion of urine from the body

Question 22

incontinence, enuresis

Answer 22

involutary urination, inability to control excretory functions

Question 23

olig/o

Answer 23

scanty, few, very little

Question 24

oliguria

Answer 24

producing very little urine

Question 25

**cystolithomy**

Answer 25

surgical incision to remove stone from the bladder

Question 26

**noct/i**

Answer 26

night

Question 27

**nocturia**

Answer 27

excessive urination at night

Question 28

**uremia**

Answer 28

blood in the urine

Question 29

**-ptosis**

Answer 29

drooping, sagging, collapse, floating

Question 30

**nephroptosis**

Answer 30

drooping, sagging, "floating" kidney

Question 31

**-pexy**

Answer 31

surgical fixation

Question 32

**nephropexy**

Answer 32

surgical fixation of a floating kidney

Question 33

**-tripsy**

Answer 33

surgical crushing

Question 34

**nephrolithotripsy**

Answer 34

surgical crushing of a stone in the kidney

Question 35

**hemodialysis**

Answer 35

filtering the blood to get rid of waste

Question 36

**lysis**

Answer 36

breaking down; destruction

Question 37

**-rraphy**

Answer 37

suturing, stitiching

Question 38

**cystorraphy**

Answer 38

stitching the bladder

Question 39

**diuretic**

Answer 39

agent that increases the mount of urine

Question 40

**sepsis**

Answer 40

an infection that spreads through the bloodstream

Question 41

**septic**

Answer 41

pertaining to sepsis