Urinary System

Question 1

-cele

Answer 1

hernia, tumor, swelling

Question 2

Cyst/o

Answer 2

Urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid

Question 3

Dia-

Answer 3

Through, between, apart, complete

Question 4

-ectasis

Answer 4

Stretching, dilation, enlargement

Question 5

Glomerul/o

Answer 5

Glomerulus

Question 6

Lith/o

Answer 6

Stone, calculus

Question 7

-lysis

Answer 7

Breakdown, separation, setting free, destruction, loosening

Question 8

Nephr/o

Answer 8

Kidney

Question 9

-pexy

Answer 9

Surgical fixation

Question 10

Pyel/o

Answer 10

Renal pelvis, bowl of kidney

Question 11

-tripsy

Answer 11

To crush

Question 12

Ureter/o

Answer 12

Ureter

Question 13

Urethr/o

Answer 13

Urethra

Question 14

-uria

Answer 14

Urination

Question 15

The increased output of urine is known as _________

Anuria, diuresis, dysuria, oliguria

Answer 15

Diuresis

Question 16

Before entering the ureters, urine collects in the _________

Glomeruli, renal cortex, renal pelvis, urinary bladder

Answer 16

Renal pelvis

Question 17

Urine is produced in microscopic functional units of each kidney called __________

Uremia, ureters, urethra, nephrons

Answer 17

Nephrons

Question 18

In the male, the ______ caries both urine and semen

Prostate gland, renal pelvis, ureter, urethra

Answer 18

Urethra

Question 19

In ______, the urethral opening is on the upper surface of the penis

Epispadias, hyperspadias, hypospadias, urethritis

Answer 19

Epispadias

Question 20

The term ______ describes treatment in which a body part is removed or its function is destroyed. This type of procedure is frequently used to treat prostate cancer

Ablation, adhesion, lithotomy, meatotomy

Answer 20

Ablation

Question 21

The opening through which urine leaves the body

Urethral meatus, urethra, ureters

Answer 21

Urethral meatus

Question 22

The portion of a nephron that is active in filtering urine

Ureters, renal cortex, glomerulus

Answer 22

Glomerulus

Question 23

The outer region of the kidney

Medulla, renal cortex, renal

Answer 23

Renal cortex

Question 24

The tube from the bladder to the outside of the body

Answer 24

Urethra

Question 25

The tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the bladder Ureters or urethera

Answer 25

Ureters

Question 26

The major waste product of protein metabolism is ______ Urea, urine

Answer 26

Urea

Question 27

Vesic/o

Answer 27

Bladder

Question 28

Olig

Answer 28

Scanty

Question 29

-ptosis

Answer 29

Droop or sag

Question 30

Toxic condition resulting from renal failure in which kidney function is compromised Azotemia, uremia, edema

Answer 30

Uremia

Question 31

The term meaning the distention of the ureter is ________ Ureteritis, ureterectasis, ureterolith, uretherostenosis

Answer 31

Ureterectasis

Question 32

Kidney disease where cysts slowly reduce the kidney function, and this eventually leads to kidney failure Wilms tumor, nephroptosis, polycystic kidney disease

Answer 32

Polycystic kidney disease