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LOFM Chapter 7
The Language of Medicine Ninth Edition
Question | Answer |
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cali/o calic/o | calyx (calix) cup-like collectiong region of the renal perlvis |
cyst/o | urinary bladder |
glomerul/o | glomerulus-tiny ball of capillaries in the kidney |
meat/o | meatus--opening or canal |
nephr/o | kidney |
pyel/o | renal pelvis--central collecting region in the kidney |
ren/o | kidney |
trigon/o | trigone--triangular area in the urinary bladder |
ureter/o | ureter--one of the two tubes leading from the kidney to the urinary bladder |
urethr/o | urethra--tube leading form the urinary bladder to the outside of the body. |
vesic/o | urinary bladder |
albumin/o | albumin (a protein in the blood) |
azot/o | nitrogen |
bacteri/o | bacteria |
dips/o | thirst |
kal/o | potassium |
ket/o keton/o | ketone bodies--ketones are formed when fatty acids are broken down in the liver. Ketones accumulate in blood and urine when the body breaks down fat, instead of sugar for fuel. |
lith/o | stone |
natr/o | sodium |
noct/o | night |
olig/o | scanty |
-poietin | substance that forms |
py/o | pus |
-tripsy | crushing |
ur/o | urine(urea) |
urin/o | urine |
-uria | urination; urine condition |