LaFleur Medical Terms
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| Kidney | 2 bean shape organ an each side of vertebral column on the posterior wall of abdominal cavity
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| Nephron | Urine-producing microscopic structure
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| glomerulus | cluster of capillaries at entrance of nephron where urine begins
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| renal pelvis | funnel shape that collects urine and passed to the ureter
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| hilum | identation on medial side of kidney where ureter leaves the kidney
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| ureters | 2 slender tubes that recieve urine from kidneys and carry it to the posterior portion of the bladder
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| urinary bladder | muscular, hollow organ that temporily holds urine
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| urethra | lowest part of the urinary tract, passes urine to urinary meatus
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| urinary meatus | outside opening through the urine is passed
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| cyst/o vesic/o | bladder or sac
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| glomerul/o | glomerulus
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| meat/o | meatus
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| nephr/o ren/o | kidney
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| pyel/o | renal pelvis
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| ureter/o | ureter
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| urethr/o | urethra
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| albumin/o | albinmin
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| azot/o | urea or nitrogen
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| blast/o | developing or germ cell
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| glyc/o glycos/o | sugar
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| hydr/o | water
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| lith/o | stone or calculus
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| noct/i | night
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| olig/o | scanty or few
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| son/o | sound
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| tom/o | cut or section
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| urin/o ur/o | urine or urinary tract
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| -gram | record or radiographic image
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| -iasis -esis | condtion
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| -lysis | loosening, dissolution, or seperate
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| -megaly | enlargement
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| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, or prolapse
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| -rrhaphy | suturing or repair
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| -uria | urine or urination
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| -trophy | nourishment or development
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| azotemia | condition of urea in the blood
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| cystitis | inflammation of the bladder
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| cystocele | protrusion of the bladder
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| cystolith | stone in the bladder
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| glomerulonephritis | inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney
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| hydronephrosis | abnormal condition of water in kidney
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| nephritis | inflammation of the kidney
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| nephrohypertrophy | excessive development of kidney
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| nephrolithiasis | condition of stone in the kidney
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| nephroma | tumor in kidney
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| nephromegaly | enlargement of kidney
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| nephroptosis | drooping kidney
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| pyelitis | inflammation of renal pelvis
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| pyelonephritis | inflammation of renal pelvis and kidney
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| ureteritis | inflammation of ureter
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| ureterocele | protrusion of ureter
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| ureterostenosis | condition of stone in ureter
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| ureterostenosis | narrow of ureter
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| urethrocystitis | inflammation of urethra and bladder
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| epispadias | congential defect in which urinary meatus is locate on upper side of penis
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| hypospadias | congential defect in which urinary meatus is locate on under side of penis
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| polycystic kidney disease | condition in which kidney contain many cyst and enlarged
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| renal calculus | stone in kidney
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| renal failure | loss of kidney function and unable to remove waste product and maintain electrolyte balance
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| renal hypertension | elevated blood pressure from kidney disease
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| urinary retention | abnormal accumulation of urine in bladder because unable to urine
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| urinary suppresion | sudden stoppage of urine formation
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| urinary tract infection | infection of more than one organ in urinary tract
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| cystectomy | excision of the bladder
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| cystolithotomy | incision of bladder to remove stone
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| cystorraphy | suturing tha bladder
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| cystostomy | create artifical open in bladder
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| cystotomy or vesicotomy | incion of bladder
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| lithotripsy | surgical crush of stone
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| meatotomy | incision of meatus
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| nephrectomy | excision of kidney
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| nephrolithotomy | incision of kidney to remove stone
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| nephrolithotripsy | surgical crush of stone in kidney
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| nephrolysis | seperate the kidney
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| nephropexy | surgical fixation of kidney
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| nephrostomy | creation of artifical open in kidney
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| pyelolithotomy | incision of renal pelvis to remove stone
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| pyeloplasty | surgical repair of renal pelvis
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| ureterectomy | excision of ureter
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| ureterostomy | creation of artifical open in ureter
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| urethroplasty | surgical repair of uretha
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| vesicourethral suspension | suspension pertain to bladder and urethra
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| renal transplant | surgical implant of kidney
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| fulguration | destrucation of living tissue with electri spark
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| extracorporeat shock wave lithotripsy | noninvasive treatment for remove kidney stone
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| cystogram | radiographic image of bladder
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| cystography | radiographic imageing of bladder
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| intravenous urogram | radiographic image of urinary tract
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| nephrogram | radiographic image of kidney
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| nephrography | radiographic imaging of kidney
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| nephrosonography | process of record the kidney of sound
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| nephrotomogram | section radiographic image of kidney
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| renogram | graphic image of kidney
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| retrograde urogram | radiographic image of urinary tract
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| voiding cystourthrography | radiographic image of bladder and urehtha
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| cystoscope | instrument for visual exam of baldder
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| cystoscopy | visual exam of bladder
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| nephroscopy | visual exam of kidney
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| ureterscopy | visual exam of ureter
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| urethroscope | instument used for visual exam of uretha
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| kub | simple radiographic image of abdomen
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| blood urea nitrogen | blood test that measuere the amount of urea in blood and determine kidney function
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| creatinine | blood test that measure amount of creatnine in blood
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| specfic gravity | test on urine specimen to measure concentration ablity of kidney
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| urinalysis | multiple routine on urine specimen
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| albuminuria | albumin in urine
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| anuria | absense of urine
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| diurese | condition of urine that pass
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| dysuria | difficult or painful urination
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| glycosuria | sugar in urine
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| hematuria | blood in urine
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| meatal | pertain to meatus
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| nephrologist | dr who study and treat kidney
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| nephrology | study of kidney
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| nocturia | night urination
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| oliguria | scanty urine
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| polyuria | excess urine
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| pyuria | puss in urine
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| urinary | pertain to urine
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| urologist | dr who treat urinary tract
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| urology | study of urinary tract
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| catheter | flexible device for withdraw fluid
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| distended | stretched out
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| enuresis | involuntary urination
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| hemodialysis | prodeure remove impurties from blood clot kidney cant
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| incontinence | inablity to control bladder bowls
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| micturate | urintate or void
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| pertioneal dialysis | remove toxic waste
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| stricture | abnrmal narrow
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| urinal | receptale for urine
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| urinary cathterization | passaage of catherter into urinary bladder
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| urodynamics | pertain to force and flow of urine
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| void | pee or poo
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