ALH 122 Chap 7 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
electrolyte | molecules that carry an electical charge in the body |
Na+ | Sodium (an electrolyte) |
K+ | Potassium (an electrolyte) |
Cl- | Chloride (an electrolyte) |
UA | urinalysis |
UTI | urinary tract infection |
BILI | bilirubin |
edema | water retention |
diurectic | substance that will increase urination (water loss) |
cyst/o | bladder |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
meat/o | meatus (opening to the outside of the body) |
nephr/o | kidney, or nephron |
pyel/o | renal pelvis, the center of the kidney |
ren/o | renal, kidney |
ureter/o | ureter (tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder) |
urethr/o | urethra (tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body) |
vesic/o | bladder |
kal/o | potassium |
natr/o | sodium |
lith/o | stone |
noct/o | night |
olig/o | scanty, slight, few |
py/o | pus (don't confuse with pyel/o) |
-tripsy | to break apart, crush |
lithotripsy | to break up a stone |
ur/o | urine |
enuresis | wetting the bed |
urin/o | urine |
-uria | urine |
dysuria | painful urination |
anuria | kidney failure leads to anuria, inability to create urine ('no urine') |
hematuria | blood in the urine |
glycosuria | sugar in the urine |
uremia | Urea (waste that the body disposes of via urine) in the blood. This would be a toxic sign of kidney failure. |
oliguria | voiding just small amounts of urine |
cystitis | bladder infection/inflammation |
hyperkalemia | excess potassium in the blood |
hyponatremia | low sodium levels in the blood |
nephrolithiasis | kidney stones |
glomerulonephritis | post-streptococcal infection where antibodies attack the kidneys. |
pyelonephritis | kidney infection |
cystoscopy | visualization of the bladder with a cystoscope |
dialysis | process of using a machine to filter waste from the blood when the kidneys fail |
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