Medical Terminology Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
kidneys | bean-shaped organs that filter the blood and form urine |
ureters | slender tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder |
urinary bladder | muscular, hollow organ that temporarily holds urine |
urethra | narrow tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body |
renal pelvis | reservoir in each kidney that collects urine and passes it to the ureter |
urine | pale yellow liquid waste product made up of 95% water |
urinary meatus | opening through which urine passes to the outside of the body |
urinary tract | organs and ducts responsible for the elimiation of urine |
cyst | bladder, sac |
hem | blood |
hemat | blood |
lith | stone, calculus |
nephr | kidney |
noct | night |
olig | scanty, few |
pyel | renal pelvis |
ren | kidney |
ur, urin | urination, urine, urinary tract |
ureter | ureter |
urethr | urethra |
-emia | blood condition |
-gram | record, radiographic image |
-graphy | process of recording, radiographic imaging |
-iasis | condition |
-pexy | surgical fixation, suspension |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | suture, repair |
-tripsy | surgical crushing |
hemodialysis | procedure for removing toxic waste from the blood because of an inability of the kidneys to do so |
incontinence | inability to control the bladder |
renal calculi | stones in the kidney |
renal transplant | surgical procedure for replacement of a diseased kidney by a donor kidney |
urinalysis | laboratory test in which multiple routine tests are done on a urine specimen |
UA | urinalysis |
urinary catheterization | procedure that involves the passage of a catheter into the urinary bladder to withdraw urine |
urinary tract infection | infection of one or more organs of the urinary tract |
void | to pass urine |
UTI | urinary tract infection |
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