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Urinary System- Ch6
LaFleur Medical Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Kidney | 2 bean shape organ an each side of vertebral column on the posterior wall of abdominal cavity |
| Nephron | Urine-producing microscopic structure |
| glomerulus | cluster of capillaries at entrance of nephron where urine begins |
| renal pelvis | funnel shape that collects urine and passed to the ureter |
| hilum | identation on medial side of kidney where ureter leaves the kidney |
| ureters | 2 slender tubes that recieve urine from kidneys and carry it to the posterior portion of the bladder |
| urinary bladder | muscular, hollow organ that temporily holds urine |
| urethra | lowest part of the urinary tract, passes urine to urinary meatus |
| urinary meatus | outside opening through the urine is passed |
| cyst/o vesic/o | bladder or sac |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| meat/o | meatus |
| nephr/o ren/o | kidney |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| albumin/o | albinmin |
| azot/o | urea or nitrogen |
| blast/o | developing or germ cell |
| glyc/o glycos/o | sugar |
| hydr/o | water |
| lith/o | stone or calculus |
| noct/i | night |
| olig/o | scanty or few |
| son/o | sound |
| tom/o | cut or section |
| urin/o ur/o | urine or urinary tract |
| -gram | record or radiographic image |
| -iasis -esis | condtion |
| -lysis | loosening, dissolution, or seperate |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, or prolapse |
| -rrhaphy | suturing or repair |
| -uria | urine or urination |
| -trophy | nourishment or development |
| azotemia | condition of urea in the blood |
| cystitis | inflammation of the bladder |
| cystocele | protrusion of the bladder |
| cystolith | stone in the bladder |
| glomerulonephritis | inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney |
| hydronephrosis | abnormal condition of water in kidney |
| nephritis | inflammation of the kidney |
| nephrohypertrophy | excessive development of kidney |
| nephrolithiasis | condition of stone in the kidney |
| nephroma | tumor in kidney |
| nephromegaly | enlargement of kidney |
| nephroptosis | drooping kidney |
| pyelitis | inflammation of renal pelvis |
| pyelonephritis | inflammation of renal pelvis and kidney |
| ureteritis | inflammation of ureter |
| ureterocele | protrusion of ureter |
| ureterostenosis | condition of stone in ureter |
| ureterostenosis | narrow of ureter |
| urethrocystitis | inflammation of urethra and bladder |
| epispadias | congential defect in which urinary meatus is locate on upper side of penis |
| hypospadias | congential defect in which urinary meatus is locate on under side of penis |
| polycystic kidney disease | condition in which kidney contain many cyst and enlarged |
| renal calculus | stone in kidney |
| renal failure | loss of kidney function and unable to remove waste product and maintain electrolyte balance |
| renal hypertension | elevated blood pressure from kidney disease |
| urinary retention | abnormal accumulation of urine in bladder because unable to urine |
| urinary suppresion | sudden stoppage of urine formation |
| urinary tract infection | infection of more than one organ in urinary tract |
| cystectomy | excision of the bladder |
| cystolithotomy | incision of bladder to remove stone |
| cystorraphy | suturing tha bladder |
| cystostomy | create artifical open in bladder |
| cystotomy or vesicotomy | incion of bladder |
| lithotripsy | surgical crush of stone |
| meatotomy | incision of meatus |
| nephrectomy | excision of kidney |
| nephrolithotomy | incision of kidney to remove stone |
| nephrolithotripsy | surgical crush of stone in kidney |
| nephrolysis | seperate the kidney |
| nephropexy | surgical fixation of kidney |
| nephrostomy | creation of artifical open in kidney |
| pyelolithotomy | incision of renal pelvis to remove stone |
| pyeloplasty | surgical repair of renal pelvis |
| ureterectomy | excision of ureter |
| ureterostomy | creation of artifical open in ureter |
| urethroplasty | surgical repair of uretha |
| vesicourethral suspension | suspension pertain to bladder and urethra |
| renal transplant | surgical implant of kidney |
| fulguration | destrucation of living tissue with electri spark |
| extracorporeat shock wave lithotripsy | noninvasive treatment for remove kidney stone |
| cystogram | radiographic image of bladder |
| cystography | radiographic imageing of bladder |
| intravenous urogram | radiographic image of urinary tract |
| nephrogram | radiographic image of kidney |
| nephrography | radiographic imaging of kidney |
| nephrosonography | process of record the kidney of sound |
| nephrotomogram | section radiographic image of kidney |
| renogram | graphic image of kidney |
| retrograde urogram | radiographic image of urinary tract |
| voiding cystourthrography | radiographic image of bladder and urehtha |
| cystoscope | instrument for visual exam of baldder |
| cystoscopy | visual exam of bladder |
| nephroscopy | visual exam of kidney |
| ureterscopy | visual exam of ureter |
| urethroscope | instument used for visual exam of uretha |
| kub | simple radiographic image of abdomen |
| blood urea nitrogen | blood test that measuere the amount of urea in blood and determine kidney function |
| creatinine | blood test that measure amount of creatnine in blood |
| specfic gravity | test on urine specimen to measure concentration ablity of kidney |
| urinalysis | multiple routine on urine specimen |
| albuminuria | albumin in urine |
| anuria | absense of urine |
| diurese | condition of urine that pass |
| dysuria | difficult or painful urination |
| glycosuria | sugar in urine |
| hematuria | blood in urine |
| meatal | pertain to meatus |
| nephrologist | dr who study and treat kidney |
| nephrology | study of kidney |
| nocturia | night urination |
| oliguria | scanty urine |
| polyuria | excess urine |
| pyuria | puss in urine |
| urinary | pertain to urine |
| urologist | dr who treat urinary tract |
| urology | study of urinary tract |
| catheter | flexible device for withdraw fluid |
| distended | stretched out |
| enuresis | involuntary urination |
| hemodialysis | prodeure remove impurties from blood clot kidney cant |
| incontinence | inablity to control bladder bowls |
| micturate | urintate or void |
| pertioneal dialysis | remove toxic waste |
| stricture | abnrmal narrow |
| urinal | receptale for urine |
| urinary cathterization | passaage of catherter into urinary bladder |
| urodynamics | pertain to force and flow of urine |
| void | pee or poo |
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