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Chapter 12
Question | Answer |
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1. Albumin/o | protein |
2. Bacteri/o | bacteria |
3. Cyst/o, vesic/o | bladder or sac |
4. Dips/o | thirst |
5. Glomerul/o | glomerulus (small ball) |
6. Gluc/o, glucose/o, glyc/o | glucose |
7. Ket/o, keton/o | ketone bodies |
8. Lith/o | stone |
9. Meat/o | meatus |
10. Nephr/o, ren/o | kidney |
11. Py/o | pus |
12. Pyel/o | renal pelvis (basin) |
13. Ur/o, urin/o | urine |
14. Ureter/o | ureter |
15. Urethr/o | urethra |
16. Ureter | tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder |
17. Creatinine | waste product of muscle metabolism, filtered out of the blood by the kidneys, and excreted in urine |
18. Nephron | microscopic functional unit of the kidney |
19. Collecting duct | tubule that connects the nephrons to the renal pelvis |
20. Renal tubule | stem portion of the nephron |
21. Albuminuria | presence of albumin in the urine |
22. bacteriuria | presence of bacteria in the urine |
23. Dysuria | painful urination |
24. Enuresis | involuntary discharge of urine, usually to a lack of urinary bladder control |
25. Incontinence | involuntary discharge of urine or feces |
26. Ketonuria | presence of ketone bodies in the urine |
27. Nocturia | urination at night after waking from sleep |
28. Oliguria | decreased urine production |
29. Pyuria | presence of white cells in the urine, usually indicating infection |
30. Cystitis | inflammation of the bladder |