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Chapter 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |