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Chapter 12
Question | Answer |
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Uti | urinary tract infection |
alb | albumin |
analgesic | drug that relieves pain |
nephrotomy | incision into the kidney |
albumin | protein |
bacteri/o | bacteria |
vesic/o | sac |
cyst/o | bladder |
dips/o | thirst |
lith/o | stone |
meat/o | meatus(opening) |
py/o | pus |
ren/o | kidney |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
ur/o | urine |
ureter/o | urter |
oid | suffix meaning resembling |
anti | prefix |
scope | instrment for examination |
tomy | suffix meaning incision |
logist | suffix for a study in a special area |
glucosuria | sugar in the urine |
glomeruli | plural form of glomerulus |
renal artery | one of two blood vessels that branch off the abdominal aorta that supplies the kidney with blood |
renal medulla | inner part of the kidney |
collecting duct | tubule that connects the nephrons to the renal pelvis |
creatinine, serum | test to determine the level of creatinine in the blood |
pyeloplasty | surgical reconstruction of the renal pelvis |
kidney transplantation | transfer of a kidney from the body of one person to another |
IVP | intravenous pyelogram |
lpf | low-power field |