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