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Urinary System
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -uria | urination |
| -emia | blood condition |
| Ur | urine |
| Nephr | kidney |
| Cyst | Bladder |
| Urethr | urethra |
| diur | output of urine |
| -esis | abnormal condition |
| Noct | night |
| Olig | scanty |
| Ureter | ureter |
| meat | meatus |
| anuria | complete stopping in urine formation |
| Uremia | toxic condition - excess amount of urea in bloodstream |
| nephrosis | disease of the kidney |
| nephritis | inflammation of the kidney |
| ureterorrhagia | discharge of blood from ureter |
| ureterostenosis | narrowing of the ureter |
| cystalgia | pain in urinary bladder |
| cystitis | inflammation of the bladder |
| cystorrhagia | bleeding from the bladder |
| urethralgia | pain in the urethra |
| urethritis | inflammation of the urethra |
| urethrorrhagia | bleeding from the urethra |
| urethrorrhea | abnormal discharge from the urethra |
| urethrostenosis | abnormal narrowing of the urethra |
| diuresis | Increase in urine output |
| dysuria | painful or difficult to urinate |
| nocturia | excessive urination at night |
| oliguria | scanty urination |
| polyuria | excessive urination |
| cystectomy | surgical removal of all or part of the bladder |
| cystorrhaphy | means suturing the bladder |
| ureterectomy | surgical removal of ureters |
| ureteroplasty | surgical repair of the ureters |
| meatomy | incision of the urinary meatus - usually to enlarge the opening |
| urethroplasty | surgical repair of the urethra |
| urethrostomy | surgical creation of opening between urethra and skin |
| urethrotomy | surgical incision into the urethra - usually for relief |
| Urinalysis | examination of urine to determine the presence of abnormal elements |
| Intravenous Pyelogram | x-ray study of the kidneys and ureters - iodine is injected into the veins as contrast to see structures clearly |
| KUB - | radiographic study of these structures without using contrast |
| kidney | filters blood to remove waste products |
| urine | liquid wast products to be excreted |
| ureters | transports urine from kidneys to bladder |
| urinary bladder | stores urine until it is excreted |
| urethra | transports urine from bladder though the external meatus where it is excreted by the body |
| Lith | stone |
| diasylate | chemical solution used to filter blood in dializer |
| calcium oxalate | most common type of kidney stone |
| struvite stones | form in response to an infection |
| uric acid | Caused from dehydration and high protein diet |
| risk factors for renal stones | male over 40 dehydration obesity high protein, high sugar and high salt diet |
| types of dialysis | peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis |
| nephron | functional unit of the kidney |
| loop of henle | concentrates the filtrate |
| proximal tubule | tubular reabsorption occurs here in which water and nutrients are removed and sent to the blood |
| renal medulla | area of kidney where tubules located |
| renal pelvis | urine is sent from collecting duct before going to ureters |
| 4 tubules in nephron | proximal tubule, loop of henle, distal tubule, collecting duct |
| nephrolithotomy | surgical incision into kidney stones |
| cystolith | bladder stones |
| catheterization | the process of inserting a tube into bladder in order to retrieve urine |
| enuresis | bed wetting |
| oliguria | scanty urination |
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