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chapter 12
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| neprh/o | kidney |
| ren/o | kidney |
| ur/o | urine |
| urin/o | urine |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| lith/o | stone |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| meat/o | opening |
| balan/o | penis |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| orch/o | testicle |
| orchi/o | testicle |
| orchid/o | testicle |
| test/o | testicle |
| testicul/o | testicle |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| sperm/o | sperm |
| spermat/o | sperm |
| sperm/i | sperm |
| enuresis | involuntary urination |
| con- | together |
| -tinence | hold |
| incontinence | inability to hold urination |
| noct- | night |
| priapism | persistent and painful erection |
| albumin- | protein |
| azot/o | nitrogen |
| meatal stenosis | narrowing opening of urethra |
| secto | cut |
| urinalysis (UA) | analyze urine to determine abnormal elements |
| diuresis | excessive urination |
| dia- | through |
| -pioesis | formation |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| voiding | "empty", urination |
| zoo | living |
| crypt- | hidden |
| hydrocele | fluid-filled mass in testicle |
| hypospadias | birth defect where urethra is on underside instead of tip of penis |
| phimosis | "muzzle", contraction of foreskin of penis, preventing it from being retracted |
| digital rectal exam (DRE) | prostate exam |
| ejaculation | emission of semen out from urethra "throw" |
| gonads | "creation pair" |
| -ferens | carry |
| de- | away |
| son/o | sound |
| -flux | flow |
| benign | friendly |
| Orifice | opening |
| varico- | twisted |
| chlamydia | "cloak", STD characterized by genital discharge and painful urination |
| herpes simplex virus | "to creep" |
| papill | nipple |
| syphilis | STD starting w/ skin irritation then neurological and hrt issues |
| trichomoniasis | STD painful urination, itching and discharge |
| diuretic | drug causes urination |
| corpor | body |
| fulguration | using electric current to destroy tissue |
| -tripsy | crush, wear down procedure |
| ana- | up |
| ileo | ileum |
| Bx | Biopsy |
| pyel/o | tubes funnel urine out kidney into ureter onto bladder |
| glomerul/o | "little ball" |
| ren/o | organ that filters blood |
| ureter/o | thick wall tubes, 10 inch, carry urine from kidney to bladder |
| meat/o | to go through |
| prostat/o | male organ around urethra "in front of" |
| balan/o | acorn |
| epididym/o | organ on top of testicles, store sperm |
| hemodialysis | kidney dialysis |
| hemodialysis | remove waste from blood |