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chapter 7 comb forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cali/o calic/o | calyx (calix) |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| meat/o | meatus |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ren/o | kidney |
| trigon/o | trigone (region of the bladder) |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| vesic/o | urinary bladder |
| albumin/o | albumin (a protien in blood) |
| azot/o | nitrogen |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| dips/o | thrist |
| ket/o keton/o | ketone bodies (ketoacids and acetone) |
| lith/o | stone |
| noct/o | night |
| olig/o | scanty |
| -poietin | substance that forms |
| py/o | pus |
| -tripsy | to crush |
| ur/o | urine (urea) |
| urin/o | urine |
| -uria | urination; urine conditiion |
| ADH | antidiuretic hormone-vasopressin |
| Cath | catheter, catheterization |
| CKD | chronic kidney disease |
| CRF | chronic renal failure |
| ESRD | end-stage renal disease |
| KUB | kidney, urter, and bladder |
| PKD | polycystic kidney disease |
| UA | urinalysis |
| UTI | urinary tract infection |
| VCUG | voiding cystourethrogram |