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Terms: Urinary Sys.
Language of Medicine - Ninth Edition
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cali/o Calic/o | Calyx - cup like collecting region of the renal pelvis |
| Cyst/o | Urinary bladder - hollow, muscular sac that holds and stores urine |
| Glomerul/o | Glomerulus - tiny ball of capillaries in the kidney |
| Meat/o | Metaus - opening or canal |
| Nephr/o | Kidney - one of two bean-shaped organs on either side of the backbone in the lumbar region. It filters nitrogenous wastes from the bloodstream to form urine |
| Pyel/o | Renal pelvis - central collecting region in the kidney |
| Ren/o | Kidney |
| Trigon/o | Trigone - triangular area in the urinary bladder |
| Ureter/o | Ureter - One of the two tubes leading from the kidney to the bladder |
| Urethr/o | Urethra - tube leading from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body |
| Vesic/o | Urinary bladder |
| Albumin/o | Albumin - a protein in the blood |
| Azot/o | Nitrogen |
| Bacteri/o | Bacteria |
| Dips/o | Thirst |
| Kao/o | Potassium |
| Ket/o, Keton/o | Ketone bodies |
| Lith/o | Stone |
| Natr/o | Sodium |
| Noct/o | Night |
| Olig/o | Scanty |
| -poietin | Substance that forms |
| Py/o | Pus |
| -tripsy | Crushing |
| Ur/o | Urine |
| Urin/o | Urine |
| -uria | Urination; Urine condition |