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LOFM Chapter 7
The Language of Medicine Ninth Edition
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cali/o calic/o | calyx (calix) cup-like collectiong region of the renal perlvis |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus-tiny ball of capillaries in the kidney |
| meat/o | meatus--opening or canal |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| 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 urinary bladder |
| urethr/o | urethra--tube leading form 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 |
| kal/o | potassium |
| ket/o keton/o | ketone bodies--ketones are formed when fatty acids are broken down in the liver. Ketones accumulate in blood and urine when the body breaks down fat, instead of sugar for fuel. |
| lith/o | stone |
| natr/o | sodium |
| noct/o | night |
| olig/o | scanty |
| -poietin | substance that forms |
| py/o | pus |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| ur/o | urine(urea) |
| urin/o | urine |
| -uria | urination; urine condition |