Word Parts
what combining form means kidney?
nephr/o
what is the functional unit of the kidney?
nephron
what term means inflammation of the bladder?
cystitis
what procedure is the surgical freeing of a kidney from adhesions?
nephrolysis
What term means excessive urination?
polyuria
what combining form means pertaining to urine?
ur/o
what carries urine form the kidney to the bladder?
ureter
what term means scanty urination?
oliguria
what procedure is the visual examination of the bladder?
cystoscopy
what procedure removes waste products from the blood?
dialysis
what suffix means urination or relating to urine?
-uria
where is urine collected before it enters the ureters?
renal pelvis
what term means difficult or painful urination?
dysuria
what procedure means to suture a ureter?
ureterorrhaphy
what term is known as bed-wetting?
nocturnal enuresis
what combining form means stone or calculus?
lith/o
what carries urine from the bladder to outside the body?
urethra
what term means prolapse of the kidney?
nephroptosis
what procedure destroys a stone by using sound waves?
lithotripsy
what term means inflammation of the renal pelvis and kidney?
pyelonephritis
what suffix means enlargement or stretching?
-ectasis
what is the external opening of a passage or canal?
meatus
what term means distention of a ureter?
ureterectasis
what procedure is the surgical fixation of the bladder?
cystopexy
what term means suppuration of the kidney?
nephropyosis