Word Parts
The combining form that means kidney
What is - nephr/o
The functional unit of the kidney/s
What is nephron
The term that means "inflammation of the bladder"
What is cystitis
A procedure that is the surgical freeing of a kidney from adhesions
What is nephrolysis
The term that means excessive urination
What is polyuria
The combining form that means "pertaining to urine"
What is ur/o
The structure that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder
What is the ureter
The term that means scanty urination
What is oliguria
A procedure that is the visual examination of the bladder
What is cystoscopy
The procedure that removes waste products from the blood
What is dialysis
The suffix that means "urination or relating to urine"
What is -uria
The structure where urine is collected before it enters the ureters
What is the renal pelvis
The term that means difficult or painful urination
A set of x-ray images of the kidney, ureters and bladder with intravenous contrast medium
What is intravenous pyelogram
The term that is also known as bed-wetting
What is nocturnal enuresis
The combining form that means stone or calculus
What is lith/o
Structure that carries urine from the bladder to outside the body
What is the urethra
The term that means the sudden inability of the kidneys to perform their functions
A procedure that destroys a stone by using sound waves
What is extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy
The term that means inflammation of the renal pelvis and kidney
What is pyelonephritis
The suffix that means "breakdown or destruction"
The term for the external opening of the urethra
The term that means a kidney located in an abnormal position
What is ectopic kidney
A procedure that is the removal of excess tissue from an enlarged prostate with the use of a resetoscope
What is transurethral prostatectomy
The term that means suppuration of the kidney
What is pyonephrosis