Word Parts
neur/o
What combining form means nerve?
Nephron
What is the structural unit of the kidney?
Polyneuritis
What term means inflammation affecting many nerves?
Neuroplasty
What procedure is the surgical repair of a nerve?
Concussion
What term means the violent shaking of the brain?
-uria
What suffix means urination or relating to urine?
Afferent neuron
What type of neuron carries messages to the brain?
Syncope
What term means the brief loss of consciousness?
Cyctoscopy
What procedure is the visual examination of the bladder?
Dialysis
What procedure removes waste products from the blood?
-ectasis
What suffix means enlargement or stretching?
Meninges
Dysuria
What term means difficult or painful urination?
Urethrorrphaphy
What procedure means to suture the urethra?
Sciatica
What term means inflammation of the sciatic nerve?
Lith/o
What combining form means stone or calculus?
Urethra
What carries urine from the bladder to outside the body?
Nephroptosis
What term means prolapse of the kidney?
Neurorrhaphy
What term means to suture the end of a severed nerve?
Nocturnal enuresis
What term is also known as bed-wetting?
-esthesia
What suffix means sensation or feeling?
Synapse
What is the space between two neurons?
Bell's palsy
What is paralysis of the facial nerve?
Cystopexy
What procedure is the surgical fixation of the bladder?
Radiculitis
What term means inflammation of the root of a spinal nerve?