Chapter 6 - Urinary System
These two, slender tubes receive urine from the kidneys and carry it to the bladder.
What are the ureters?
This is the valve between the right atrium and right ventricle.
What is the tricuspid valve?
This is the last part of the small intestine, which is approximately 11 feet long.
What is the ileum?
The meaning of the prefix intra-
What is within?
The meaning of the suffix -stenosis
What is constriction or narrowing?
The combining forms cyst/o and vesic/o mean this.
What is the bladder?
This is the two-layer sac surrounding the heart.
What is the pericardium?
This is another word for the large intestine.
What is colon?
The meaning of the prefix per-
What is through?
The meaning of the suffix -tripsy
What is surgical crushing?
A patient with nephritis has inflammation of this.
What is kidney?
This is the definition of the combining form angi/o.
What is vessel (blood vessel)?
Bile is stored in this organ.
What is the gallbladder?
The meaning of the prefix epi-
What is on, upon, over?
The meaning of the suffix -tomy
What is to cut into, incision?
A patient with pyuria would have this problem with urine.
What is pus in the urine?
What is a rapid heart rate?
A patient with choledocholithiasis has this problem in the common bile duct.
What are stones?
The meaning of the prefix a-/an-
What is absence of, without?
The meaning of the suffix -rrhaphy
What is suturing?
A patient having a pyeloplasty would be having a surgical repair of this.
What is the renal pelvis?
An arteriogram would be this type of diagnostic test.
What is a radiographic image of an artery?
A patient with a colostomy has a creation of an opening on the abdominal wall, known as this.
What is a stoma?
The meaning of the prefix hyper-
What is above, excessive?
The meaning of the suffix -plasty
What is surgical repair?