Word Elements
Abbreviations
Urinary System
Abnormalities
Odds & Ends
100
The combining form meaning urine
What is -uria?
100
UA is the abbreviation for what lab test
What is urinalysis?
100
A physician that specializes in the study of the urinary system
What is a urologist?
100
A fruity sweet odor from urine is indicative of this disease
What is diabetes mellitus
100
A normal healthy adult voids ___-_____ mL per day of yellow to amber urine
What is 1000 to 1500 mL
200
The prefix -dys means?
What is bad, difficult, or painful?
200
The abbreviation ________ means Intravenous Pyelogram
What is IVP?
200
Urine is eliminated at appropriate intervals via the
What is the urethra?
200
Oliguria describes
What is scanty urination?
200
A cystogram is
What is an x-ray of the bladder?
300
The suffix meaning crushing
What is -tripsy?
300
CRF is the abbreviation
What is chronic renal failure?
300
Urine is transported from the kidneys via the
What is the ureters?
300
Oozing of blood from the mucous membrane into the bladder is described as
What is cystistaxis?
300
These medications decrease the absorption of sodium chloride by the kidneys thus increasing urinary output
What is diuretics
400
The combining form lith /o means
What is stone?
400
A cysto examination looks at
What is the bladder?
400
The __________________ is the muscular, membranous sac located in the anterior portion of the pelvic cavity that serves as a reservoir for urine.
What is the urinary bladder?
400
A cystocele is described as
What is a hernia of the bladder that protrudes into the bladder?
400
The structural and functional units of the kidney
What is the nephrons?
500
The combining form pyel /o means
What is renal pelvis?
500
The abbreviation for liquid taken in & liquid excreted
What is I & O (Intake & Output)?
500
The amount of blood that passes through the kidneys per minute.
What is 1000 to 1200 milliliters?
500
In renal disease, acute glomerulonephritis, & pyelonephritis what constituent can be found in the urine
What is protein?
500
In females this tube extending from the bladder to the outside of the body is approx 1.5 inches long & in males it is approx 8 inches long
What is the urethra?
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