Medical Terminology
Noct/o
Night
Digestion begins here — and it’s not your stomach!
Mouth
Which organ produces bilirubin?
Liver
Outer layer of kidney with a name meaning "bark" like a tree
Cortex
This simple, non-invasive test involves collecting urine in a cup to analyze its color, clarity, and contents.
Urinalysis
Chol/o
gall or bile
Saliva producing gland near the ear
Considered the main grinding chamber in digestion
Stomach
The glomerulus and a renal tubule combine to form a unit called a nephron. How many nephrons does each kidney have?
1 million
This procedure filters waste directly from the blood when kidneys fail.
Hemodialysis
Col/o
colon
Both systems rely on smooth muscles to move things along — this wavelike motion does the trick.
Peristalsis
Releases the hormone Calciferol
Kidney
This muscular sac stores urine until you decide it’s time for a bathroom break.
Urinary Bladder
This flexible-tube exam lets doctors see inside the esophagus, stomach, and upper intestine.
Endoscopy
Amyl/o
Starch
At around 20 feet long, this part of your intestines is ironically named.
Small intestine
This enzyme-packed organ hides behind the stomach and helps digest everything.
Pancreas
After leaving the bladder, urine travels through this final passage to leave the body.
Urethra
This surgery creates an opening in the abdominal wall for stool to leave the body into a bag.
Colostomy
Azot/o
Nitrogen
Chewing and churning is what kind of digestion
Mechanical
This muscular valve at the top of your stomach prevents acidic contents from flowing back into your esophagus.
Lower Esophageal Sphincter or Cardiac Sphincter
The glomerulus and Bowman’s capsule make up this functional unit of the kidney — basically the kidney’s “filter factory.”
Nephron
A scope is inserted through the urethra to view the bladder’s interior — it’s as fun as it sounds.
Cystoscopy