Terms
Which of the following prefixes is most closely associated with “complete; through”?
Dia-
Contains glomerulus and Bowman’s capsule
Renal
Corpuscle
__________ is a medical procedure when kidneys are not properly functioning to remove waste and excess water from the blood.
Dialysis
Which of the following are located against the muscles of the back in the upper abdominal area?
Kidneys
Which of the following root words is most closely associated with “blood”?
Hemat/o
Which of the following is the medical term for bladder stones?
Cystolith
Receives filtrate from the glomerulus to the loop of Henle
Proximal Convoluted Tubule
Which of the following is the medical term for bladder stones?
Cystolith
The ________ is a muscular tube composed of smooth muscle and epithelial tissue which connects each kidney to the bladder
Ureter
morphemes for urobilin
Bil
-in
Ur/o
Miturit/o
To urinate
Horseshoe-shaped tube connecting the proximal convoluted tubule and distal convoluted tubule
Loop
of Henle
Which of the following is the medical procedure which examines the lining of the bladder and urethra?
Cystoscopy
Which of the following root words is most closely associated with the bladder?
Cyst/o
Anti-
Against
Albumin/o
protein
Located in the renal medulla and transports filtrate from the nephron to the ureter
Collecting Duct
pathological disease of the kidney
nephropathy
Which of the following suffixes is most closely related to “disease”?
-pathy
Pertaining to
-ics
Meat/o
passage
Connects the loop of Henle to the collecting duct and reabsorbs solutes from the filtrate
Distal Convoluted Tubule
a condition in which the ureter or urethra is abnormally narrow
stricture
main regions of a kidney
Renal cortex
Renal medulla
Renal pelvis
Dia-
Complete; through