Combining Forms
Renal pelvis.
What is pyel/o?
Complete and through but not across.
What is dia-?
Also known as excision.
What is -ectomy?
Both terms mean urinary bladder.
What is cyst/o and vesic/o?
It is also known as voiding.
What is urination
Combining term for nitrogen.
What is azot/o?
What is dys-?
Means incision or to cut.
What is -tomy?
Both terms mean kidney.
What are ren/o and nephr/o?
The glomerulus and a renal tubule when combine forms this unit.
What is a nephron?
The opening to the outside from the urethra.
What is meat/o?
It means many or much.
What is poly?
This prefix means in or within and helps to define the brain in the head (cephal/o).
What is -en?
Both term mean lip.
What are cheil/o and labi/o?
The amount of nephrons in a kidney.
What is one million?
Combining term for thirst.
What is dips/o?
Prefix for surrounding and it is also Katy's last name.
What is peri-?
Against all odds. A popular movie in 1984. What is the prefix for the word underlined.
What is -anti?
Both terms mean tongue.
What are lingu/o and gloss/o?
One of two bean-shaped organs that filter nitrogenous waste from the bloodstream to form urine.
What is a kidney?
Combining term for stone.
What is lith/o?
Retro or behind, this prefix still goes in front.
What is retro-?
Drooping Leucothoe. This is a plant that stands 3-4' tall and is an evergreen shrub that blooms in spring with small white, urn-shaped flowers.
What is -ptosis?
Both terms mean mouth.
What are or/o and stomat/o?
Examples are urea, uric acid, and creatinine.
What are nitrogenous waste? Or what are wastes?