Word Parts
The combining form for bacteria
What is bacteri/o?
A lab test consisting of the physical, chemical, and microscopic examination of urine
What is a urinalysis?
The study practiced by a urologist
What is urology?
The inner kidney
What is the medulla?
The biggest component of urine, taking up 95%
What is water?
The suffix meaning stone
What is -lith?
A lab test of urine for bacterial infection
What is urine culture and sensitivity?
A stone formed in an organ by an accumulation of mineral salts
What is a calculus?
The outer portion of the kidney
What is the cortex?
Indicates the amount of dissolved substances in urine
What is specific gravity?
The meaning of the combining form, glycos/o
What is sugar or glucose?
Instrument used to visually examine the inside of the bladder
What is a cystoscope?
Difficult or painful urination
What is dysuria?
Where the renal artery enters
What is the hilum?
The normal pH found in urine.
What is 5.0 to 8.0?
The meaning of renal.
What is pertaining to the kidneys?
An x-ray record of the kidney
What is a nephrogram?
The presence of blood in the urine
What is hematuria?
Triangular-shaped areas within the medulla
What are renal pyramids?
The by-products of muscle metabolism
What are nitrogenous wastes?
The suffix associated with surgical repair
What is -plasty?
The abbreviation for intravenous pyelography
What is IVP?
Another name for a kidney stone
What is a nephrolith?
The double-walled cup-like structure within the renal corpuscle
What is the glomerular capsule?
A protein found in blood that should not be detected in urine
What is albumin?