Word parts
What combining form means kidney
nephr/o
What is the functional unit of the kidney?
nephron
What term means inflammation of the bladder?
cystitis
What procedure is the surgical freeing of a kidney from adhesions?
nephrolysis
What term means excessive urination?
polyuria
What combining forms means pertaining to urine?
Ur/o
What carries urine from the kidney to the bladder?
ureter
What term means scanty urination?
oliguria
What procedure is the visual examination of the bladder?
cystoscopy
What procedure removes waste products from the blood?
dialysis
What suffix means urination or relating to urine
-uria
Where is urine collected before it enters the ureters?
renal pelvis
What terms means difficult or painful urination?
dysuria
What procedure means to suture a ureter?
Ureterorrhaphy
What term is known as bed wetting?
nocturnal enuresis
What combining form means stone or calculus
lith/o
What carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body?
urethra
What term means prolapse of the kidney?
What procedure destroys a stone by using sound waves?
lithotripsy
What term means inflammation of the renal pelvis and kidney?
pyelonephritis
What suffix means enlargement or stretching?
-ectasis
What is the external opening of a passage or canal?
meatus
What term means distension of a ureter?
ureterectasis
What procedure is the surgical fixation of the bladder
cystopexy
What term means suppuration of the kidney?
nephropyosis