Medical Terminology
Anatomy
Physiology
Pathology
Medications
100
ur/o
What is the combining form for urine?
100
Nephron
What is the actual working unit of the kidney?
100
filtration
What is the first stage of urine production?
100
bacteriuria
What is the presence of bacteria in the urine?
100
antibiotic
What is used to treat bacterial infections of the urinary tract?
200
-uria
What is the suffix for urine condition?
200
Cortex
What is the outer portion of the kidney called?
200
95%
What is the precentage of water in urine?
200
dysuria
What is difficult or painful urination?
200
antispasmodic
What is the medication to prevent or reduce bladder muscle spasms?
300
ren/o
What is the combining form for kidney?
300
ureter
What is superior to the urinary bladder?
300
urinary meatus
What is the external opening through the body in which urine passes?
300
nocturia
What is the condition of having to urinate frequently during the night?
300
diuretic
What is the medication that increases the volume of urine produced by the kidneys?
400
cystic
What is the anatomical term pertaining to the bladder?
400
renal corpuscle and renal tubule
What are the two parts of the nephron?
400
250 mL
What is amount of urine an adult bladder will hold?
400
renal colic
What is the pain caused by a kidney stone?
400
nephrolithotomy
What is the surgical treatment to cut into the kidney to remove stones?
500
olig/o
What is the combining form for scanty?
500
filtration, reabsorption, secretion
What is the three stages of urine production?
500
homeostasis
What is the responsibility of the kidneys?
500
calculus
What is the stone formed within an organ by an accumulation of mineral salts?
500
cystectomy
What is the surgical treatment to remove the urinary bladder?
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