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Hodge Podge
100
Combining form that means kidney (there are two)
What is nephr/o ren/o
100

Structure that transports urine from the kidney to the bladder

What is ureter

100
Term that means inflammation of the bladder
What is cystitis
100
Procedure name for surgical removal of a kidney
What is nephrectomy
100
Term that means excessive urination
What is polyuria
200
Combining form that means nitrogenous
What is az/o 
200

Structure that transports urine from the bladder to the outside of the body

What is urethra

200
Term that means scanty urine
What is oliguria
200
Procedure name for the visual examination of the bladder
What is cystoscopy
200
Procedure name for the removal of waste products from the blood of patients whose kidneys no longer function
What is dialysis
300
Suffix that means urination or relating to urine
What is -uria
300

The term for the external opening of a passage

What is meatus

300
Term that means difficult or painful urination
What is dysuria
300
Procedure name for suturing the urethra
What is urethrorrhaphy
300

Term that means urethral pain

What is urethralgia

400
Combining form that means stone or calculus
What is lith/o
400

 The structural unit of the kidney which includes filtration unit and vessels

What is a nephron

400
Term that means prolapse of the kidney
What is nephroptosis
400

Procedure name for surgically destroying or crushing a stone using sound waves

What is lithotripsy

400

Medical term for abnormally soft kidney

What is nephromalacia

500

Suffix that means dilation (or stretching)

What is -ectasis

500

This can block urine from flowing through and cause great pain

What is a nephrolith

500

Term that means dilatation of a ureter

What is ureterectasis

500

Procedure name for the surgical fixation of the bladder

What is cystopexy

500

Term that means dilation or swelling with fluids of one or both kidneys

What is hydronephrosis