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Medical Terminology
Structure and Function
Disorders
Treatments
Miscellaneous
100
Cyst/o
what is the Root word for Bladder
100
Kidney
A Organ that excretes Urine?
100
Painful, difficult Urination
What is Dysuria
100
Excision of the Urinary bladder
What is Cystectomy
100
Nephrologist
who diagnoses and treats disorders of the kidney.
200
Nephor/o
Root word for kidney
200
Tiny structure within the kidney in which the urine production process begins.
What is Nephron
200
Excessive urine production
What is Polyuria
200
Diuretic
Substance or drug that promotes the excretion of urine
200
Prostate specific Antigen
What PSA means
300
Lith/o
Stone Calculus
300
Glomerulus
Each nephron contains a tiny filtration unit called
300
Pyelonephritis
Inflammation of the renal or kidney pelvis due to local bacteria infection is a disorder named
300
Lithotripsy
A treatment in which a stone in the kidney, urethra, or bladder is broken up into small particles
300
Enuresis
Medical term for bed wetting
400
Andro/o
A root word for Male
400
A thicker layer of fatty tissue surrounding the renal capsule
What is Perirenal fat
400
Urinary excretion of blood
What is Hematuria
400
Surgical repair of a ureter
What is Ureteroplasty
400
BUN
Abbreviation for blood urea nitrogen A blood test to measure kidney function by the level of nitrogenous waste and urea that is in the blood
500
U/ro
Word root that means Urine, Urinary tract
500
Urethra
Tube that conducts Urine away from the bladder for expulsion.
500
Cystocele
Hernia of the bladder is a disorder most known as
500
Removal of a kidney
What is nephrectomy
500
Urologist
A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of urinary disorders.