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Suffix/prefix/roots
Anatomy
Common Disorders
Terminology
Treatment/Procedures
100
Root word for Bladder
What is cyst/o
100
The organ that excretes urine
What is Kidney
100
Microbial infection of urinary tract.
What is Urinary Tract Infection
100
Natural waste product of of metabolism that is excreted in the urine.
What is uric acid
100
A flexible tube that allows passage of fluid from or into a body cavity.
What is catheter
200
Suffix for condition
What is -iasis.
200
Temporary storage receptacle for urine.
What is the urinary bladder
200
The impairment of renal function, either acute or chronic.
What is Renal Failure
200
Tiny structure within the kidney in which the urine production process begins.
What is nephron.
200
Treatment in which a stone (kidney, urethra or bladder) is broken in to small pieces.
What is lithotripsy
300
Root word for urine
What is ur/o or urin/o
300
Two tubes that transfer urine from the kidneys to the urinary bladder.
What is the ureters.
300
An excess of urea in the blood.
What is Uremia
300
The narrow part of the kidney where blood vessels and nerves enter.
What is hilum
300
The removal of a kidney.
What is nephrectomy
400
Root word for stone
What is lith/o
400
The tube that conducts urine away from the bladder for expulsion.
What is the urethra.
400
A kidney stone.
What is Calculus
400
Capillary network found inside each nephron.
What is glomerulus
400
Surgical repair of a ureter.
What is ureteroplasty
500
Prefix for "much" or "many."
What is poly-
500
Fatty tissue surrounding the renal tissue.
What is perirenal fat.
500
The inability to control urine.
What is Incontinence.
500
Water soluble substances excreted by kidneys.
What is urine
500
A drug that promotes excretion of urine.
What is diuretic