Word Parts
nephr/o
What combining form means kidney?
nephron
What is the functional unit of the kidney?
cystitis
What term means inflammation of the bladder?
nephrolysis
What procedure is the surgical freeing of a kidney from adhesions?
polyuria
What term means excessive urination?
ur/o
What combining form means pertaining to urine?
ureter
What carries urine from the kidney to the bladder?
oliguria
What term means scanty urination?
cystoscopy
What procedure is the visual examination of the bladder?
dialysis
What procedure removes waste products from the blood?
-uria
What suffix means urination or relating to urine?
renal pelvis
Where is urine collected before it enters the ureters?
dysuria
What term means difficult or painful urination?
intravenous pyelogram
What is a set of x-ray images of the kidney, ureters, and bladder with IV contrast medium?
nocturnal enuresis
What term is also known as bed-wetting?
lith/o
What combining form means stone or calculus?
urethra
What carries urine from the bladder to outside the body?
acute renal failure
What term means the sudden inability of the kidneys to perform their function?
extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy
What procedure destroys a stone by using sound waves?
pyelonephritis
What term means inflammation of the renal pelvis and kidney?
-lysis
What suffix means breakdown or destruction?
urethral meatus
What is the external opening of the urethra?
ectopic kidney
What term means a kidney located in an abnormal position?
transurethral prostatectomy
pyonephrosis
What term means suppuration of the kidneys?