Organs
We are bean shaped and located on each side of the vertebral column on the posterior wall of the abdominal cavity.
What are the kidneys?
The urethra is shorter is males versus females:
False
Nephr/o
What is kidney?
-uria
What is urine, urination.
Blood in urine.
What is hematuria?
I am the opening through which urine passes to the outside of the body
What is the urinary meatus?
The glomerulus is a cluster of capillaries at the entrance of each nephron.
True
Glyc/o
What is sugar?
-esis
What is condition
Without urine / without urine production
What is anuria?
I am a muscular, hollow organ that temporarily holds urine.
What is the bladder?
The nephron is the functioning unit of the kidneys.
True
Vesic/o
What is bladder or sac?
-trophy
What is nourishment or development?
Excessive development of the kidney
What is Nephrohypertrophy?
We are two slender tubes, approximately 10 - 13 inches long, that receive the urine from the kidneys and carry to the posterior portion of the bladder.
What are the ureters?
The function of the urinary system includes the removal of waste materials from the body.
True
Ren/o
What is kidney?
-megaly
What is enlarged?
Stone in the bladder
What is cystolith?
I am a funnel-shaped reservoir that collects the urine and passes it to the ureters.
What is the renal pelvis?
Azot/o means sac
False
Olig/o
What is scanty?
-ptosis
What is drooping, prolapse, or sagging?
What is Nephroblastoma?