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The Kidneys
Other Structures and Functions
Disorders
Medical Terminology
Word Roots
100
The main function of the kidney
What is to produce urine and regulate body fluids
100
Stores urine
What is the bladder
100
Painful urination
What is Dysuria
100
The medical specialty dealing with the urinary system
What is Urology
100
Uteter/o
What is Ureter
200
Structure that removes waste products from the blood and regulates water and electrolytes
What is the Nephrons
200
Transports urine to the outside of the body
What is the Urethra
200
Infection of the urinary tract
What is Urinary Tract Infection
200
Medical specialty dealing with the kidneys
What is Nephrology
200
Nephr/o
What is Kidney
300
Structure found in the nephrons that performs the first step of filtering blood
What is the Glomerulus
300
Transports urine from the kidney to the bladder
What is the Ureters
300
Inflammation of the kidneys
What is Nephritis
300
A medical specialist who diagnoses and treats disorders of the kidney
What is a Nephrologist
300
Cyst/o
What is Bladder
400
Two major parts of the Nephron
What is the Renal Corpuscle and the Renal Tubule
400
This structure is longer in males than in females
What is the Urethra
400
Inability to control urine
What is Incontinence
400
A drug that promotes excretion of urine
What is Diuretic
400
Lith/o
What is Stone
500
Part of the nephron that is made up of the proximal convoluted tubule, the loop of Henle, and the distal convoluted tubule
What is the Renal Tubule
500
Circular muscles that surround the urethra
What is the Sphincters
500
A kidney stone
What is Renal Calculus
500
Analysis of urine
What is Urinalysis
500
Pyel/o
What is Renal pelvis