Show:
Functions of Organs/Parts
Procedures
Parts of the Kidney
Combining Forms of Organs/Parts
Diseases/Disorders
100
Removes waste products from blood
What is the Kidney
100
Removal of the kidney
What is a nephrectomy
100
Medull/o
What is the medulla
100
Ureter/o
What is the ureter
100
Inflammation of the urethra
What is urethritis
200
Collects urine from the kidneys and stores it until it is full enough to empty through the urethra
What is the bladder
200
Visual examination of the urinary bladder using a cystoscope
What is a cystoscopy
200
Outer portion of the kidney
What is the cortex
200
Urethr/o
What is the urethra
200
Infection anywhere in the urinary system, caused most commonly by bacteria, but also by parasites, yeast, and protozoa.
What is a urinary tract infection
300
Moves urine in peristaltic waves from the kidney to the bladder
What is the ureter
300
Incision of the kidney for the removal of kidney stones
What is a nephrolithotomy
300
Pyel/o
What is the renal pelvis
300
Nephr/o, ren/o
What is the kidney
300
Sagging of the kidney
What is nephroptosis
400
Carries the urine out of the body
What is the urethra
400
Incision of the urinary bladder
What is a vesticotomy
400
Collects urine and empties it into the renal pelvis
What is the calyx
400
Trigon/o
What is the trigone
400
Hardening of the arteries of the kidneys
What is renal sclerosis
500
Opening of the urethra
What is the meatus
500
Process of diffusing blood across a semi permeable membrane to remove substances that a healthy kidney would eliminate.
What is renal dialysis
500
Location on kidney where the ureter and renal vein leave the kidney and the renal artery enters.
What is the hilum
500
Cyst/o, vesic/o
What is the bladder
500
Dilation of renal pelvis and calices on one or both kidneys resulting from obstruction of the flow of urine.
What is hydronephrosis