Deck 9: Urinary System

Question 1

The combining form that means urethra is ________.

Answer 1

urethr/o

Question 2

A combining form that means kidney is ________.

Answer 2

nephr/o;ren/o

Question 3

The combining form that means meatus is ________.

Answer 3

meat/o

Question 4

The suffix that means condition of stones is ________.

Question 5

The suffix that means drooping is ________.

Question 6

The suffix that means surgical crushing is ________.

Question 7

The combining form that means night is ________.

Question 8

The suffix that means stone is ________.

Question 9

The combining form that means ureter is ________.

Question 10

The combining form that means urinary bladder is ________.

Question 11

The combining form that means nitrogenous waste is ________.

Question 12

The combining form that means ketones is ________.

Question 13

The combining form that means bacteria is ________.

Question 14

A combining form that means sugar or glucose is ________.

Question 15

The combining form that means glomerulus is ________.

Question 16

The combining form that means renal pelvis is ________.

Question 17

The combining form that means stone is ________.

Question 18

A combining form that means urine is ________.

Question 19

The suffix that means urine condition is ________.

Question 20

The combining form that means scanty is ________.

Question 21

A medical term that means surgical repair of the bladder is ________.

Question 22

A medical term that means study of the urinary system is ________.

Question 23

A medical term that means surgical fixation of the kidney is ________.

Question 24

A medical term that means X-ray record of the kidney is ________.

Question 25

A medical term that means bladder inflammation is ________.

Question 26

A medical term that means narrowing of a ureter is ________.

Question 27

A medical term that means kidney disease is ________.

Question 28

A medical term that means surgical crushing of a stone is ________.

Question 29

A medical term that means an abnormally soft kidney is ________.

Question 30

A medical term that means surgical repair of the renal pelvis is ________.

Question 31

A medical term that means bladder pain is ________.

Question 32

A medical term that means surgical removal of the bladder is ________.

Question 33

A medical term that means ureter dilation is ________.

Question 34

A medical term that means cutting into a kidney is ________.

Question 35

A medical term that means condition of kidney stones is ________.

Question 36

A medical term that means X-ray record of the renal pelvis is ________.

Question 37

A medical term that means pertaining to the ureter is ________.

Question 38

A medical term that means surgically create an opening into the bladder is ________.

Question 39

A medical term that means drooping kidney is ________.

Question 40

A medical term that means pertaining to the kidney is ________.

Question 41

A medical term that means condition of difficult or painful urination is ________.

Question 42

A medical term that means condition of no urine is ________.

Question 43

The kidneys are in the retroperitoneal location.

Question 44

The internal bladder sphincter is under voluntary control.

Question 45

The ureters carry urine from the kidney to the bladder.

Question 46

A medical term that means urethral pain is ________.

Question 47

Afferent is a term that means away from.

Question 48

The main function of the urinary system is to maintain the proper body pH.

Question 49

Another name for glomerular capsule is nephron capsule.

Question 50

Another name for the urinary system is the genitourinary system.

Question 51

A medical term that means pertaining to urine is ________.

Question 52

A medical term that means condition of blood in the urine is ________.

Question 53

The plural of calyx is calyces.

Question 54

The ureters carry urine to the outside of the body.

Question 55

A medical term that means narrowing of the urethra is ________.

Question 56

A medical term that means pertaining to the urethra is ________.

Question 57

A medical term that means condition of pus in the urine is ________.

Question 58

A medical term that means instrument to visually examine the urethra is ________.

Question 59

The passageways of the urinary system are lined with mucous membrane.

Question 60

A medical term that means condition of scanty amount of urine is ________.

Question 61

The functional unit of the kidney is the nephron.

Question 62

Rugae are folds that allow the bladder to stretch.

Question 63

Concentrated urine has a higher specific gravity than more dilute urine.

Question 64

Urine is 95% water.

Question 65

Acute tubular necrosis is caused by a kidney infection.

Question 66

Urinary retention is the complete suppression of urine formation by the kidneys.

Question 67

The peritubular capillaries surround the renal tubules.

Question 68

A flexible tube inserted into the body is a catheter.

Question 69

The outer portion of the kidney is called the renal medulla.

Question 70

Under normal circumstances,urine has a slightly basic pH.

Question 71

The renal corpuscle consists of the glomerulus and loop of Henle.

Question 72

The urethra is longer in women than in men.

Question 73

The external opening of the ureter is the meatus.

Question 74

There are two urethras and one ureter.

Question 75

A urinalysis is the physical and chemical analysis of urine.

Question 76

Each renal papilla empties urine into a calyx.

Question 77

Another name for the loop of Henle is the nephron loop.

Question 78

Calculus is another term for a stone.

Question 79

Urine collecting in the bladder is sterile.

Question 80

Diuresis is an involuntary discharge of urine.