Deck 6: Urinary System

Question 1

The suffix -iasis is defined as

A) development
B) loosening
C) condition
D) measurement

Answer 1

condition

Question 2

The muscular, hollow organ that temporarily holds the urine is the

A) urinary meatus
B) urethra
C) urinary bladder
D) nephron

Answer 2

urinary bladder

Question 3

The combining forms that mean kidney are

A) nephr/o and ren/o
B) vesic/o and cyst/o
C) ren/o and cyst/o
D) nephr/o and vesic/o

Answer 3

nephr/o and ren/o

Question 4

The urine-producing unit within the urinary system is the

A) renal artery
B) nephron
C) renal pelvis
D) hilum

Question 5

Urine is carried from the kidneys to the bladder by the

A) renal pelvis
B) urethra
C) renal veins
D) ureters

Question 6

The reservoir in the kidney that collects the urine is the

A) nephron
B) renal pelvis
C) urinary meatus
D) ureters

Question 7

The combining form that means night is

A) noct/i
B) lith/o
C) son/o
D) cyst/o

Question 8

The suffix that means nourishment, development is

A) -ptosis
B) -megaly
C) -trophy
D) -iasis

Question 9

The combining form that means sugar is

A) glycos/o
B) hydr/o
C) azot/o
D) albumin/o

Question 10

The combining form pyel/o is defined as

A) bladder
B) renal pelvis
C) urethral meatus
D) ureter

Question 11

Which of the following is not a function of the urinary system?

A) regulates fluid volume
B) removes waste from the body
C) maintains electrolyte concentration
D) maintains sugar level in the blood

Question 12

The suffix that means enlargement is

A) -esis
B) -megaly
C) -trophy
D) -tripsy

Question 13

The combining form tom/o is defined as

A) cut, section
B) sound
C) scanty
D) night

Question 14

The opening through which urine passes to the outside of the body is the

A) urinary meatus
B) internal sphincter
C) lumen
D) urethra

Question 15

The suffix that means suturing, repairing is

A) -megaly
B) -trophy
C) -rrhaphy
D) -esis

Question 16

The word part for drooping, sagging, prolapse is

A) -ptosis
B) -tripsy
C) -lysis
D) -uria

Question 17

The combining form that means stone or calculus is

A) blast/o
B) lith/o
C) tom/o
D) azot/o

Question 18

The combining form vesic/o is defined as

A) glomerulus
B) meatus
C) bladder, sac
D) kidney

Question 19

The combining form that means water is

A) glyc/o
B) urin/o
C) hydr/o
D) hem/o

Question 20

The combining form that means urea, nitrogen is

A) olig/o
B) urin/o
C) son/o
D) azot/o

Question 21

The term ureterostenosis is defined as a(n)

A) condition of stones in the ureter
B) protrusion of the ureter
C) inflammation of the ureter
D) narrowing of the ureter

Question 22

The term that means a stone in the bladder is

A) nephroma
B) cystocele
C) cystitis
D) cystolith

Question 23

The term lithotripsy is defined as

A) an incision of the meatus
B) the plastic repair of the urethra
C) the surgical crushing of a stone
D) an excision of a ureter

Question 24

A noninvasive treatment using ultrasound and fluoroscopy for the removal of stones from the kidneys or ureters is called

A) ureterotomy
B) fulguration
C) vesicourethral suspension
D) extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy

Question 25

The term pyelitis means

A) inflammation of the renal pelvis
B) inflammation of the bladder
C) inflammation of the ureter
D) inflammation of the kidney

Question 26

The term that means inflammation of the renal pelvis and the kidneys is

A) pyelitis
B) pyelonephritis
C) glomerulonephritis
D) nephrolithiasis

Question 27

The term that means abnormal condition of water in the kidney is

A) hydronephrosis
B) nephrohypertrophy
C) polycystic kidney
D) nephromegaly

Question 28

The term nephrolysis is defined as the

A) excision of a kidney
B) separation of the kidney from other structures
C) surgical crushing of a stone in the kidney
D) surgical fixation of the kidney

Question 29

The term that means excessive development of the kidney is

A) pyelonephritis
B) nephrolithiasis
C) nephrohypertrophy
D) nephromegaly

Question 30

When a cystorrhaphy is performed, the bladder is

A) excised
B) sutured
C) fixated
D) incised

Question 31

The term cystocele is defined as a(n)

A) stone in the bladder
B) drooping of the bladder
C) protrusion of the bladder
D) inflammation of the bladder

Question 32

The term nephroptosis is defined as a(n)

A) drooping kidney
B) narrowing of the ureter
C) tumor of the kidney
D) protrusion of the ureter

Question 33

The abnormal accumulation of urine in the bladder because of an inability to urinate is called

A) renal hypertension
B) polycystic kidney disease
C) urinary suppression
D) urinary retention

Question 34

The sudden stoppage of urine formation is called

A) renal hypertension
B) urinary retention
C) urinary suppression
D) urinary tract infection

Question 35

The term pyelolithotomy is defined as the

A) incision of the renal pelvis to remove a stone
B) separation of the kidney from other body structures
C) surgical fixation of the kidney
D) creation of an artificial opening into the renal pelvis

Question 36

Another term for renal calculus is

A) cystolith
B) ureterolithiasis
C) nephrolithiasis
D) hydronephrosis

Question 37

The creation of an artificial opening into the kidney is a

A) renal transplant
B) nephrostomy
C) vesicotomy
D) nephrolysis

Question 38

A condition in which the kidney is enlarged and contains many cysts is

A) renal calculi
B) renal hypertension
C) polycystic kidney disease
D) septicemia

Question 39

A congenital defect in which the urinary meatus is located on the upper surface of the penis is known as a

A) hydrocele
B) epispadias
C) varicocele
D) hypospadias

Question 40

The term that means incision of the bladder is

A) cystotomy
B) cystolithotomy
C) cystostomy
D) cystorrhaphy

Question 41

The term that means scanty urine is

A) dysuria
B) pyuria
C) polyuria
D) oliguria

Question 42

A radiographic image of the urinary tract with contrast media instilled through the urethra via a cystoscope is called a(n)

A) renogram
B) retrograde urogram
C) cystopyelogram
D) intravenous urogram

Question 43

The radiographic image of the bladder is called a

A) nephrogram
B) cystogram
C) nephrography
D) cystography

Question 44

Glycosuria indicates that the urine contains

A) blood
B) pus
C) sugar
D) nitrogen

Question 45

The study of the urinary tract is called

A) urologist
B) urology
C) nephrology
D) nephrologist

Question 46

The term hematuria is defined as

A) pus in the urine
B) blood in the urine
C) absence of urine
D) night urination

Question 47

An instrument used for visual examination of the bladder is called a

A) urethroscope
B) cystoscope
C) cystoscopy
D) urethroscopy

Question 48

A synonym for micturate is

A) void
B) diuresis
C) enuresis
D) incontinence

Question 49

The term that means condition of urea in the blood is

A) dysuria
B) azotemia
C) anuria
D) polyuria

Question 50

The term enuresis is defined as

A) voiding
B) micturition
C) involuntary urination
D) a method used to obtain urine

Question 51

Which of the following terms is spelled incorrectly?

A) cystopyelogram
B) intraveinous urogram
C) pyelogram
D) nephrography

Question 52

The term cystolithotomy is built from which of the following combinations of word parts?

A) a prefix, a word root, and a suffix
B) a word root and a suffix
C) two word roots, two combining vowels, and a suffix
D) a prefix, a word root, a combining vowel, and a suffix

Question 53

The term that means absence of urine is

A) dysuria
B) pyuria
C) anuria
D) polyuria

Question 54

Multiple routine tests done on a urine specimen are called

A) KUB
B) blood urea nitrogen
C) creatinine
D) urinalysis

Question 55

Which of the following laboratory procedures is used to measure the concentrating or diluting ability of the kidneys?

A) KUB
B) blood urea nitrogen
C) specific gravity
D) urinalysis

Question 56

The term diuresis is built from which of the following combinations of word parts?

A) word root and suffix
B) prefix, word root, and suffix
C) word root, combining vowel, and suffix
D) prefix, word root, combining vowel, and suffix

Question 57

A voiding cystourethrography is a

A) radiographic imaging of the bladder and the urethra
B) radiographic imaging of the kidney and ureters
C) radiographic imaging of the bladder and the ureters
D) radiographic imaging of the bladder and the kidney

Question 58

The term nephrography is defined as the

A) radiographic imaging of the kidney
B) radiographic image of the kidney
C) sectional radiographic image of the kidney
D) process of recording the kidney with sound

Question 59

A flexible, tubelike device for withdrawing or instilling fluids is a

A) catheter
B) lithotrite
C) urinal
D) stricture

Question 60

The term incontinence means

A) to empty or evacuate waste material
B) the ability to void
C) the inability to control bladder or bowel function
D) stretched out

Question 62

The patient, who had recently been treated for a UTI, presented with fever, chills, nausea, vomiting, and lumbar pain. She was diagnosed with an inflammation of the renal pelvis and kidneys or

A) pyelonephritis
B) polycystic kidney disease
C) hydronephrosis
D) ureteritis

Question 63

IVU is the abbreviation for a radiographic image of the

A) bladder
B) urinary tract
C) urethra
D) ureter

Question 64

The term that means pertaining to the force and flow of urine within the urinary tract is

A) urology
B) hemodialysis
C) urinalysis
D) urodynamics

Question 65

The physician first suspected diabetes when the patient complained of an excessive amount of urine, or

A) polyuria
B) anuria
C) dysuria
D) oliguria

Question 66

To evaluate the lower urinary tract, a diagnostic visual examination of the bladder was performed or a

A) UA
B) cystourethrogram
C) nephroscopy
D) cystoscopy

Question 68

Which of the following terms is spelled incorrectly?

A) catheter
B) distended
C) urinary catheterization
D) incontenence

Question 69

The abbreviation for multiple routine tests done on a urine specimen is

A) VCUg
B) UA
C) BUN
D) VCUG

Question 71

The patient complained of involuntary urination or

A) voiding
B) enuresis
C) micturition
D) urinary suppression

Question 74

MATCHING
a. urethra
b. urinary meatus
c. renal pelvis
d. kidneys
e. urinary bladder
f. ureters
g. nephron
h. glomerulus
1. funnel-shaped reservoir that collects urine and passes it to the ureters
2. two tubes that receive urine from kidney and carry to bladder
3. urine-producing microscopic structure
4. tube approximately 1.5" in female, 8" in male
5. opening through which urine passes to outside
6. filtering blood, forming urine, begins here
7. organ that temporarily holds the urine, increasing in size as it fills
8. remove(s) waste products from blood and aid(s) in maintaining water and electrolyte balances

Question 75

The physician told the patient who had a drooping kidney that it was necessary to attach the kidney back in place by performing a

A) nephrolysis
B) renal transplant
C) nephrotripsy
D) nephropexy

Question 76

MATCHING
a. urethr/o
b. pyel/o
c. olig/o
d. -iasis, -esis
e. lith/o
f. blast/o
g. ureter/o
h. cyst/o, vesic/o
i. noct/i
j. -trophy
k. -tripsy
l. -ptosis
9. night
10. ureter
11. urethra
12. bladder, sac
13. drooping
14. renal pelvis
15. surgical crushing
16. scanty, few
17. condition
18. stone, calculus
19. developing cell, germ cell
20. nourishment, development

Question 77

MATCHING
a. nephroblastoma
b. ureterocele
c. epispadias
d. cystostomy
e. lithotripsy
f. retrograde urogram
g. cystoscope
h. nephroscopy
i. creatinine
j. hematuria
k. nocturia
l. enuresis
21. surgical crushing of a stone
22. instrument used for visual examination of the bladder
23. a blood test to evaluate kidney function
24. kidney tumor containing developing cells
25. blood in the urine
26. night urination
27. protrusion of a ureter
28. involuntary urination
29. radiographic image of the urinary tract
30. congenital defect in which the urinary meatus is located on the upper surface of the penis
31. visual examination of the kidney
32. creating an artificial opening into the bladder

Question 78

The patient recovered well after a procedure to surgically remove stones from his kidney or a

A) nephrolithotomy
B) pyelolithotomy
C) cystolithotomy
D) lithotripsy

Question 79

Which of the following is the abbreviation for the procedure used to determine kidney function by measuring the amount of urea in the blood?

A) UTI
B) ESWL
C) BUN
D) cath

Question 80

MATCHING
a. catheter
b. micturate
c. nephromegaly
d. ureterostenosis
e. renal calculus
f. urethroplasty
g. nephropexy
h. cystolithotomy
i. fulguration
j. dysuria
k. nephrologist
l. nephrectomy
33. enlargement of a kidney
34. surgical repair of the urethra
35. surgical excision of a kidney
36. destruction of living tissue with an electric spark
37. to void
38. a physician who studies and treats diseases of the kidney
39. difficult or painful urination
40. device used for withdrawing or instilling fluids
41. surgical fixation of the kidney
42. incision of the bladder to remove a stone
43. narrowing of the ureter
44. stone in the kidney