Questions and Answers For(Medical
Terminology) Volume 7 Urinary System
What term is used to describe a collection of pus? - CORRECT
... [Show More] ANSWER-Abscess
What can high levels of ketones in the blood can lead to? - CORRECT ANSWERAcidosis
What is the combining form for "albumin"? - CORRECT ANSWER-albumin/o
What is a term for "protein in the urine"? - CORRECT ANSWER-albuminuria
Which hormone is secreted by the pituitary gland and helps reabsorb water from the
renal tubules back into the bloodstream? - CORRECT ANSWER-antidiuretic hormone
What is the term for the condition in which no urine is produced? - CORRECT
ANSWER-anuria
What is the term for "small artery"? - CORRECT ANSWER-arteriole
What is the combining form for "nitrogen"? - CORRECT ANSWER-azot/o
What is the condition called in which there is an excess of nitrogen in the blood? -
CORRECT ANSWER-azotemia
What is the combining form for "bacteria"? - CORRECT ANSWER-bacteri/o
What is the term for "bacteria in the urine"? - CORRECT ANSWER-bacteriuria
When something is alkaline, what is it called? - CORRECT ANSWER-basic
What is the dark pigment that accumulates in urine as a result of liver disease? -
CORRECT ANSWER-bilirubinuria
What is the test called that measures the amount of urea in the blood? - CORRECT
ANSWER-BUN (blood urea nitrogen)
What is the active form of vitamin D that is secreted by the kidney? - CORRECT
ANSWER-calciferol
What is the cuplike collecting region of the renal pelvis? - CORRECT ANSWERcalyx/calix (pl. calyces/calices)
What is the combining form for "calyx", which means cup shaped? - CORRECT
ANSWER-cali/o, calic/o
Which term means pertaining to a calyx? - CORRECT ANSWER-caliceal
What is the term for the dilation of a calyx? - CORRECT ANSWER-caliectasis
Which tube is used for withdrawing or giving urine? - CORRECT ANSWER-catheter
What is the outer region of an organ called? - CORRECT ANSWER-cortex
Which term means "pertaining to the outer section of an organ"? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Cortical
Which term refers to the nitrogenous waste being excreted in the urine? - CORRECT
ANSWER-creatinine
What is the combining form for "urinary bladder"? - CORRECT ANSWER-cyst/o
What is the term for the removal of the urinary bladder? - CORRECT ANSWERcystectomy
What is the inflammation of the urinary bladder called? - CORRECT ANSWER-cystitis
What is the visual examination of the urinary bladder called? - CORRECT ANSWERCystoscopy
What is a new opening from the bladder to the outside of the body called? - CORRECT
ANSWER-cystostomy
What is the inadequate secretion of ADH called? - CORRECT ANSWER-diabetes
insipidus
What is the combining form for "thirst"? - CORRECT ANSWER-dips/o
What is the term for excessive urination? - CORRECT ANSWER-diuresis
What is the term for painful urination? - CORRECT ANSWER-dysuria
Which condition causes swelling and fluid in the tissues? - CORRECT ANSWEREdema
What is a chemical element carrying an electrical charge when dissolved in water
(sodium and potassium are examples)? - CORRECT ANSWER-electrolyte
What is another term for bedwetting? - CORRECT ANSWER-enuresis
What is the hormone secreted by the kidney to increase red blood cell formation in the
bone marrow? - CORRECT ANSWER-erythropoietin (EPO)
What is the term for high blood pressure that is idiopathic? - CORRECT ANSWERessential hypertension
What is the process whereby some substances, but not all, pass through a filter, such
as in the kidney? - CORRECT ANSWER-filtration
What is the combining form for "glomerulus"? - CORRECT ANSWER-glomerul/o
What is the term for the capsule in the kidneys that contains a ball of capillaries and
serves to collect the filtered blood? - CORRECT ANSWER-Glomerulus or Bowman's
capsule
What is the inflammation of the small balls of capillaries in the kidney? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Glomerulonephritis
What is sugar in the urine called, which is also a sign of diabetes mellitus? - CORRECT
ANSWER-glycosuria
What is blood in the urine called? - CORRECT ANSWER-Hematuria
What is the use of an artificial kidney machine called? - CORRECT ANSWERHemodialysis
What is the depression in an organ where blood vessels and nerves enter and leave? -
CORRECT ANSWER-hilum
What is the condition called where there is an excess of fluid (water) in the kidney? -
CORRECT ANSWER-hydronephrosis
What is the term for high levels of potassium in the blood? - CORRECT ANSWERhyperkalemia
What is the term for low levels of sodium in the blood? - CORRECT ANSWERhyponatremia
What is the inflammation of the connective tissue that lies between the renal tubules? -
CORRECT ANSWER-interstitial nephritis
Which term means "pertaining to within the bladder"? - CORRECT ANSWERintravesical
What is the combining form for "potassium"? - CORRECT ANSWER-kal/o
What is the combining form for "ketone bodies"? - CORRECT ANSWER-ket/o, keton/o
What is the term for ketone bodies (acids and acetone) in the urine? - CORRECT
ANSWER-ketonuria
What is the abnormal condition of ketones in the blood and body tissues called? -
CORRECT ANSWER-ketosis
What are the two bean-shaped organs on either side of the backbone in the lumbar
region called? - CORRECT ANSWER-kidney
What is an X-ray image of the urinary tract called? - CORRECT ANSWER-Kidneysureters-bladder (KUB) film
What is the combining form for "stone"? - CORRECT ANSWER-lith/o
What is the process of crushing a stone in the urinary tract using sound waves? -
CORRECT ANSWER-lithotripsy
What is another term for opening or canal? - CORRECT ANSWER-Meatus (pronounced
Me-ATE-us)
What is the combining form for "meatus"? - CORRECT ANSWER-meat/o
What is the narrowing of the meatus (opening) of the urethra to the outside of the
body)? - CORRECT ANSWER-meatal stenosis
What is the inner region of an organ called? - CORRECT ANSWER-medulla
What is the term that means "pertaining to the inner section of an organ"? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Medullary
What is the term for the act of urination? - CORRECT ANSWER-Micturiton
What is the combining form for "sodium"? - CORRECT ANSWER-natr/o
What is the combining form for "kidney"? - CORRECT ANSWER-nephr/o
What is the condition of having renal calculi (kidney stones? - CORRECT ANSWERnephrolithiasis
What is the Incision to remove a kidney stone (Incision to remove a renal calculus)
called? - CORRECT ANSWER-nephrolithotomy [Show Less]