Volume 7 Urinary System Practice Test
(Medical Terminology)
What term is used to describe a collection of pus? - CORRECT ANSWER-*Ab*scess
What can
... [Show More] high levels of ketones in the blood can lead to? - CORRECT ANSWERAci*do*sis
What is the combining form for "albumin"? - CORRECT ANSWER-albumin/o
What is a term for "protein in the urine"? - CORRECT ANSWER-albumi*nu*ria
Which hormone is secreted by the pituitary gland and helps reabsorb water from the
renal tubules back into the bloodstream? - CORRECT ANSWER-antidiu*ret*ic
*hor*mone
What is the term for the condition in which no urine is produced? - CORRECT
ANSWER-a*nu*ria
What is the term for "small artery"? - CORRECT ANSWER-ar*ter*iole
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-azo*te*mia
What is the combining form for "bacteria"? - CORRECT ANSWER-bacteri/o
What is the term for "bacteria in the urine"? - CORRECT ANSWER-bacteri*ur*ia
When something is alkaline, what is it called? - CORRECT ANSWER-*ba*sic
What is the dark pigment that accumulates in urine as a result of liver disease? -
CORRECT ANSWER-bili*ru*bin*ur*ia
What is the test called that measures the amount of urea in the blood? - CORRECT
ANSWER-BUN (blood urea *ni*trogen)
What is the active form of vitamin D that is secreted by the kidney? - CORRECT
ANSWER-cal*cif*erol
What is the cuplike collecting region of the renal pelvis? - CORRECT ANSWERcalyx/calix (pl. *cal*yces/*cal*ices)
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-*cal*iceal
What is the term for the dilation of a calyx? - CORRECT ANSWER-*cal*iect*a*sis
Which tube is used for withdrawing or giving urine? - CORRECT ANSWER-*cath*eter
What is the outer region of an organ called? - CORRECT ANSWER-*cor*tex
Which term means "pertaining to the outer section of an organ"? - CORRECT
ANSWER-*Cor*tical
Which term refers to the nitrogenous waste being excreted in the urine? - CORRECT
ANSWER-cre*at*inine
What is the combining form for "urinary bladder"? - CORRECT ANSWER-cyst/o
What is the term for the removal of the urinary bladder? - CORRECT ANSWERcy*stec*tomy
What is the inflammation of the urinary bladder called? - CORRECT ANSWER-cy*sti*tis
What is the visual examination of the urinary bladder called? - CORRECT ANSWERCy*stos*copy
What is a new opening from the bladder to the outside of the body called? - CORRECT
ANSWER-cy*stos*tomy
What is the inadequate secretion of ADH called? - CORRECT ANSWER-dia*be*tes
in*sip*idus
What is the combining form for "thirst"? - CORRECT ANSWER-dips/o
What is the term for excessive urination? - CORRECT ANSWER-diu*re*sis
What is the term for painful urination? - CORRECT ANSWER-dysu*ri*a
Which condition causes swelling and fluid in the tissues? - CORRECT ANSWERE*de*ma
What is a chemical element carrying an electrical charge when dissolved in water
(sodium and potassium are examples)? - CORRECT ANSWER-e*lec*trolyte
What is another term for bedwetting? - CORRECT ANSWER-enu*re*sis
What is the hormone secreted by the kidney to increase red blood cell formation in the
bone marrow? - CORRECT ANSWER-erythropoi*e*tin (EPO)
What is the term for high blood pressure that is idiopathic? - CORRECT ANSWERe*ssen*tial hyper*ten*sion
What is the process whereby some substances, but not all, pass through a filter, such
as in the kidney? - CORRECT ANSWER-filt*ra*tion
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-Glo*mer*ulus or *Bow*man's
*cap*sule
What is the inflammation of the small balls of capillaries in the kidney? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Glomerulone*phri*tis
What is sugar in the urine called, which is also a sign of diabetes mellitus? - CORRECT
ANSWER-glycos*ur*ia
What is blood in the urine called? - CORRECT ANSWER-Hema*tur*ia
What is the use of an artificial kidney machine called? - CORRECT ANSWERHemodi*al*ysis
What is the depression in an organ where blood vessels and nerves enter and leave? -
CORRECT ANSWER-*hi*lum
What is the condition called where there is an excess of fluid (water) in the kidney? -
CORRECT ANSWER-hydrone*phro*sis
What is the term for high levels of potassium in the blood? - CORRECT ANSWERhyperka*le*mia
What is the term for low levels of sodium in the blood? - CORRECT ANSWERhypona*tre*mia
What is the inflammation of the connective tissue that lies between the renal tubules? -
CORRECT ANSWER-inter*stit*ial ne*phri*tis
Which term means "pertaining to within the bladder"? - CORRECT ANSWERintra*ves*ical
What is the combining form for "potassium"? - CORRECT ANSWER-kal/o [Show Less]