Chapter 8 Review
calyx
cuplike collecting region of the renal pelvis
-megaly
enlargement
voiding
expelling urine
nephr/o
kidney
ren/o
kidney
hypernephroma
malignant tumor of the kidney; another term for renal call carcinoma
-stenosis
narrowing
meatus
opening or canal
filtration
process whereby some substances pass through the walls of a glomerulus
-estomy
removal
bladder
sac that holds urine
erythropoietin
secreted by the kidney to stimulate red blood cell production
renin
substance made in the kidney that increases blood pressure
cortex
the outer region of the kidney is the renal
reabsorption
the process of accepting again or taking back; substances needed by the body pass from the renal tubules back into the blood stream
glomerulus
tiny ball of capillaries in cortex of the kidney
trigone
triangular area in the bladder where the ureters enter and urethra exits
urethra
tube leading from the bladder to outside the body
hydr/o
water
-stomy
new opening
hilum
notch on the medial surface of the kidney where blood vessels and nerves enter and leave
ureter
one of two tubes leading from the kidney to the urinary bladder
peri/o
surrounding
catheter
tube for injecting fluids into or removing fluids from the urinary tract
cyst/o
urinary bladder
vesic/o
urinary bladder
retention
urine cannot leave the baldder; urinary
Arteriole
a small artery
micturition
another term for urination
angi/o
blood vessel