Chapter 11 - Urinary System - Medical Terminology

Which laboratory test indicates renal function:

BUN (blood urea nitrogen)

Which of the following pairs of words and definitions is mismatched?

Diuresis - painful urination

Associated with "break kidney stones into small fragments that can be passed though urethral" extracorporeal means outside body, so this is a non-invasive procedure.

ESWL (extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy)

Which procedures measures contraction of the muscles that control urination using electrodes placed in the rectum and urethra:

Electromyorrhaphy

Inability to control urination is called:

Enuresis

The condition in which excess amounts of urea, creatinine, and uric acid build up in the blood are called:

azotemia

The prefix -retro means:

backwards, behind

The (CF) vesic/o means:

bladder

A procedure in which high-frequency sound waves produced images of the bladder to determine bladder volume and identify incomplete bladder emptying is called:

bladder ultrasoundgraphy

Which blood test is commonly used to evaluate kidney function:

blood urea nitrogen

Solidified protein fragments, shaped like the tubules in which they form, are called:

cast

The visual examination of the bladder for evidence of pathology, to obtain biopsies, and remove pathological tissue is which called:

cyctoscopy

The condition in which the bladder herniates into the vagina:

cystocele

Radiological examination of the bladder using a contract medium is called:

cystography

The suffix -genesis means:

forming, producing, origin

Renal corpuscle is composed of capillaries known as the:

glomerulus

The (CF) glomerul/o means:

glomerulus

The renal corpuscle is composed of the funnel-shaped end of the renal tubule and the :

glomerulus

Blood in the urine:

hematuria

What type of dialysis filters waste-filled blood by diverting it into artificial kidney machine and then returning the cleansed blood to the patients blood stream?

hemodialysis

An involuntary delay initiating urination flow:

hesitancy

Opening where the renal artery and renal vein enter and leave the kidney are called:

hilum

An abnormal dilation of the renal pelvis due to accumulated urine that cannot flow past the obstruction is called:

hydronephrosis

The two most causes of end-stage renal disease include diabetes...

hypertension

Another term for enuresis:

incontinence

Malignant tumor of the kidney usually occurring in children

is called Wilms Tumor

The (CF) ren/o means:

kidney

An incision that enlarges the enlarges the urethral opening to relieve stenosis is called:

meatotomy

The (CF) azot/o means:

nitogenous compounds

Waste filtered by the kidney includes:

nitrogenous products

An inherited disease in which sacs of fluid develop in the kidney is called:

noturia

Excessive or frequent urination after going to bed is called:

noturia

What type of dialysis removes toxic waste using the membrane that lines the abdominal cavity?

peritoneal dialysis

Excessive urination is called:

polyuria

The (CF) kal/i means:

potassium

The (CF) py/o means:

pus

Surgical repair of the renal pelvis is called:

pyeloplasty

The presence of pus cells in urine is called:

pyuria

The test used to evaluate blood flow, structure, and function of the kidneys after IV injection of a radioactive tracer is called:

renal nuclear scan

The (CF) pyel/o means:

renal pelvis

The (CF) olig/o means:

scanty

The (CF) lith/o means:

stone, calculas

The prefix -dia means:

through, across

Urine is expelled from the body through the:

urethra

Imaging of the urethra is called:

urethrography

Visual examination of the urethra is called:

urethroscopy

A narrowing of the urethra is called:

urethrostenosis

The physical, chemical, and microscopic evaluation of urine specimen is called:

urinalysis

The suffix -uria means:

urine

The presence of calculi in any urinary structure is called:

urolithiasis