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74 Cards in this Set
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cortex
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outter layer of an organ or body structure
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electrolytes
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minreal salts (sodium, pottassium, and calcium) that carry an electic charge in solution
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erythropoietin (EPO)
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Glycoprotein hormone produced by certain cells in the kidney
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libido
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sexual desire or drive, either conscious or unconsious
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meatus
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an opening or passage though any part of the body
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medulla
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inner or central portion of an organ
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micturition
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the discharge if urine; urination
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nitrogenous wastes
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products of cellular metabolism that contains nitrogen
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orfice
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opening, entrance, or outlet of any body cavity
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percutaneous
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procedure performed through the skin, as in a biopsy
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reflux
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backward or return flow of fluid, such as a vesicoureteral reflux. where urine backs up into the pelvis.
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urea
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priniple nitrogenous end product of protein metabolism excreted in urine and perspiration
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cyst/o
vesic/o |
bladder
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glomerul/o
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glomerulus
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lith/o
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stone, calculus
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meat/o
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opening, meatus
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nephr/o
ren/o |
kidney
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peritone/o
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peritoneum
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pyle/o
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renal pelvis
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ur/o
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urine
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ureter/o
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ureter
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urethr/o
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urethra
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andr/o
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male
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balan/o
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glans penis
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epididym/o
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epididymis
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orcho/o
orchi/o orchid/o test/o |
testis
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prostat/o
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prostate gland
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spermat/o
sperm/o |
spermatozoa, sperm cell
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vas/o
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vessel; vas deferens; duct
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varic/o
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dilated vein
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varic/o
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dialted vein
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vesicul/o
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seminal vesicle
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albumin/o
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albumin, protein
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azot/o
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nitrogenous compunds
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bacteri/o
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bacteria
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crypt/o
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hidden
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gonad/o
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gonads, sex glands
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kal/i
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potsssium
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kenton/o
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ketone bodies
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noct/o
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night
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olig/o
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scanty
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py/o
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pus
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-cide
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killing
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-genesis
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forming, producing. origin
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-iasis
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abnormal condotion
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-ism
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condition
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-spadias
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slit, fissure
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-uria
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urine
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dia-
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through, across
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retro-
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backward, behind
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anuria
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absence of urine production or unrinary output
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azotemia
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retention of excessive amounts of nitrogenous compunds in the blood; also called uremia
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chronic renal faliure
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renal faliure that occures over a period of years, in which the kidneys lose their ablity to maintain volume and compostion of body fluids with normal dietary intake.
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dysuria
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painful or diffuclut urination
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enuresis
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involuntary discharge of urine; also called incontience
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fistula
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abnormal passge from a hollow organ to the surface on from onr organ to another
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frequency
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voiding at frequent intervals
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hesitancy
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involuntary delay in initation urination
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nephrotic syndrome
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loss of large amounts of plasma protein, usually albumin, by way of urine, due to increased peremeability of the glomerular membrane
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nocturia
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excessive or frequent urination after going to bed
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oliguria
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dimished capactity to form and pass urine so that the end products if metabolism cannot be excreted efficently
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urgency
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feeling of the need to void immediatly
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urolithiasis
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presence of stones in any urinary structure
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Wilms tumor
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rapidly develping malignant neoplasm of the kidney that usally occurs in children
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anorchidism
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congenital absence of one or both testes; also called anorchia or anorchism
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aspermia
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faliure to form or ejeculate semen
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balantis
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inflammation of the skin covering the glans penis
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epispadias
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malformation in which the urethra opens on the dorsum of the penis
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erectile dysfunction
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repeated inability to get or keep an erection firm enough for sexual intercourse
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hydrocele
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accumulation of serious fluid in a saclike cavity, especially the testes and associated structues
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hypospadias
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developmental anomaly in which the urethra opens on the underside of the penis or, in extreme cases, on the perineum
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phimosis
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stenosis or narrowing of preputial orfice so that foreskin cannot be retracted over the glans penis
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sterility
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inabiity to produce offspring; in the male, in ability to fertilize the ovum
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varicocele
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swelling and distention of veins of the spermatic cordh
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