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68 Cards in this Set
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albumin/o
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albumin (protein)
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angi/o
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vessel (blood)
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azot/o
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urea; nitrogen
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bacteri/o
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bacteria
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cali/o
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calyx
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calic/o
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calyx
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dips/o
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thirst
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glomerul/o
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glomerulus
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glycos/o
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glucose; sugar
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hydr/o
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water
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isch/o
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to hold back; back
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ket/o
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ketones; acetones
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keton/o
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ketones; acetones
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lith/o
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stone; calculus
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meat/o
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meatus (opening)
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necr/o
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death
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nephr/o
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kidney
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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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pyel/o
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renal pelvis
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ren/o
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kidney
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trigon/o
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trigone (area within the bladder)
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ur/o
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urine; urinary tract
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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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urin/o
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urine
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vesic/o
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urinary bladder
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-ectasis
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dilation; dilatation; widening
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-ectomy
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removal; excision, resection
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-emia
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blood condition
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-esis
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action; condition; state of
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-gram
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record
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-lithiasis
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condition of stones
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-lithotomy
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incision (for removal) of a stone
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-lysis
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breakdown; separation; destruction; loosening
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-megaly
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enlargement
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-ole
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little; small
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-osis
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condition; usually abnormal
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-pathy
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disease; emotion
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-plasty
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surgical repair
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-poietin
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substance that forms
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-ptosis
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droop; sag; prolapse; protrude
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-rrhea
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flow; discharge
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-sclerosis
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hardening
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-stenosis
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tightening; stricture
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-stomy
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new opening (to form a mouth)
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-tomy
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process of cutting
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-tripsy
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to crush
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-uria
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urination; condition of urine
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a-, an-
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no, not, without
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anti-
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against
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dia-
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completion; through
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dys-
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bad; painful; difficult; abnormal
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en-
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in; within
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peri-
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surrounding
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poly-
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many; much
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retro-
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behind; back; backward
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Bowman capsule
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Tiny structure surrounding each glomerulus; receives filtered materials from blood.
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Ueters
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Tubes carrying urine from kidney to urinary bladder.
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renal tubules
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Tubules leading from the Bowman capsule. Urine is formed there was water, sugar, and salts are reabsorbed into the bloodstream.
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medulla
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Inner (middle) region of the kidney.
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urinary bladder
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Muscular sac that serves as a reservoir for urine.
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calices
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Cup-like divisions of the renal pelvis that receive urine from the renal tubules.
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urethra
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Tube carrying urine from the bladder to the outside of the body.
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renal pelvis
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Central urine-collecting basin in the kidney that narrows into the ureters.
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glomerulus
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Collection of capillaries through which materials from the blood are filtered into the Bowman capsule.
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cortex
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Outer region of the kidney.
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