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23 Cards in this Set
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albumin/o
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albumin
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azot/o
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nitrogenous waste
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cyst/o
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bladder
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meat/o
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meatus
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noct/i
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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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vesic/o
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bladder
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-ectasia
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dilation
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-lithiasis
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condition of stones
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-ptosis
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drooping
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-tripsy
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surgical crushing
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uremia
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when waste products stay in the body instead of being excreted out
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urinary meatus
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opening from the urethra to the outside of the body
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hilum
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center of the medial curve of a kidney
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cortex
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the outer portion of the kidney
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urine production occurs in three stages:
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filtration, reabsorption, secretion
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anuria
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supression of urine formation and excretion
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calculus
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a stone formed within an organ by accumulation of mineral salts
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enuresis
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involuntary discharge of the urin long after voluntary reflex should have established
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mictuition
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urination
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