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59 Cards in this Set
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Cali/o, calic/o |
Calyx |
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Cyst/o |
Urinary bladder |
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Glomerul/o |
Glomerulus |
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Meat/o |
Meatus |
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Nephr/o |
Kidney |
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Pyel/o |
Renal pelvis |
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Ren/o |
Kidney |
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Trigon/o |
Trigone (region of the bladder) |
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Ureter/o |
Ureter |
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Urethr/o |
Urethra |
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Vesic/o |
Urinary bladder |
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Albumin/o |
Albumin (a protein in the blood) |
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Azot/o |
Nitrogen |
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Bacteri/o |
Bacteria |
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Dips/o |
Thirst |
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Ket/o, keton/o |
Ketone bodies |
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Lith/o |
Stone |
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Noct/o |
Night |
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Olig/o |
Scanty |
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-poietin |
Substance that forms |
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Py/o |
Pus |
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-tripsy |
To crush |
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Ur/o |
Urine (urea) |
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Urin/o |
Urine |
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-uria |
Urination, urine condition |
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Arteriole |
Small artery |
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Bowman capsule |
Enclosing structure surrounding each glomerus |
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Calyx |
Cup like collecting region of the renal pelivs |
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Catheter |
Tube for injecting or removing fluid |
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Cortex |
Outer region |
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Creatinine |
Waste product of muscle metabolism; nitrogenous waste excreted in urine |
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Creatinine clearance |
A measure of the efficiency of the kidneys in removing creatinine from the blood |
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Electrolyte |
Chemical element that carries an electrical charge when dissolved in water |
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Erythropoietin (EPO) |
Hormone secreted by the kidney to stimulate the production of RBCs by bone marrow |
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Filtration |
Passive process whereby some substances, but not all, pass through a filter or other material |
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Glomerulus |
Tiny ball of capillaries in cortex of kidney |
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Hilum |
Depression or hollow in that part of an organ where blood vessels and nerves enter and leave |
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Kidney |
One of 2 bean shaped organs behind the abdominal cavity on either side of the backbone in the lumbar region |
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Meatus |
Opening or canal |
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Medulla |
Inner region |
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Micturition |
Urination, the act of voiding |
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Nephron |
Combination of glomerulus and renal tubule where filtration, reabsorption, and secretion take place in the kidney |
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Nitrogenous waste |
Substance containing nitrogen and excreted in urine |
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Potassium |
An electrolyte important to body processes |
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Reabsorption |
Process in which the renal tubules return materials necessary to the body back into the blood stream |
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Renal artery |
Blood vessel that carries blood to the kidney |
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Renal pelvis |
Central collecting region in the kidney |
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Renal tubule |
Microscopic tube in the kidney in which urine is formed after filtration |
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Renal vein |
Blood vessel that carries blood away from the kidney and toward the heart |
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Renin |
Enzymatic hormone synthesized, stored, and secreted by the kidney; it raises blood pressure by influencing vasoconstriction |
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Sodium |
An electrolyte regulated in the blood and urine by the kidneys |
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Trigone |
Triangular area in the urinary bladder in which the ureters enter and the urethra exits |
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Urea |
Major nitrogenous waste product excreted in urine |
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Ureter |
Tube leading from each kidney to the urinary bladder |
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Urethra |
Tube leading from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body |
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Uric acid |
A nitrogenous waste excreted in the urine |
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Urinary bladder |
Hollow muscular sac that holds and stores urine |
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Urination |
Process of expelling urine; also called micturition |
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Voiding |
Emptying of urine from the urinary bladder; urination or micturition |
