Medical Terminology Ch 11

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Electrolyte

Back 1

Mineral salt (Na, K, Ca) that carries an elective charge when in solution

Front 2

Filtrate

Back 2

Fluid that passes from the blood through the capillary walls of the glomeruli into Bowman capsule

Front 3

Nitrogenous waste

Back 3

Product of protein metabolism that include urea, uric acid, creatine, creatinine, and ammonia

Front 4

Peritoneum

Back 4

Serous membrane that lines the abdominopelvic cavity and covers most of the organs within the cavity

Front 5

Plasma

Back 5

Liquid peon of blood that is filtered by the nephrons to remove dissolved wastes

Front 6

Albumin/o

Back 6

Albumin, protien

Front 7

Azot/o

Back 7

Nitrogenous compounds

Front 8

Bacteri/o

Back 8

Bacteria (singular, bacterium)

Front 9

Cyst/o

Back 9

Bladder

Front 10

Vesic/o

Back 10

Bladder

Front 11

Glomerul/o

Back 11

Glomerulus

Front 12

Kal/i

Back 12

Potassium (an electrolyte)

Front 13

Keton/o

Back 13

Ketone bodies (acids and acetones)

Front 14

Lith/o

Back 14

Stone, calculus

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Meat/o

Back 15

Opening, meatus

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Nephr/o

Back 16

Kidney

Front 17

Ren/o

Back 17

Kidney

Front 18

Noct/o

Back 18

Night

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Olig/o

Back 19

Scanty

Front 20

Py/o

Back 20

Pus

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Pyel/o

Back 21

Renal pelvis

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Ur/o

Back 22

Urine, urinary tract

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Ureter/o

Back 23

Ureter

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Urethr/o

Back 24

Urethra

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-genesis

Back 25

Forming, producing, origin

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-iasis

Back 26

Abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

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-uria

Back 27

Urine

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Dia-

Back 28

Through, across

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Retro-

Back 29

Backward, behind