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Ch 9 Urinary System HIMT 110 (BDUHS)
Word parts and a few vocabulary words from Chapter 9. Please flag the vocabulary from the word parts when you coe across them, because that will definitely help you study better.
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10th Grade
03/25/2011
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azot/o
 Definition
nitrogenous waste
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bacteri/o
 Definition
bacteria
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cyst/o
 Definition
(urinary) bladder
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glomerul/o
 Definition
glomerulus
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glycos/o
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sugar/glucose
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keton/o
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ketones
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lith/o
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stone
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meat/o
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meatus
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nephr/o
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kidney
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noct/i
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night
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olig/o
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scanty (irregular)
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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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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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urin/o
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urine
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-lith
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stone
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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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-uria
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condition of the urine
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nephron
 Definition
basic unit of the kidney. Filters nitrogenous waste from blood and converts it to urine
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glomerulus
 Definition
a ball of capillaries (small blood vessels) at the beginning of each nephron
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ureter
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tube that carries urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder
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urethra
 Definition
tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body
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