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CLA 131 Chapter 14
The Urinary System
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Undergraduate 1
04/30/2008
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Term
a-, an-
 Definition
without, absense
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dia-
 Definition
passing through
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en-
 Definition
within-
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epi-
 Definition
on top of
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hypo-
 Definition
under
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albumin
 Definition
protein
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azot
 Definition
urea, nitrogen
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blast
 Definition
developing cell, germ, bud
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cyst
 Definition
bladder, sac
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glomerul
 Definition
little ball, glomerulus
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gluc, glyc, glycos
 Definition
sweet, sugar
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hydr
 Definition
water
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keton
 Definition
ketone
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lith
 Definition
stone
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meat
 Definition
opening, passage
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nephr
 Definition
kidney
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noct
 Definition
night
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olig
 Definition
few in number
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py
 Definition
pus
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pyel
 Definition
renal pelvis
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ren
 Definition
kidney
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spadias
 Definition
rip, tear
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tom
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cut, section
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urethr
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urethra
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urin, ur
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urine
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vesic
 Definition
bladder, sac
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-cele
 Definition
hernia, swelling, protrusion
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-ptosis
 Definition
falling downward (consition of)
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-tripsy
 Definition
surgical crushing
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-trophy
 Definition
nourishment, development
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-uresis
 Definition
urination
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-uria
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urine, urination
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glomerulus
 Definition
tightly coiled capillary in Bowman's capsule
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urinary meatus
 Definition
external opening if urethra
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nephron
 Definition
subunits of each kidney
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renal pelvis
 Definition
collects urine in the kidney
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renal cortex
 Definition
outer portion of the interior of a kidney
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renal medulla
 Definition
inner portion of the interior of the kidney
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renal corpuscle
 Definition
composed of Bowman;s capsule and the glomerulus
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renal tubule
 Definition
the long, twisting part of nephron
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ureters
 Definition
paired narrow tubes that conduct urine from kidneys to bladder
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urethra
 Definition
carries the urine out of the bladder
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internal urethral sphincter
 Definition
involuntary musclethat keeps urine from entering the urethra while stored in bladder
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external urethral shpincter
 Definition
a voluntary muscle that prevents or allows urine to be released
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urinary bladder
 Definition
holds urine
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urine
 Definition
a yellowish liquid waste
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Bowman's capsule
 Definition
filters fluid passing out of the glomerulus
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hilum
 Definition
concave side of kidney, which receives renal artery, renal vein, nerves, and a ureter
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kidneys
 Definition
form urine through siltration of the bood and helps regualte blood pressure
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micturition
 Definition
the release of urine
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incontinence
 Definition
involuntary discharge of urine
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stricture
 Definition
abnormal narrowing, as in urethral stricture
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urinary retention
 Definition
abnormal accumulation of urine
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urinary suppression
 Definition
acute stoppage of urine formation by the kidneys
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creatinine
 Definition
protein in normal component of urine
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-ectomy
 Definition
excision
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-tomy
 Definition
incision
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-plasty
 Definition
surgical repair
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-ostomy
 Definition
surgical creation of an opening
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