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Urinary System Flash Cards
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06/25/2014

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Term
albumin/o
Definition

albumin

(a simple form of protein that is soluble in water and coagulable by heat, such as that found in egg white, milk, and (in particular) blood serum.)

Term
azot/o
Definition

urea; nitrogen

(a colorless crystalline compound that is the main nitrogenous breakdown product of protein metabolism and is excreted in urine.)

Term
cyst/o
Definition

bladder; sac

(a membranous sac in which urine is collected for excretion.)

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Term
vesic/o
Definition

bladder; sac

(a membranous sac in which urine is collected for excretion.)

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Term
glomerul/o
Definition

glomerulus

(a cluster of nerve endings, spores and capillaries around the end of a kidney tubule, where waste products are filtered from the blood. The entire glomerulus is enclosed within Bowman's capsule, an epithelial structure.)

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Term
glyc/o
Definition

sugar

(any of the class of soluble, crystalline, typically sweet-tasting carbohydrates found in living tissues and exemplified by glucose and sucrose.)

Term
glycos/o
Definition

sugar

(any of the class of soluble, crystalline, typically sweet-tasting carbohydrates found in living tissues and exemplified by glucose and sucrose.)

Term
gluc/o
Definition

sugar

(any of the class of soluble, crystalline, typically sweet-tasting carbohydrates found in living tissues and exemplified by glucose and sucrose.)

Term
hydr/o
Definition

water

(a colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.)

Term
lith/o
Definition

stone; calculus

(A calculus/calculi is a stone, usually a concretion of material, usually mineral salts, that forms in an organ or duct of the body)

Term
meat/o
Definition

meatus; opening

(a passage or opening leading to the interior of the body. eg - urethral meatus, vaginal, ear, mouth, nasal, etc)

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Term
nephr/o
Definition

kidney

(each of a pair of organs in the abdominal cavity that assists with the excretion of urine.)

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Term
ren/o
Definition

kidney

(each of a pair of organs in the abdominal cavity that assists with the excretion of urine.)

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Term
noct/i
Definition
night
Term
olig/o
Definition

scanty; few

(small or insufficient in quantity or amount)

Term
pyel/o
Definition

renal pelvis

(a funnel-shaped structure in each kidney that is formed at one end by the expanded upper portion of the ureter lying in the renal sinus and at the other end by the union of the calyxes of the kidney)

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Term
son/o
Definition
sound
Term
ureter/o
Definition

ureter

(the duct by which urine passes from the kidney to the bladder or cloaca.)

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Term
urethr/o
Definition

urethra

(the duct by which urine is conveyed out of the body from the bladder, and which in males also conveys semen.)

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Term
urin/o
Definition

urine; urinary tract

(a watery, typically yellowish fluid stored in the bladder and discharged through the urethra. It is one of the body's chief means of eliminating excess water and salt and also contains nitrogen compounds such as urea and other waste substances removed from the blood by the kidneys.)

Term
ur/o
Definition

urine; urinary tract

(a watery, typically yellowish fluid stored in the bladder and discharged through the urethra. It is one of the body's chief means of eliminating excess water and salt and also contains nitrogen compounds such as urea and other waste substances removed from the blood by the kidneys.)

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