Urinary System chapter 7

cali/o or calic/o

calyx (calix) cup shaped

cyst/o

urinary bladder

glomerul/o

glomerulus

meat/o

meatus

nephr/o

kidney

pyel/o

renal pelvis

ren/o

kidney

trigon/o

trigone (region of the bladder)

ureter/o

ureter

urethr/o

urethra

vesic/o

urinary bladder

albumin/o

albumin (a protein in the blood)

azot/o

nitrogen

bacteri/o

bacteria

dips/o

thirst

kal/i

potassium

ket/o, keton/o

ketone bodies (ketoacids & acetone)

natr/o

sodium

noct/o

night

olig/o

scanty

-poietin

substances that forms

-tripsy

crushing

ur/o

urine (urea)

urin/o

urine

-uria

urination, urine condition

what number is alkaline on the pH scale

9-14

what number is acid on the pH scale

0-4

normal range on a pH scale

5-8

What are some tests in a urinalysis?

color, appearance\\, pH, protein, glucose, specific gravity, ketone bodies, sediment and casts, phenylketonuria (PKU), bilirubin

-dys

abnormal, difficult, bad, or painful