CAT 150: Roots and Key Terms for the Urinary Tract

A set of vocabulary flashcards reviewing urinary tract word roots and key terms from the CAT 150 lecture.

ur/o

Urine, urinary tract

urin/o

Urine

nephr/o

Kidney

cyst/o

Urinary bladder

urethr/o

Urethra

dialysis

Separation of substances by passage through a semipermeable membrane. Dialysis is used to rid the body of unwanted substances when the kidneys are impaired or missing. The two forms of dialysis are hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.

hematuria

Presence of blood in the urine

ureter

The tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder (root: ureter/o)

urethra

The tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body (root: urethr/o)

nephron

A microscopic functional unit of the kidney