Module 6 - Medical Terminology

Medical Terminology Online for Exploring Medical Language, 12th Edition from the EVOLVE website, modules 6

ur/o

urinary systems (WR)

urther/o

urethra (WR)

meat/o

meatus (WR)

bladder

above the urethra

ureter

connects kidney and bladder

adrenal gland

connects to kidney

ren/o

kidney (r…) (WR)

nephr/o

kidney (n…) (WR)

ureter/o

ureter (WR)

vesic/o

bladder (v…) (WR)

cyst/o

bladder (c…) (WR)

urea (def)

waste product from protein metabolism that is formed in the liver and carried in the bloodstream to the kidneys

azot/o

urea (WR)

urin/o, ur/o

urine (WR)

urination

expending urine, AKA micturition or voiding

-uria

a condition of urine (S)

medulla

sac like things in the kidney

hilum

opening of kidney

cortex

the structure part of the kidney

arteriole

smallest artery that blood flows through

glomerul/o

glomerulus (WR)

nephron

microscopic functional part of the kidney

glyc/o, glycos/o

sugar (WR)

pyel/o

renal pelvis (WR)

calices

This small basin in the central part of the kidney is made up of more cup-shaped regions

incontinence

inability to control the bladder and/or bowels

urinary retention

the abnormal accumulation of urine in the bladder attributable to an inability to urinate

urinary suppression

a sudden stoppage of the formation of urine altogether

ur/o

urine (WR)

an-

no, not, without (P)

-uria

condition of urine (S)

noct/i

night (WR)

olig/o

scanty (smaller in amount) (WR)

poly-

much (P)

enuresis

involuntary urination

albumin/o

albumin (WR)

azot/o

urea, nitrogen (WR)

hemat/o

blood (WR)

py/o

pus (WR)