GH-110 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY THE URINARY
SYSTEM UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question:
1. Parts of the urinary system
Answer:
kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra
Question:
2. These organs filter the blood and remove waste from the body
Answer:
kidneys
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3. The tubes between the kidneys and the bladder
Answer:
ureters
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4. This organ stores the urine prior to excreting
Answer:
bladder
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5. Urinary transport tube leading outside of the body
Answer:
urethra
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6. Opening at end of urethra where urine comes out
Answer:
meatus
Question:
7. Combining form for calyx
Answer:
cali/o; calic/o
,Question:
8. Combining form for bladder
Answer:
cyst/o; vesic/o
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9. Combining form for glomerulus
Answer:
glomerul/o
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10. Combining form for meatus
Answer:
meat/o
Question:
11. Combining form for renal pelvis
Answer:
pyel/o
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12. Combining form for kidney
Answer:
nephr/o; ren/o
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13. Combining form for trigone
Answer:
trigon/o
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14. Combining form for urine
Answer:
ur/o; urin/o
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15. Combining form for ureter
Answer:
ureter/o
Question:
16. Combining form for urethra
Answer:
urethr/o
Question:
17. Suffix for urine
, Answer:
-uria
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18. Name for space behind the peritoneum where kid-neys are located
Answer:
retroperitoneal
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19. Process by which the kidneys retain essential sub-stances the body needs
Answer:
reabsorption
Question:
20. Process by which unwanted substances are removed from the blood during production of urine
Answer:
filtration
Question:
21. Four types of nitrogenous waste materials in urine
Answer:
urea, creatine, creatinine, uric acid
Question:
22. Protective outer portion of kidneys
Answer:
cortex
Question:
23. Soft inner portion of kidneys
Answer:
medulla
Question:
24. Name for depression where blood, vessels, nerves, and ureters enter and exit the kidney
Answer:
hilum
Question:
25. Functional part of the kidney
Answer:
nephron
Question:
26. Fluid produced following the removal of waste prod-ucts from the blood by the nephron
Answer:
urine
SYSTEM UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question:
1. Parts of the urinary system
Answer:
kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder, urethra
Question:
2. These organs filter the blood and remove waste from the body
Answer:
kidneys
Question:
3. The tubes between the kidneys and the bladder
Answer:
ureters
Question:
4. This organ stores the urine prior to excreting
Answer:
bladder
Question:
5. Urinary transport tube leading outside of the body
Answer:
urethra
Question:
6. Opening at end of urethra where urine comes out
Answer:
meatus
Question:
7. Combining form for calyx
Answer:
cali/o; calic/o
,Question:
8. Combining form for bladder
Answer:
cyst/o; vesic/o
Question:
9. Combining form for glomerulus
Answer:
glomerul/o
Question:
10. Combining form for meatus
Answer:
meat/o
Question:
11. Combining form for renal pelvis
Answer:
pyel/o
Question:
12. Combining form for kidney
Answer:
nephr/o; ren/o
Question:
13. Combining form for trigone
Answer:
trigon/o
Question:
14. Combining form for urine
Answer:
ur/o; urin/o
Question:
15. Combining form for ureter
Answer:
ureter/o
Question:
16. Combining form for urethra
Answer:
urethr/o
Question:
17. Suffix for urine
, Answer:
-uria
Question:
18. Name for space behind the peritoneum where kid-neys are located
Answer:
retroperitoneal
Question:
19. Process by which the kidneys retain essential sub-stances the body needs
Answer:
reabsorption
Question:
20. Process by which unwanted substances are removed from the blood during production of urine
Answer:
filtration
Question:
21. Four types of nitrogenous waste materials in urine
Answer:
urea, creatine, creatinine, uric acid
Question:
22. Protective outer portion of kidneys
Answer:
cortex
Question:
23. Soft inner portion of kidneys
Answer:
medulla
Question:
24. Name for depression where blood, vessels, nerves, and ureters enter and exit the kidney
Answer:
hilum
Question:
25. Functional part of the kidney
Answer:
nephron
Question:
26. Fluid produced following the removal of waste prod-ucts from the blood by the nephron
Answer:
urine