HIM 1101 Medical Terminology 1101:
Chapter 6 Test 2 Questions Well
Answered 2026 Update.
Kidneys - Answer 2 bean shaped organs located on each side of the vertebral column.
Function is to REMOVE WASTE PRODUCTS FROM BLOOD and to aid in maintaining water and
electrolyte balances
Nephron - Answer Urine-producing microscopic structure. Approximately 1 million nephons
located n each kidney
Glomerulus (pl. Glomeruli) - Answer Cluster of capillaries at the entrance of the nephron
Renal Pelvis - Answer Funnel-shaped reservoir in the kidney that collects the urine and
passes it to the ureter
Ureters - Answer 2 slender tubes, approximately 10-13 inches long that receive the urine
from the kidneys and carry it to the posterior portion of the bladder - PASSES URINE FROM
KIDNEY TO BLADDER
Urinary Bladder - Answer Muscular, hollow organ that TEMPORARILY HOLDS THE URINE
Urethra - Answer lowest part of the urinary tract, through which the urine passes from the
urinary bladder to the outside of the body
Urinary Meatus - Answer Opening through which the urine passes to the outside
Cyst/o, Vesic/o - Answer Bladder, sac
Glomerul/o - Answer golmerulus
Meat/o - Answer Meatus (opening)
Nephr/o, ren/o - Answer Kidney
Ex. Nephromegaly
Pyel/o - Answer Renal Pelvis
, Ex. Pyel/o/nephr/itis
Ureter/o - Answer Ureter - 2 slender tubes between kidney and blader
Urethr/o - Answer Urethra - Urine passes from bladder to outside
Albumin/o - Answer Albumin
a level in urine test.
Azot - Answer Urea/nitrogen
Blast/o - Answer Developing cell, germ cell
Glyc/o, glycos/o - Answer Sugar
Ex. Glycosuria
Hydr/o - Answer Water
Ex. Hydronephrosis
Lith/o - Answer Stone
Ex. Nephr/o/lithiasis
Noct/i - Answer Night
Olig/o - Answer Scanty, few
Ex. Olig/uria
Urin/o, ur/o - Answer Urine, urinary tract
-iasis, -esis - Answer Condition
-lysis - Answer Loosening, dissolution, separating
-ptosis - Answer Drooping, sagging, prolapse (hanging)
Ex. Nrphr/o/ptosis
Chapter 6 Test 2 Questions Well
Answered 2026 Update.
Kidneys - Answer 2 bean shaped organs located on each side of the vertebral column.
Function is to REMOVE WASTE PRODUCTS FROM BLOOD and to aid in maintaining water and
electrolyte balances
Nephron - Answer Urine-producing microscopic structure. Approximately 1 million nephons
located n each kidney
Glomerulus (pl. Glomeruli) - Answer Cluster of capillaries at the entrance of the nephron
Renal Pelvis - Answer Funnel-shaped reservoir in the kidney that collects the urine and
passes it to the ureter
Ureters - Answer 2 slender tubes, approximately 10-13 inches long that receive the urine
from the kidneys and carry it to the posterior portion of the bladder - PASSES URINE FROM
KIDNEY TO BLADDER
Urinary Bladder - Answer Muscular, hollow organ that TEMPORARILY HOLDS THE URINE
Urethra - Answer lowest part of the urinary tract, through which the urine passes from the
urinary bladder to the outside of the body
Urinary Meatus - Answer Opening through which the urine passes to the outside
Cyst/o, Vesic/o - Answer Bladder, sac
Glomerul/o - Answer golmerulus
Meat/o - Answer Meatus (opening)
Nephr/o, ren/o - Answer Kidney
Ex. Nephromegaly
Pyel/o - Answer Renal Pelvis
, Ex. Pyel/o/nephr/itis
Ureter/o - Answer Ureter - 2 slender tubes between kidney and blader
Urethr/o - Answer Urethra - Urine passes from bladder to outside
Albumin/o - Answer Albumin
a level in urine test.
Azot - Answer Urea/nitrogen
Blast/o - Answer Developing cell, germ cell
Glyc/o, glycos/o - Answer Sugar
Ex. Glycosuria
Hydr/o - Answer Water
Ex. Hydronephrosis
Lith/o - Answer Stone
Ex. Nephr/o/lithiasis
Noct/i - Answer Night
Olig/o - Answer Scanty, few
Ex. Olig/uria
Urin/o, ur/o - Answer Urine, urinary tract
-iasis, -esis - Answer Condition
-lysis - Answer Loosening, dissolution, separating
-ptosis - Answer Drooping, sagging, prolapse (hanging)
Ex. Nrphr/o/ptosis
