Medical Terminology Simplified

7–13 Stones trapped in the kidney or ureter may be removed surgically.

Nephr/o/lith/o/tomy is an ____________________ to remove a ren/al

____________________.

7–14 Ren/al hyper/tension produced by kidney disease is the most common

type of hyper/tension caused by glomerul/o/nephr/itis or ren/al artery

sten/osis.

Identify terms in this frame that mean

pertaining to the kidney(s): __________ / __________

narrowing, stricture: __________/ _________

inflammation of the glomerulus of the kidney:

____________________ / _____ / ____________________ / __________

high blood pressure:____________________ / ____________________

7–15 Nephr/o/tic syndrome, a group of symptoms characterized by chronic loss

of protein in the urine (protein/uria), leads to depletion of body protein, especially

albumin. Normally, albumin and other serum proteins maintain fluid within the vas-

cular space. When levels of these proteins are low, fluid leaks from blood vessels into

tissues, resulting in edema. The syndrome may also occur as a result of other disease

processes.

A chronic loss of protein in the urine is called ____________________ / __________.

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286 CHAPTER 7• Urinary System

ECG

Monitor

Water bags

Kidney stone

Shock-wave

generator

Ellipsoidal

reflector

Water

column

Figure 7-4Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy.

incision, stone or

calculus

ren/al

RĒ-năl

sten/osis

stĕ-NŌ-sĭs

glomerul/o/nephr/itis

glō-mĕr-ū-lō-nĕ-FRĪ-tĭs

hyper/tension

hī-pĕr-TĔN-shŭn

protein/uria

prō-tēn-Ū-rē-ă