Medical Terminology Simplified

Answer Key • APPENDIX B 583

Section Review 7–2

1.-osis 4.-pathy 7.-pexy 10.-tomy 13.lith/o

2.-iasis 5.-megaly 8.scler/o 11.nephr/o, ren/o 14.-rrhaphy

3.supra- 6.dia- 9.-tome 12.-ptosis 15.poly-

Competency Verification, Figure 7–2

Urinary structures, page 283.

1.right kidney 6.nephron

2.renal cortex 7.ureters

3.renal medulla 8.urinary bladder

4.renal artery 9.urethra

5.renal vein 10.urinary meatus

Section Review 7–3

1.-iasis 5.-megaly 9. -tomy 13. pyel/o 17.-rrhaphy

2.cyst/o, vesic/o 6.-ectomy 10.-itis 14. rect/o 18.-oma

3.carcin/o 7.-ectasis 11.-scope 15. -lith 19.ureter/o

4.-pathy 8.aden/o 12.enter/o 16. -plasty 20.urethr/o

Competency Verification, Figure 7–7

Structure of a nephron, page 297.

1.renal cortex 3.glomerular capsule 5.renal tubule

2.renal medulla 4.glomerulus 6.collecting tubule

Section Review 7–4

1.cyst/o, vesic/o 5.scler/o 9.azot/o 13. urethr/o 17.poly-

2.hemat/o 6.-ist 10.pyel/o 14. ur/o 18.-ptosis

3.-logist 7.nephr/o, ren/o 11.olig/o 15. noct/o 19.intra-

4.glomerul/o 8.py/o 12.ureter/o 16. -cele 20.a-, an-

Additional Medical Terms Review

1.urinalysis 4.US 7. hypospadias 10.enuresis 13.uremia

2.Wilms tumor 5.diuresis 8. interstitial nephritis 11.catheterization 14.renal hypertension

3.azoturia 6.retrograde pyelography 9. BUN 12.VCUG 15.dialysis

Term Meaning

7. meat/us -us: condition, structure; opening, meatus


8. ur/emia -emia: blood condition; urine


9. nephr/oma -oma: tumor; kidney


10. azot/emia -emia: blood; nitrogenous compounds

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