Exam 9: Urinary System

A medical term that means pertaining to the ureter is ________.

A urinalysis is the physical and chemical analysis of urine.

The passageways of the urinary system are lined with mucous membrane.

A medical term that means surgical repair of the renal pelvis is ________.

Which of the following clinical laboratory tests can identify an infection?

A common cause of a bladder neck obstruction in males is an enlarged prostate gland.

Another name for the loop of Henle is the nephron loop.

The combining form that means renal pelvis is ________.

The functional unit of the kidney is the nephron.

Which of the following terms is misspelled?

Which of the following medical terms is misspelled?

A clean catch specimen collects urine that is NOT contaminated by coming into contact with the meatus.

The suffix that means surgical crushing is ________.

A medical term that means surgical crushing of a stone is ________.

Which of the following abbreviations is an X-ray of the renal pelvis?

Each renal papilla empties urine into a calyx.

Urinary incontinence is a decrease in the force of the urine stream.

The urethra is longer in women than in men.

Which of the following terms refers to an unusually large volume of urine?

Hydronephrosis is caused by an accumulation of calculi in the kidney.