Question: The process of forming urine begins in the:

Answer: glomeruli

Question: The tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder are the:

Answer: ureters "small canals"

Question: The muscular, hollow organ that temporarily holds the urine is the:

Answer: bladder

Question: The organ whose functions are to remove waste products from the blood and aid in maintaining water and acid base balance in the body is the:

Answer: kidney

Question: The root word nephr/o- in its combining form means:

Answer: kidney

Question: The name of the structure that suspends the testes in the scrotum is the

Answer: spermatic cord

Question: the male secretory structure that produces a fluid necessary for adequate sperm motility after ejaculation are called the:

Answer: seminal vesicles and prostate glands

Question: the suffix that means drooping, sagging, or prolapsed is:

Answer: -ptosis

Question: The diagnostic term Ur/emia means:

Answer: condition of urine in the blood

Question: The diagnostic term that means inflamed kidney and renal pelvis:

Answer: pyelonephritis

Question: The diagnostic term for a congenital defect in which the urinary meatus is located on the upper surface of the penis is:

Answer: epispadias

Question: the diagnostic term that means "state of undescended testes" is

Answer: cryptorchidism

Question: The surgical term Lithotripsy means:

Answer: crushing of a stone

Question: the diagnostic term hydro/cele in males literally means

Answer: water like fluid in the scrotal sac

Question: the term that means twisted or enlarged or distorted spermatic cord veins is:

Answer: varicocele

Question: The diagnostic term 'Cytoscopy' literally means:

Answer: procedure to view and examine the bladder

Question: The diagnostic term "Stag Horn Calculus" refers to _________.

Answer: deer antler shape - kidney stone

Question: The diagnostic term "In-continence" literally means _________ and is seen with the lack of control of the bladder or the rectum.

Answer: not contained

Question: the surgical term that actually means male sterilization is :

Answer: vasectomy

Question: the diagnostic term placenta previa actually indicates

Answer: low implantation

Question: A Pyelo/gram is an X-ray of:

Answer: the renal pelvis

Question: the term masteroctomy literally means

Answer: breast/out/cut/procedure

Question: the procedural term nephro/graph/y actually means

Answer: process of X-ray filming the kidney

Question: The medical term that means Scanty or Slight Urination is:

Answer: olig/uria

Question: The medical term Py/uria means:

Answer: pus in the urine

Question: The medical term hemat/uria means:

Answer: blood in the urine

Question: the diagnostic term that means painful menstrual discharge is:

Answer: dys/men/o/rrhea

Question: the diagnostic term abruptio placentae actually indicates

Answer: placental miscarriage

Question: the medical term for a procedure which literally means "to let down into"and that uses a reflex tube like device to draw or instill is :

Answer: catherization

Question: The term Di/urectic literally means double urine and actually means:

Answer: agent that increases the amount of urine

Question: The medical term Mictur/ation actually and literally means:

Answer: the process of urinating or voiding urine

Question: The diagnostic term Hydro/nephr/o/sis actually means:

Answer: condition of water backing up into kidney

Question: the diagnsotic term for an infection which normally ascends from the vagina, cervix, uterus, oviducts,and broad ligament and may be accompiated by a mucopurulent discharge is

Answer: pelvic inflammatory disorder

Question: The medical term which means excision of the uterus is:

Answer: hyster/ectomy

Question: the development of an individual from conception through pregnancy is:

Answer: gestation

Question: An unborn child from approximately the third month of pregnancy to birth is referred to as a:

Answer: fetus

Question: the term gravida usually means_, but it literally means

Answer: pregnant and heavy

Question: the term multi/cyesis literally means

Answer: many or multiple/pregnancy

Question: the combining word forms nat/o and toci-literally means

Answer: birth

Question: the combining forms that mean milk are

Answer: lact/o- and galacto-

Question: the combining form parto- that is used in the term partur/ition literally means

Answer: to give birth/process of

Question: the combining form fet/o- actually means

Answer: young

Question: the diagnostic term that means pregnancy outside of the uterus

Answer: ectopic

Question: the diagnostic term that means abnoramally low implantation of the placenta in the uterine wall is :

Answer: placenta previa

Question: the procedural term for the incision into the perinuem at the end of the 2nd stage of labor to avoid tearing is

Answer: episi/o/tom/y

Question: The medical term dys/men/o/rrhea actually means:

Answer: difficult and painful monthly flow

Question: Parturition in which the feet, arms, or buttock emerge first is called:

Answer: breech birth

Question: The diagnostic term Ectopic Pregnancy actually means:

Answer: pregnancy outside of the uterus

Question: a footed cell may also be referred to as

Answer: podocyte

Question: what term is used to describe blood vessels which take blood away from the Bowmen's capsule in the kidney?

Answer: efferent

Question: concentration of urine occurs in the renal medullary zone based on its name , where is the medullary zone located in the kidney

Answer: inner marrow -like pyramids

Question: a terat/oma

Answer: composed of different tissue not normally found in. location of the tumor

Question: cystitis may be associated with pyuria contains

Answer: pus

Question: which of the following refers to a procedure which literally means canal/viewing/procedure?

Answer: uretheroscopy

Question: the condition of epispadias results in

Answer: a defect in the top of the urethra

Question: the accumulation of serous fluid in a sac-like cavity results in a condition whose literal meaning is

Answer: water/ protrusion

Question: the term used to describe dialation of the pampiniform venous complex of the spermatic cord

Answer: varicocele

Question: the muscular wall of the uterus is called the:

Answer: myometrium

Question: the vagina leads from the labia to a structure whose name literally means "neck" this structure is called

Answer: cervix

Question: a hystrosalpingography is a procedure to visualize which of the following structures

Answer: fallopian tubes and uterus

Question: during paturition a patient may present with dystocia Dystocia literally means

Answer: difficult birth

Question: during paturition a "episiotomy 'prevents lacerations .Episiotomy means

Answer: pelvic floor, to cut , procedure

Question: a tumor of the uterine membrane lining may lie in a location outside the uterus. due to its location outside the uterus , it is termed

Answer: ectopic

Question: a patient with "colpoptosis" is expected to display protrusion of the :

Answer: vagina

Question: your patient is being treated with antibiotics for "mastitis" where is their infection:

Answer: breast