MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
THE URINARY SYSTEM
FILL IN THE BLANK KEY
ANATOMICAL TERMS
1. renal cortex
2. affer ent ar teriole
3. glomerulus
4. renal tubu le
5. nephron
6. calyces
7. urea
8. urethral meatus
9. renal pelvis
10. ure ter
11. pair of organs that filter wastes form the
blood
12. functiona l unit of the kidney
13. pal e yello w liqu id waste (95% wa ter)
14. soft inner part of the kidney
15. ves sel that carr ies blood away fr om the
glomeru lus
16. ves sel that carr ies blood to the
glomeru lus
17. bal l-shap ed collection of intertwined
capillar ies in a nep hron
18. external openin g of ur ethra
19. depression of k idney where vesse ls and
nerves enter
20. tube that carries urine fro m kidne y
to blad der
Outer part of kidney
Vessel carrying blood to glomer ulus
Ball of capill aries at top of ne phron
Stem portion of nephron
Functional unit of kidney
Ducts carrying urin e from nephr on to renal
pelvis
Waste produc t from liver
Outside open ing of canal carryi ng urine to
outside of bo dy
Basin-like por tion of ureter
Tube ca rrying urine from kidney to bladder
Kidneys
Nephron
Urine
Renal medulla
Efferen t arteriole
Afferen t arteriole
Glomerulus
Urethra l mea tus
Hilum
Ureter
SYMPTOMATIC AND DIAGNOS TIC TERMS
1. dysu ria
2. urethritis
3. polydipsia
4. oliguria
5. pyelitis
6. pyuria
7. ureterostenosis
8. hema turia
9. hydronephrosis
10. enuresis
11. inflamma tion of a kid ney
12. urin ation at night
13. sugar in the uri ne
14. abn ormal condi tion of the renal pelvis
Painful urina tion
Inflammation of canal carrying urine to
the outside
Excessive thirst
Scanty urine
Inflammation of kidney pe lvis
Pus in urine
Narrowing of kidney to bladder tube
Blood in urin e
Collection of urine in ren al pelvis
Involun tary d ischarge of urine
Nephritis
Nocturia
Glycosu ria
Pyelone phrosi s
