Urinary System Word Parts

cyst/o

• bladder
• tube
• tumor
• water

nephr/o

• bladder
• tube
• kidney
• liver

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

pyel/o

• ureter
• stone
• kidney
• renal pelvis

ureter/o

• ureter
• bladder
• urethra
• renal pelvis

urethr/o

• ureter
• urine
• urethra
• kidney

-pexy

• surgical fixation
• surgical removal
• surgical inflammation
• surgical disease

What is the combining form for stone?

• noct/i
• ren/o
• lith/o
• ur/o

What is the suffix meaning "to crush"?

• -megaly
• -tripsy
• -osis
• -ptosis

what term means hernia, tumor, or swelling

• ur/o
• -pexy
• -cele
• -lysis

what term means through, between, apart, or complete? 

• -cele
• dia-
• -lysis
• -tripsy