Ex.

1 Write the medical terms for these definitions

1. The practice of medicine specializing in the urinary tract Urology

2. The practitioner who diagnoses, treats, and performs surgery Urologists
on the urinary system in the female and on the urinary and
reproductive system in the male.
3. The medical term refers to a person who can live with only nephrectomy
one kidney, so a diseased kidney may be removed is ______.
4. The removal of adhesions in the kidney Nephrolysis
5. the creation of an opening in the kidney leading to the outside nephrostomy
of the body
6. surgical removal of a kidney stone Nephrolithotomy
A surgical operation to remove a stone in the kidney
7. surgical affixing in place of a floating kidney Nephropexy
8. suturing of a damaged kidney Nephrorrhaphy
9. An incision into the renal pelvis is called a ______ pyelotomy
10. _______ is the surgical repair of the renal pelvis. Pyeloplasty
11. Surgical repair of a ureter is _______ Ureteroplasty
12. ______ is the suture of a damaged ureter Ureterorrhaphy
13. ______ is the surgical removal of a diseased ureter Ureterectomy
14. ______ is the removal of the bladder (usually when cancer is Cystectomy
present)
15. Surgical fixing of the bladder to the abdominal wall is Cystopexy
______.
16. ______ is the surgical repair of a bladder Cystoplasty
17. ______ is the suturing of a damaged bladder. Cystorrhaphy
18. The urethra may also need surgical repair Urethroplasty
19. The urethra may also need surgical fixation urethropexy
20. The urethra may also need suturing Urethrorrhaphy
21. Surgical creation of an opening between the urethra and the Urethrostomy
skin
22. ______ is the surgical enlargement of the opening of the Meatotomy
meatus
23. A narrowing in the urethra may require a ______, a surgical urethrotomy
incision to enlarge the narrowed area.
24. ______ is the creation of an artificial opening in the Urostomy
abdomen through which urine exits the body
25. A ______ is an endoscope used to cut and remove lesions in resectoscope
parts of the urinary system.