MA 700 Final Exam 2 – Questions With
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1 lith/o: 2 What is fasting?
3 ur/o: 4 hem/o, hemat/o:
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What is fasting? Involves abstaining from food and fluids (except
water) for a specified amount of time before the
collection of the specimen (usually 12 to 14 hours)
What is a specimen? A small sample or part taken from the body to
represent the nature of the whole
,It is important to handle the specimen If the specimen is collected or handled improperly,
collection appropriately. Why? the in vivo characteristics of the specimen may be
adversely affected which may cause inaccurate and
unreliable test results
- may cause interfering with the accurate diagnosis
and treatment of the patient's condition
cyst/o: bladder, sac
hem/o, hemat/o: blood
hydr/o: water
lith/o: stone(s), calculus
meat/o: meatus (opening)
nephr/o, ren/o: kidney
noct/i: night
olig/o: scanty, few
pyel/o: renal pelvis
py/o: pus
ur/o: urination, urine, urinary tract
ureter/o: ureter
urethr/o: urethra
-emia: blood condition
-iasis: condition
, -plasty: surgical repair
-tripsy: surgical crushing
-al: pertaining to
-ectomy: surgical removal, excision
-gram: record, radiographic image
-graphy: process of recording, radiographic imaging
-ia: diseased state, condition of
-itis: inflammation
-logist: one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)
-logy: study of
-osis: abnormal condition
-scopic: pertaining to visual examination
-scopy: visual examination
-stomy: creation of an artificial opening
-tomy: cut into, incision
a-, an-: absence of, without
dys-: difficult, painful, abnormal
anuria: condition of absence of urine
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Practice questions for this set
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stone(s), calculus
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1 lith/o: 2 What is fasting?
3 ur/o: 4 hem/o, hemat/o:
Don't know?
Terms in this set (153)
What is fasting? Involves abstaining from food and fluids (except
water) for a specified amount of time before the
collection of the specimen (usually 12 to 14 hours)
What is a specimen? A small sample or part taken from the body to
represent the nature of the whole
,It is important to handle the specimen If the specimen is collected or handled improperly,
collection appropriately. Why? the in vivo characteristics of the specimen may be
adversely affected which may cause inaccurate and
unreliable test results
- may cause interfering with the accurate diagnosis
and treatment of the patient's condition
cyst/o: bladder, sac
hem/o, hemat/o: blood
hydr/o: water
lith/o: stone(s), calculus
meat/o: meatus (opening)
nephr/o, ren/o: kidney
noct/i: night
olig/o: scanty, few
pyel/o: renal pelvis
py/o: pus
ur/o: urination, urine, urinary tract
ureter/o: ureter
urethr/o: urethra
-emia: blood condition
-iasis: condition
, -plasty: surgical repair
-tripsy: surgical crushing
-al: pertaining to
-ectomy: surgical removal, excision
-gram: record, radiographic image
-graphy: process of recording, radiographic imaging
-ia: diseased state, condition of
-itis: inflammation
-logist: one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)
-logy: study of
-osis: abnormal condition
-scopic: pertaining to visual examination
-scopy: visual examination
-stomy: creation of an artificial opening
-tomy: cut into, incision
a-, an-: absence of, without
dys-: difficult, painful, abnormal
anuria: condition of absence of urine
