Urinary

• Kidneys - bean-shaped structures that filter blood and remove waste products
• Renal Pelvis - collects urine produced by kidneys and empties into ureters
• Ureter- transports urine to bladder
• Urinary Bladder - stores urine until excreted
• Urethra - transports urine from bladder through urethral meatus
• Basic anatomy of kidney:

  
• Urinary System Structure:

  
• ureter/o - ureter
• urethr/o - urethra
• glomeru/o -glomerulus
• pyel/o - renal pelvis
• cyst/o - bladder
• ren/o - kidney
• nephr/o - kidney
• dia- - through, between, apart, complete
• -tripsy - to crush
• -uria - urination, urine
• -ectasis - stretching, dilation, enlargement
• -pexy - surgical fixation
• ur/o - urine, urinary tract
• lith/o - stone, calculus