5.1 Urinary System Introduction
Learning Objectives
- Apply the rules of medical language to build, analyze, spell, pronounce, abbreviate, and define terms as they relate to the urinary system
- Identify meanings of key word components of the urinary system
- Categorize diagnostic, therapeutic, procedural, or anatomic terms related to the urinary system
- Use terms related to the urinary system
- Use terms related to the diseases and disorders of the urinary system
Introduction to the Urinary System
The urinary system filters waste products from the blood and produces urine. It also performs several additional physiological processes, such as regulating fluid volume and electrolyte levels, releasing hormones to control blood pressure and red blood cell production, and helping with bone health by controlling calcium and phosphorus levels.
This chapter will review common word components related to the urinary system to assist students in learning how to analyze, build, and define terms. Other urinary terms, whose definitions cannot be easily built from word components, will be described in context based on the anatomy and physiology of the urinary system and common diseases and disorders. Medical specialists, diagnostic tests, and procedures related to the urinary system will also be discussed.
View the following YouTube video[1] on the urinary system: Urinary System, Part 1: Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology #38
- CrashCourse. (2015, October 12). Urinary system, Part 1: Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology #38 [Video]. YouTube. All rights reserved. https://youtu.be/l128tW1H5a8?si=qJRaF8EPQrVMMkqQ ↵
