HISTOLOGY
URINARY SYSTEM
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Question
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Word root for renal pelvis?
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pyel/o
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-pexy
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-ptosis
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-lysis
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The renal pelvis is occasionally called the pyelum (from Greek pýelos, “trough", ‘anything hollow’), and the combining form pyelo-denotes the renal pelvis (pyelo-is not to be confused with pyo-).
Detailed explanation-2: -Pyelo: a prefix that means that a term is related to the renal pelvis, e.g. pyelonephritis, pyelogram.
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