The Combining Form Path/o- Means

question 74

Multiple Choice

The combining form path/o- means:

• A)disease; suffering.
• B)medicine; drug.
• C)mind.
• D)physician; medicine.

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Definitions:

Mammalian Kidney

A pair of organs in mammals responsible for filtering waste products from the blood and excreting them in urine.

Anterior and Posterior

Terms used to describe the positioning of structures within the body, with anterior referring to the front side and posterior to the back side.

Renal Corpuscle

A key structure in the nephron of a kidney, comprising the glomerulus and Bowman's capsule, which filters blood to form urine.

Glomerular Capillaries

Glomerular capillaries are a network of small blood vessels within the kidney's glomerulus that play a crucial role in filtering blood to form urine.