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URINARY SYSTEM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine
Synonyms:
apparatus urogenitalis; genitourinary apparatus; genitourinary system; systema urogenitale; urinary apparatus; urinary system; urogenital apparatus; urogenital system
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("urinary system" is a kind of...):
system (a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts)
Meronyms (parts of "urinary system"):
excretory organ; urinary organ (an organ that separates waste substances from the blood and discharges them)
genital system; reproductive system (organs and tissues involved in the production and maturation of gametes and in their union and subsequent development as offspring)
urinary tract (the organs and tubes involved in the production and excretion of urine)
urinary bladder (a membranous sac for temporary retention of urine)
ureter (either of a pair of thick-walled tubes that carry urine from the kidney to the urinary bladder)
urethra (duct through which urine is discharged in most mammals and which serves as the male genital duct)
Context examples:
Here are the names of some of them and where they look.: • Arthroscopy: joints • Bronchoscopy: lungs • Colonoscopy and sigmoidoscopy: large intestine • Cystoscopy and ureteroscopy: urinary system • Laparoscopy: abdomen or pelvis • Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy: esophagus and stomach
(Endoscopy, NIH)
The creation of an image of the kidneys and urinary system using an intravenously administered contrast medium.
(Intravenous pyelography, NCI Thesaurus)
