When nephroptosis occurs, one treament option could be to put the kidney back in place using surgery. Nephr/o/pexy is fixation of a prolapsed kidney. The suffix for surgical fixation is _____________.
Nephr/o/plasty is also a repair of the kidney. The specific type of repair to treat nephroptosis is ___________/ ___________/___________________.
Locate the renal pelvis in the illustration of the kidney on page 207. The renal pelvis is formed at the juncture of the calyces. pyel/o refers to the*____________.
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