Health dictionary - U

A sore spot on your skin or mucous membrane, for instance, a mouth ulcer.

One of the bones in your arm on the opposite side of your arm to the radius.

This scan uses sound waves instead of x-rays to show your insides. It's very like the scan most women have when they're pregnant.

This is a tube that leads from each kidney to your bladder. Once your kidneys have made urine, it flows down each ureter to your bladder.

This is the tube inside the body that urine passes down from the bladder to outside of the body. In men the urethra runs inside the penis. In women it runs above the vagina.

The medical word for wee. It’s a mixture of water and other waste products and is produced by your kidneys.

This consists of your kidneys, ureters, urethra, and bladder. They all work together to get rid of the waste stuff (wee) from your body.

The study of your urinary system. Doctors who specialise in urology are called urologists.