Ch. 14 Flashcards
Circumcision
Surgical removal of the end of the prepuce (foreskin)
Androgen
Any hormone that produces male characteristics
Test/o
Testis, testicle
Orchi/o, orchid/o
Testis
Osche/o
Scrotum
Semin
Semen
Sperm/i, spermat/o
Semen, spermatozoa
Epididym/o
Epididymis
Vas/o
Vas deferens, ductus deferens; also vessel.
Vesicul/o
Seminal vesicle
Prostat/o
Prostate
Anorchism
Absence of a testis
Oscheal
Pertaining to the scrotum.
Oscheoplasty
Plastic repair of the scrotum.
Plastic repair of a testis
Orchioplasty
Deficiency of semen
Oligospermia
Tumor is the scrotum
Oscheoma
Cryptorchidism
Failure of the testis to descend into the scrotum.
Vasectomy
Excision if the vas deferens. Usually bilaterally to produce sterility.
Hydrocele
The accumulation of fluid in a sac-like cavity, especially within the covering of the testis or spermatic cord.
Seminoma
A tumor of the testis.
Spermatocele
An epididymis cyst containing spermatozoa
Varicocele
Enlargement of the veins of the spermatic cord.
GU
Genitourinary
HBV
Hepatitis B virus
PSA
Prostate-specific antigen
TSE
Testicular self-examination
UG
Urogenital
Vasectomy
Excision of the ductus deferens
Circumcision
Surgical removal of the foreskin
Phimosis
Narrowing of the foreskin opening
Seminoma
Tumor of the testis.
Spermatocele
Epididymal cyst.
Vasorrhaphy
Suture of the vas deferens.
Anorchism
Absence of a testis
Oscheoma
Tumor of the scrotum.
Stone in the scrotum
Oscheolith
Plastic repair of the scrotum
Oscheoplasty
Surgical creation of an opening between 2 parts of a cut ductus deferens (done to reverse a vasectomy)
Vasovasostomy
Overdevelopment of tissue
Hyperplasia
The adjective oscheal refers to the seminal vesicle
False
Scrotum.
Adjective of prostate
Prostatic
Adjective of urethra
Urethral
PSA
Prostate-specific antigen
GU
Genitourinary
Destruction of sperm cells
Spermatolysis
Cryptorchidism
Meanings
Undescended testis
Crypt-: hidden
Orchid/o: testis
-ism: condition of
Vasovesiculitis
Inflammation of the ductus deferens and seminal vesicle
Vas/o: vas (ductus) deferens
Vesicul/o: seminal vesicle
-itis: inflammation