Ch. 15 Reproductive System Flashcards
andr/o
male, man, stamen of a flower
pen/i
penis
phall/o
penis
test/o
testicle, testis
testicul/o
testicle, testis
orch/o
testicle; orchid (the flower)
orchid/o
testicle; orchid (the flower)
gonad/o
testicle or ovary
didym/o
testicle, twin
-didymus
conjoined twins, twin
-pagus
conjoined twins
epididym/o
epididymis (seminal organ resting on the poster aspect of the testicle)
scrot/o
scrotum (pouch of skin containing the testicles)
osche/o
scrotum
gland/o
gland, glans, acorn
balan/o
glans penis, acorn
prostat/o
prostate
preputi/o
foreskin
perine/o
perineum (area between the genitals and anus on males and females)
vas/o
vas deferens, any vessel (fluid carrying)
semin/o
semen (male ejaculate), seed
sperm/o
sperm (part of the male ejaculate), seed
spermat/o
sperm (part of the male ejaculate), seed
gon/o
generation, genitals, semen
-gony
generation, genitals, semen
zo/o
something living; animal
priap/o
penis, erection
satyr/o
satyr-like, sexual desire
campt/o
bent, crooked
-campsis
bent, crooked
ithy-
straight
brachy-
short
gynec/o
female, woman, pistil of a flower
thely/o
female
uter/o
uterus
hyster/o
uterus
metr/o
uterus
ovari/o
ovary
oophor/o
ovary
ov/o
egg, ovum
o/o
egg, ovum
salping/o
fallopian (uterine) or eustachian tube, a long tubular structure
-salpinx
fallopian (uterine) or eustachian tube, a long tubular structure
fimbri/o
fringe of the fallopian tube, fringe, border
cervic/o
neck of the uterus, neck or neck-like structure
vagin/o
the female vagina, a sheath-like structure
colp/o
the female vagina
kolp/o
the female vagina
vulv/o
vulva (external female genitalia), covering
pudend/o
external genitalia (esp. female), vulva
episi/o
pubic region, vulva
pubi/o
pubic region, pubic bone
clitor/o
clitoris (*female erectile organ)
clitorid/o
clitoris (*female erectile organ)
labi/o
labia of the vulva (labia majora, labia minora), lips
nymph/o
labia minora; young female, developmental stage of insects
hymen/o
membrane, the female hymen; mucous membrane that partially covers the entrance to the vagina
mamm/o
breast
mast/o
breast
maz/o
breast
mammill/o
nipple, nipple-like structure
papill/o
nipple, nipple-like structure
thel/o
nipple, nipple-like structure
-thele
nipple, nipple-like structure
men/o
menstruation
menstru/o
menstruation
phallos
Greek word for the penis, also used for a statue or symbol of an erect penis
oligospermia
low sperm count in semen
spermatozoon
a single sperm cell
azoospermia
lack of living sperms
gymnosperm
naked or exposed seed (plant)
gymnasium
literally meant ‘naked place’
seminuria
semen in urine