Ch. 8 Female Reproductive System Study Guide

Question 1

What is the ovum?

Answer 1

Female gamete

Question 2

What is the medical term for pregnancy?

Answer 2

Gestation

Question 3

What is the area between the uterus and rectum?

Answer 3

Culdesac

Question 4

What is the vulva and its parts?

Answer 4

Labia majora

Question 5

What are the adnexa uteri?

Answer 5

Ovaries and fallopian tubes

Question 6

Another name for the ovarian sac:

Answer 6

Corpus Luteum

Question 7

What is hyaline membrane disease in the newborn?

Answer 7

Respiratory disorder in the neonate

Question 8

What is an episiotomy?

Answer 8

Incision of the perineum during childbirth

Question 9

The finger-like ends of the fallopian tubes:

Answer 9

Fimbriae

Question 10

The specialty concerned with the study and treatment of newborns:

Answer 10

Neonatology

Question 11

Sac containing the egg:

Answer 11

Ovarian Follicle

Question 12

What is FSH and where is it produced?

Answer 12

Hormone produced by an endocrine gland located below the brain

Question 13

What is a salpingectomy?

Answer 13

Removal of fallopian tubes and ovaries

Question 14

What is premature separation of the placenta known as?

Answer 14

Abruptio Placentae

Question 15

How would you describe a woman who has had three miscarriages and two live births?

Answer 15

Grav 5, para 2

Question 16

What is a D&C and what can it detect?

Answer 16

Dilation and curettage, Endometrial carcinoma may be detected

Question 17

What is gynecomastia?

Answer 17

Abnormal Development of breast tissue in males

Question 18

What is metrorrhagia?

Answer 18

Excessive flow of blood from the uterus between menstrual periods

Question 19

What is dystocia?

Answer 19

Difficult Labor and Delivery

Question 20

The first menstrual period:

Answer 20

menarche

Question 21

A patient presents to your office complaining of vaginal discharge, pain in the LLQ and
RLQ, dysmenorrhea, and a gonococcal infection. What is a likely diagnosis?

Answer 21

Pelvic inflammatory disease

Question 22

What is endometriosis?

Answer 22

Pieces of the inner lining of the uterus are ectopic

Question 23

What is leukorrhea and what is it associated with?

Answer 23

Vaginal discharge, associated with Cervicitis

Question 24

What is Luteinizing Hormone and which gland secretes it?

Answer 24

a chemical in your body that stimulates important processes in your reproductive system promotes ovulation, pituitary gland

Question 25

The muscular tube leading from the uterus:

Answer 25

Vagina

Question 26

Reproductive organs:

Answer 26

Genitalia

Question 27

Scraping of tissue:

Answer 27

Curettage

Question 28

Development of enlarged breasts in a male:

Answer 28

Gynecomastia

Question 29

The instrument used to visually examine the tube leading from the uterus:

Answer 29

Colposcope

Question 30

The organ in the pregnant uterus that provides nourishment to the fetus:

Answer 30

Placenta

Question 31

The monthly discharge of blood from the lining of the uterus:

Answer 31

Menstruation

Question 32

What is oophoritis?

Answer 32

Inflammation of an ovary

Question 33

The innermost membrane surrounding the developing embryo:

Answer 33

Amnion

Question 34

What is a mammary papilla?

Answer 34

glandular tissue is made up of branching ducts and terminal secretory lobules

Question 35

What is progesterone?

Answer 35

a hormone that supports menstruation and maintaining a pregnancy

Question 36

What is estrogen?

Answer 36

a category of sex hormone responsible for the development and regulation of the female reproductive system

Question 37

What does dilation mean?

Answer 37

he condition of being stretched or enlarged beyond normal dimensions especially as a result of overwork or disease or of abnormal relaxation

Question 38

What does the term carcinoma in situ mean?

Answer 38

ell changes show up as cancerous under a microscope, but they have not spread beyond where they first formed

Question 39

What is cervicitis?

Answer 39

Inflammation of the cervix

Question 40

What is the areola?

Answer 40

the circular darker-colored area of skin surrounding your nipple