Chapter 11 - Male Reproductive Medicine

Question 1

Where is the prostrate located?

Answer 1

at the base of the urinary bladder

Question 2

crypt/o-

Answer 2

hidden

Question 3

orchid/o-

Answer 3

testis

Question 4

What are all the combining forms for “testis?”

Answer 4

1. didym/o-
2. orchid/o-
3. orchi/o-
4. orch/o-
5. test/o-
6. test/i-

Question 5

What is a seminoma?

Answer 5

a painless lump in the testis associated w/ testicular cancer

Question 6

What are the combining forms for “sexual intercourse?”

Answer 6

pareun/o-

coit/o-

Question 7

What is another name for the foreskin?

Answer 7

prepuce

Question 8

What is orchitis?

Answer 8

infection or inflammation of the testes caused bacterial or viral infection, childhood infection of mumps, or trauma

Question 9

What is phimosis?

Answer 9

congenital condition in which the opening of the foreskin is too small to allow it to be pulled back from the glans penis

Question 10

What is a gamete?

Answer 10

a cell that has 23 chromosomes instead of the usual 46

Question 11

AIDS

Answer 11

acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Question 12

BPH

Answer 12

benign prostatic hyperplasia

Question 13

DRE

Answer 13

digital rectal examination

Question 14

ED

Answer 14

erectile dysfunction

Question 15

FSH

Answer 15

follicle-stimulating hormone

Question 16

GC

Answer 16

gonococcus (Neisseria gonorrhoeae)

Question 17

GU

Answer 17

gonococcal urethritis

Question 18

HoLEP

Answer 18

holmium laser enucleation of the prostate

Question 19

LH

Answer 19

luteinizing hormone

Question 20

PAE

Answer 20

prostate artery embolization

Question 21

PAP

Answer 21

prostatic acid phosphatase

Question 22

PSA

Answer 22

prostate-specific antigen

Question 23

PUL

Answer 23

prostate urethral lift

Question 24

PVP

Answer 24

photoselective vaporization of the prostate

Question 25

RPR

Answer 25

rapid plasma reagin (test for syphilis)

Question 26

TRUS

Answer 26

transrectal ultrasound

Question 27

TSE

Answer 27

testicular self-examination

Question 28

TUMT

Answer 28

transurethral microwave therapy

Question 29

TUNA

Answer 29

transurethral needle ablation

Question 30

TURP

Answer 30

transurethral resection of the prostate

Question 31

VDRL

Answer 31

Venereal Disease Research Laboratory