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Chapter 11: Reproductive System Flashcards

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cervic/o

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cervix

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colp/o, vagin/o

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vagina

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gynec/o

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female

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hyster/o, uter/o

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uterus

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metr/o (occasionally metr/i)

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uterine tissue

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oophor/o, ovar/o

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ovary

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7
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salping/o

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uterine tube (fallopian tube)

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vulv/o

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vulva (external genitalia)

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9
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-cidal

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killing

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cyst/o, vesic/o

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bladder, cyst or sac

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genit/o

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genitals

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12
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gonad/o

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genitals or reproduction

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13
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men/o

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month

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14
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-plasia

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development or formation

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15
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rect/o

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rectum

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urethr/o

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urethra

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17
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urin/o

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urine

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18
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amni/o

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amnion

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fet/o

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fetus

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20
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nat/i

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birth

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21
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par/o

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to bear offspring

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22
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-para

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a woman who has given birth

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23
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gon/o

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genitals or reproduction

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orchi/o, orchid/o, test/o, testicul/o

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testes

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pen/o

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penis

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prostat/o

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prostate

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scrot/o

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scrotum, bag

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semin/o

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ser/o

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spermat/o

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spermatozoa (sperm)

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urethr/o

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vas/o

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vessel or duct, sometimes ductus deferens (vas deferens)

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Passageway of sperm

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seven up: seminiferous tubules of the testes (sperm production), epididymis (sperm storage), ductus deferens, ejaculatory duct, urethra, penis

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bacterial STDs

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gonorrhea, syphilis, chlamydial infection, chancroid, nonspecific genital infection

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viral STDs

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AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), herpes genitalis (herpes), condyloma acuminatum (warts), hepatitis B, C, D.

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Protozoal STDs

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trichomoniasis

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fungal STD

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candidiasis (vulvovaginitis)

38
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parasitic STD

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pubic lice

39
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Layers of uterine tissue (innermost to outermost)

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endometrium, myometrium, perimetrium

40
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another word for menopause

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climacteric

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amenorrhea

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absence of menstruation

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dysmenorrhea

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painful menstruation

43
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menorrhagia

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excessive flow during menstruation

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metrorrhagia

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bleeding from uterus (not during menses)

45
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fistula

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abnormal, tubelike passage between two internal organs or an internal organ and the body surface

46
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types of fistulas

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rectovaginal, vesicovaginal

47
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coitus

48
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conization of the cervix

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excision of a cone of cerix

49
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D&C

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dilation and curettage (expansion of cervical opening and scraping of uterine wall)

50
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radical hysterectomy

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removal of uterus, cervix, ovaries, uterine tubes, nearby lymph nodes and channels

51
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hcg

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human chorionic gonadotropin

52
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after 8 weeks an embryo is called a…

53
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parturition

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childbirth

54
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types of fetal presentation

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cephalic, breech, shoulder (transverse)

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chorionic villus sampling

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sampling of placental tissue

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abruptio placentae

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separation of placenta from uterine wall

57
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erythroblastosis fetalis

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hemolytic disease of a newborn

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placenta previa

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placenta sits on cervix (impinges or covers upper part of cervix)

59
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transurethral microwave thernotherapy

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treatment of bph with microwave energy

60
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transurethral needle ablation

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treatment of bph using radio frequency

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resection

62
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vasovasostomy

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reconnecting severed vas deferens (vasectomy reversal)

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rhythm method

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calendar method of abstinence

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cryptorchidism

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undescended testicle

65
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a lesion characteristic of the primary stage of syphilis

66
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a malignant lesion of aids

A

kaposi sarcoma

67
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the std caused by trichomonas vaginalis

A

trichomoniasis

Medical Terminology (11 decks)

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