chapter 12: reproductive system (female)

Question 1

amenorrhea

Answer 1

absence of menstrual discharge in women of childbearing age

Question 2

menorrhea

Answer 2

normal discharge

Question 3

dyspareunia

Answer 3

vaginal pain associated with sexual intercourse

Question 4

dysmenorrhea

Answer 4

abnormal pain during menstruation

Question 5

hematosalpinx

Answer 5

retained menstrual blood in a fallopian tube

Question 6

hydrosaplinx

Answer 6

fluid accumulation in fallopian tube

Question 7

saplingitis

Answer 7

inflammation within fallopian tube

Question 8

leukorrhea

Answer 8

white or yellow discharge from vagina; sign of infection

Question 9

mastalgia

Answer 9

condition of pain in the breast

Question 10

menorrhagia

Answer 10

profuse bleeding during manstruation

Question 11

metrorrhagia

Answer 11

abnormal discharge from uterus; abnormal bleeding from uterus between periods; spotting

Question 12

mittelschmerz

Answer 12

abdominal pain occurring during ovulation

Question 13

oligmenorrhea

Answer 13

abnormally reduced discharge during menstruation; sign of reproductive disease

Question 14

pyosaplinx

Answer 14

discharge of pus from a fallopian tube

Question 15

amastia

Answer 15

condition without breast

Question 16

polymastia

Answer 16

more than two elevated areas on the chest or abdomen with areola and nipple

Question 17

breast cancer

Answer 17

malignant tumor arising from breast tissue; common form is infiltrating ductal (IDC)

Question 18

dysplasia

Answer 18

cells begin to divide more rapidly to produce oddly shaped cells

Question 19

carcinoma in situ (CIS of the cervix)

Answer 19

“cancer in site”, presence of cancer in an organ before it spreads through metastasis; when occurring in cervix, it arises from cells of cervix

Question 20

cervical cancer

Answer 20

malignant tumor of the cervix; most common for is squamous cell carcinoma

Question 21

cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN)

Answer 21

abnormal development of cells within cervix resulting in tumor formation; can become cancerous