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Chapter 7 Key Terminology Flashcards

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circum-

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around

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crypt-

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hidden

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non-

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not

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trans-

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through, across

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en-

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in

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par-

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near

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-ferous

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pertaining to carrying

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-genesis

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production, origin

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-plasia

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formation

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-cision

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process of cutting

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-graphy

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process of recording

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-spadias

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a rent or tear

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-stomy

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new opening

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-one

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substance that forms

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-ia

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condition

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-ism

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condition

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-cele

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herniation, protrusion

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-pexy

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fixation

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andr/o

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male

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gonad/o

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gonad (sex organ)

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

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testis, testicle

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sperm/o, spermat/o (gametes = sex cells)

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spermatozoon

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scrot/o

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scrotum

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semin/i

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semen (sperm + glandular secretions)

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epididym/o

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epididymis (coiled tubes at the posterior part of the testis that stores sperm as it matures)

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vas/o

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vas deferens, ductus deferens (narrow tube in the male reproductive system that carries sperm from the epididymis towards the urethra – one tube per testis)

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vesicul/o

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seminal vesicles (accessory glands that nourish the sperm and make up most of the content of semen)

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prostat/o

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prostate

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urethr/o

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urethra (the tube that leads from the bladder to the outside of the body)

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pen/i, phall/o

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penis

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balan/o

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glans penis (enlarged tip of the penis)

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preputi/o

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prepuce, foreskin (the fold of skin that covers the glans penis)

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coitus

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sexual intercourse

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chord/o

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cord

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zo/o

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animal

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gynec/o

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female

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hydr/o

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water, fluid

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olig/o

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scanty

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varic/o

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varices (swollen, twisted veins)

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gon/o

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seed

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aden/o

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gland

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digit/o

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digit (finger or toe)

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rect/o

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rectum

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plethysm/o

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volume

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son/o

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sound

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