Chapter 7 Key Terminology

Question 1

circum-

Answer 1

around

Question 2

crypt-

Answer 2

hidden

Question 3

non-

Answer 3

not

Question 4

trans-

Answer 4

through, across

Question 5

en-

Answer 5

in

Question 6

par-

Answer 6

near

Question 7

-ferous

Answer 7

pertaining to carrying

Question 8

-genesis

Answer 8

production, origin

Question 9

-plasia

Answer 9

formation

Question 10

-cision

Answer 10

process of cutting

Question 11

-graphy

Answer 11

process of recording

Question 12

-spadias

Answer 12

a rent or tear

Question 13

-stomy

Answer 13

new opening

Question 14

-one

Answer 14

substance that forms

Question 15

-ia

Answer 15

condition

Question 16

-ism

Answer 16

condition

Question 17

-cele

Answer 17

herniation, protrusion

Question 18

-rrhea

Answer 18

flow, discharge

Question 19

-pexy

Answer 19

fixation

Question 20

andr/o

Answer 20

male

Question 21

gonad/o

Answer 21

gonad (sex organ)

Question 22

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

Answer 22

testis, testicle

Question 23

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

Answer 23

spermatozoon

Question 24

scrot/o

Answer 24

scrotum

Question 25

semin/i

Answer 25

semen (sperm + glandular secretions)

Question 26

epididym/o

Answer 26

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

Question 27

vas/o

Answer 27

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

Question 28

vesicul/o

Answer 28

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

Question 29

prostat/o

Answer 29

prostate

Question 30

urethr/o

Answer 30

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

Question 31

pen/i, phall/o

Answer 31

penis

Question 32

balan/o

Answer 32

glans penis (enlarged tip of the penis)

Question 33

preputi/o

Answer 33

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

Question 34

coitus

Answer 34

sexual intercourse

Question 35

chord/o

Answer 35

cord

Question 36

zo/o

Answer 36

animal

Question 37

gynec/o

Answer 37

female

Question 38

hydr/o

Answer 38

water, fluid

Question 39

olig/o

Answer 39

scanty

Question 40

varic/o

Answer 40

varices (swollen, twisted veins)

Question 41

gon/o

Answer 41

seed

Question 42

aden/o

Answer 42

gland

Question 43

digit/o

Answer 43

digit (finger or toe)

Question 44

rect/o

Answer 44

rectum

Question 45

plethysm/o

Answer 45

volume

Question 46

son/o

Answer 46

sound