chapter 9 Flashcards
andr/o
male—-androgen
balan/o
penis—balanitis
cry/o
cold—cryogenic surgery
cryt/.o
hidden—crytorchidism
epididym/o
epididymis==one of a pair of long tightly coied tubes on topof each testis ,it carries sperm from the seminiferous tubules to the vas deferens
gon/o
seed—-gonorrhea=bacteria
hydr/o
water, fluid
orch/o,orchi/o, orchid/o
testis, testicle—orchiectomy=castration in male
pen/o
penis–penil=pertaining to
prostat/o
prostate gland
semin/i
semen, seed–seminiferous tubules
-ferous
pertaining to bearing, carrying
sperm/o, spermat/o
spermatozoa, semen—olgospermia
terat/o
monster–teratoma
test/o
testis, testicle
varic/o
varicose veins—varicocele
vas/o
vessel, duct, vas deferens
zo/o
animal life—azoospermia==lack of sperm in the semen
–genesis
formation
–one
hormone
–pexy
fixation, put in place==orchiopexy
-stomy
new opening==vasovasostomy
