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Creative Study Chapter 14 Flashcards

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USMLE® Step 1 flashcards
1
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What are the functions of the female reproductive system?

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Producing female sex hormones; Propagating life by placing oocytes; Providing place for implantation and nurturing of fertilized oocyte through embryonic and fetal stages to birth; Producing an infant’s first source of nutrition

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womb

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pear-shaped organ in the pelvic cavity in which the embryo develops

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fundus

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upper portion of the uterus

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endometrium

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lining of the uterus that sheds approximately every 28 to 30 days in a nonpregnant woman

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myometrium

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muscular wall of the uterus

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uterine (fallopian) tubes

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extend from each side of the uterus toward ovary the provides passage for ova to uterus

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cervix

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neck of the uterus

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cervical os

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opening of the cervix to the uterus

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ovary

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one of two glands located on each side of the pelvic cavity that produces ova and female sex hormones

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mammary glands (breasts)

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contain two glands that are capable of producing milk

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mammary papilla

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Nipple; Areola (dark-pigmented area around the nipple)

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-arche

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beginning

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cervic/o

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neck or cervix

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colp/o

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vagina (sheath)

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vagin/o

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vagina (sheath)

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episi/o

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vulva (covering)

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vulv/o

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vulva (covering)

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gynec/o

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woman

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hyster/o

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uterus

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metr/o

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uterus

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uter/o

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uterus

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lact/o

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milk

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mamm/o

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breast

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mast/o

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breast

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men/o

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menstruation, menses

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obstetr/o

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midwife

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oo-

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egg

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oophor/o

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ovary

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ovari/o

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ovary

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ov/i

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egg

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ov/o

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egg

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pelv/i

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pelvis (basin); hip bone

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salping/o

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uterine (fallopian) tube; Eustachian tube

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toc/o

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labor or birth

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