Female Reproductive System Flashcards
Define leukorrhoea
White or yellowish discharge from the cervix or vagina
leuk/o = white
rrhoea = flow / discharge
Define Bartholinitis
Inflammation of one or both of the Bartholin’s glands
bartholin/o = Bartholin’s gland
itis = inflammation of
Define procidentia - Clue: It’s a type of prolapse
Complete prolapse of the uterus outside the vulva
Explain what a bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy is?
Removal of the Fallopian tubes and ovaries on both sides
salping/o = Fallopian (uterine) tube
oophor/o = ovary
ectomy = excision of / surgical removal of
Explain what a colpoperineoplasty is?
Plastic repair of the perineum and vagina
colp/o = vagina
perine/o = perineum
plasty = plastic / surgical repair / reconstruction
Name the medical term for severe itching of the vulva? (2 words)
Pruritus vulvae
Name the syndrome which occurs monthly prior to menstruation?
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)
Name the procedure, which is for closure of the vagina by suturing, usually following a prolapse? Clue: 12 letters
Colpocleisis
colp/o = vagina
cleisis = (surgical) closure
Name the medical word for inflammation of the mucous membrane of the cervix? Clue: you may forget the first part of this medical word which means ‘in/into/within’
Endocervicitis
endo = in / into / within
cervic/o = neck (of the body or the uterus) / cervix
itis = inflammation of
Name the procedure which involves removal of the entire uterus and dissection of region lymph nodes? (2 words, layman’s term not overly medical)
Radical hysterectomy (also called Wertheim’s operation)
Name the term for congenital absense of the vulva or vagina (1 medical word) followed by ‘of the vulva or vagina’
Atresia of the vulva or vagina
Name the medical term for genital warts (2 medical words - very complicated). Condy?oma Acum????um
Condyloma acuminatum
Name the term for when endometrial tissue is found in abnormal locations?
Endometriosis
Name the term for fixation of a displaced ovary?
Oophoropexy
Name the term for incision and drainage of a breast abscess?
Mastotomy
Name the innermost layer of the uterine wall?
Endometrium
Name the gland that produces and secretes milk? (2 words)
Mammary gland
Name the tube that connects the uterus to the outside of the body?
Vagina
Name the gland that secrets fluid to lubricate the vagina during intercourse?
Bartholin’s gland
Name the hollow muscular structure where the fetus grows?
Uterus
Name a fully mature follicle?
Graafian follicle
Name the female gonads / sex organs?
Ovaries
What is the collective name for the female external genitalia?
Vulva
Name the neck of the uterus (2 words)
Cervix uteri
Name the tubes that connects the ovaries to the uterus?
Fallopian tubes
