Female Reproductive System Flashcards
Gestation
Length of time from conception to birth
Amni/o
Amniotic sac
Cervic/o
Neck; cervix uteri
Colp/o
Vagina
Vagin/o
Vagina
Galact/o
Milk
Lact/o
Milk
Gynec/o
Woman, female
Hyster/o
Uterus (womb)
Metri/o
Uterus (womb)
Uter/o
Uterus (womb)
Mamm/o
Breast
Mast/o
Breast
Men/o
Menses, menstration
Nat/o
Birth
Oophor/o
Ovary
Ovari/o
Ovary
Perine/o
Perineum (area between vulva/ scrotum and the anus
Salping/o
Tube
-Arche
Beginning
-cyesis
Pregnancy
-gravida
Pregnant woman
-para
To bear
-salpinx
Tube
-tocia
Childbirth, labor
-version
Turning
Ante-
Before
Dys-
Bad, painful
Endo-
In, within
Multi-
Many
Post-
After
Primi-
First
Gynecology (GYN)
Branch of medicine, concerned with diseases of the female, reproductive organs & breast
Obstetrics (OB)
Branch of medicine that manages the health of the woman and her fetus during pregnancy and childbirth
Puerperium
42 days after childbirth
Endometriosis
Present a functional endometrial tissue in areas outside of the uterus
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Inflammation of the uterus,fallopian tubes, ovaries, and adjacent pelvic structures
Atresia
Congenital, absence or closure of normal body opening such as the vagina