Lab Final

Question 1

Acrosin

Answer 1

Major proteinase present in the acrosome of mature spermatozoa.

Question 2

Amniotic cavity

Answer 2

Closed sac between the embryo and the amnion, containing the amniotic fluid.

Question 3

Andropause

Answer 3

Gradual and highly variable decline in the production of androgenic hormones and especially testosterone in the human male together occur during and after middle age .

Question 4

Azotemia

Answer 4

Excess of urea and other nitrogenous wastes in the blood as a result of kidney insufficiency.

Question 5

Blastomeres

Answer 5

Cell produced during cleavage of a fertilized egg.

Question 6

Cervical dysplasia

Answer 6

Abnormal cells found on the surface of the cervix.

Question 7

Colostrum

Answer 7

Milk secreted for a few days after parturition and characterized by high protein and antibody content.

Question 8

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD)

Answer 8

Peritoneal dialysis involving the continuous presence of dialysis solution in the peritoneal cavity.

Question 9

Cystocele

Answer 9

Hernia of a bladder and especially the urinary bladder .

Question 10

Cystoscopy

Answer 10

Use of a cystoscope to examine the bladder.

Question 11

Eclampsia

Answer 11

Convulsions or coma late in pregnancy in an individual affected with preeclampsia.

Question 12

Ectopic pregnancy

Answer 12

Gestation elsewhere than in the uterus (as in a fallopian tube or in the peritoneal cavity).

Question 13

Emission

Answer 13

Discharge of fluid from a living body.

Question 14

Endometriosis

Answer 14

The presence and growth of functioning endometrial tissue in places other than the uterus that often results in severe pain and infertility.

Question 15

Enuresis

Answer 15

Involuntary discharge of urine.

Question 16

Erectile dysfunction

Answer 16

Chronic inability to achieve or maintain an erection satisfactory for sexual intercourse.

Question 17

Estradiol

Answer 17

Natural estrogenic hormone that is a phenolic alcohol secreted chiefly by the ovaries.

Question 18

Fundus

Answer 18

The bottom of or part opposite the aperture of the internal surface of a hollow organ. (ex. the large upper end of the uterus)

Question 19

Genetics

Answer 19

Branch of biology that deals with the heredity and variation of organism.

Question 20

Genital herpes

Answer 20

Inflammatory diseases of the skin caused by herpesviruses and characterized by clusters of vesicles, affecting the genitals.

Question 21

Glucosuria

Answer 21

Abnormal presence of glucose in the urine resulting from the ingestion of large amounts of carbohydrate or from a metabolic disease, such as diabetes mellitus.

Question 22

Gynecology

Answer 22

Branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and routine physical care of the reproductive system of women.

Question 23

Hemodialysis

Answer 23

A machine filters wastes, salts and fluid from your blood when your kidneys are no longer healthy enough to do this work adequately. Hemodialysis is the most common way to treat advanced kidney failure.

Question 24

Hydrocele

Answer 24

Accumulation of serous fluid in a sacculated cavity (as the scrotum).

Question 25

Hysterectomy

Answer 25

Surgical removal of the uterus.

Question 26

Infertility

Answer 26

Incapable of or unsuccessful in achieving pregnancy over a considerable period of time.

Question 27

Inhibin

Answer 27

Glycoprotein hormone secreted by the pituitary gland and in the male by the Sertoli cells and in the female by the granulosa cells and that inhibits the secretion of follicle-stimulating hormone.

Question 28

Karyotyping

Answer 28

The action or process of studying karyotypes or of making representations of them.

Question 29

Karotypes

Answer 29

chromosomal characteristics of a cell

Question 30

Maturity

Answer 30

The quality or state of being mature.