Male Reproductive System Flashcards
Test 4
hydr/o
water, fluid
inguin/o
groin
pen/o
penis
semin/i
semen, seed
terat/o
monster
zo/o
animal life
one
hormone
spadias
slit, fissure
andr/o
male
balan/o
glans penis
crypt/o
hidden
epididym/o
epididymis
genit/o
genitalia
gon/o
seed (ovum
gonad/o
gonads, sex glands
olig/o
scanty
orch/o
testes
orchi/o
testes
orchid/o
testes
test/o
testes
prostat/o
prostate gland
perine/o
perineum (between scrotum)
spermat/o
spermatozoa, sperm cells
sperm/o
spermatozoa, sperm cells
varic/o
dilated vein
vas/o
vessel, vas deferens, duct
vesicul/o
seminal vesicle
-cide
killing
-genesis
forming, producing, origin
-ism
condition
-spadias
slit, fissure
brachy-
short
epi-
above, upon
balanitis
inflammation of skin covering glans penis
hypogonadism
decrease or lack of hormones normally produced by gonads
hypospadias
congenital abnormality where male urethra is under penis
phimosis
narrowing of foreskin, cannot retract over glans penis
prostatitis
acute or chronic inflammation of prostate
spermatocele
abnormal fluid filled sac in epididymis
orchitis
painful swelling of one or both testes
orchiopexy
fixation of testes in scrotum
prostatectomy
removal of all or part of prostate
urethroplasty
reconstruction of urethra to relieve narrowing
vasectomy
removal of all or segment of vas deferens for male sterilization
spermatogenesis
formation of sperm in seminiferous tubules, begins at puberty