Obstetrics and Gynecology (Pt. 1)

Question 1

What is the role of the ova in human sustainability?

Answer 1

Ovaries begin the process of the continuation of the human race by producing egg cells called ova (singular is ovum).

Question 2

Fertilization

Answer 2

The joining of ovum and sperm, typically occurs in the fallopian (or uterine) tubes.

Question 3

Where does a fertilized ovum go to?

Answer 3

The fertilized ovum them implants in the lining of the uterus where the new embryo develops.

Question 4

Through what does a baby cross when being born?

Answer 4

During birth, the baby passes through the vagina as it enters the world.

Question 5

What nourishes the baby?

Answer 5

The baby is nourished by milk that made by the mother’s breast.

Question 6

What secretions arise from the ovaries?

Answer 6

The ovaries secrete the female sex hormones estrogen and progesterone, which regulate the reproductive cycle and produce the female secondary sexual characteristics.

Question 7

Gynecology

Answer 7

The branch of medicine that diagnoses and treats conditions of the female reproductive organs as well as provides general medical care for women.

Question 8

Obstretics

Answer 8

Specialize in pregnancy and childbirth; most physicians in this field train as both gynecologists and obstreticians at the same. However, they can choose to further specialize in only one of the two areas.

Question 9

amni/o

Answer 9

amnion

Question 10

cervic/o

Answer 10

neck, cervix

Question 11

chori/o

Answer 11

chorion

Question 12

colp/o

Answer 12

vagina

Question 13

embry/o

Answer 13

embryo

Question 14

episi/o

Answer 14

vulva

Question 15

fet/o

Answer 15

fetus

Question 16

gynec/o

Answer 16

woman, female

Question 17

hyster/o

Answer 17

uterus

Question 18

lapar/o

Answer 18

abdomen

Question 19

mamm/o

Answer 19

breast

Question 20

mast/o

Answer 20

breast