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Reproduction Terms Flashcards

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Prepuce

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The retractable fold of skin covering the glans penis.

Sometimes called the foreskin

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Os penis

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A bone encased in the penile tissue. Found in dogs

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Mammary glands

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Milk producing glands in females

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Estrous cycle

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Sometimes called the heat cycle, occurs at the onset of puberty and continues through the Animals life. Prepares the uterus to accept a fertilized ovum

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Proestrus

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Period of the estrous cycle before sexual receptivity. Proestrus involves the secretion of FSH by the pituitary gland, which causes the follicles to develop in the ovary. FSH stimulates ovarian release of estrogen, which helps prepare the reproductive tract for pregnancy.

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Estrus

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Period of the estrous cycle in which the female is receptive to the male. Ovulation happens in the stage

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Ovulation

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Graafian follicle ruptures and releases its egg

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Heat

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When ovulation occurs in an animal

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Diestrus

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Period of the estrous cycle after meterstrus. This short phase of inactivity and quietness is seen in polyestrous animals before the onset of proestrus

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Anestrus

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Period of the estrous cycle when the animal is sexually quiet.

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Monestrous

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Having one estrous or heat cycle per year

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Polyestrous

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Having more than one estrous or heat cycle per year

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Spontaneous ovulators

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Animals in which ovum release occurs cyclically

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Induced ovulators

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Animals in which the ovum is released only after copulation

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Seasonally

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Pertaining to a specific time of year

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Copulate

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Sexual intercourse

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Placenta

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The female organ of mammals that develops during pregnancy and joins mother and offspring for exchange of nutrients, oxygen, and waste products

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Embyro

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The developing zygote after implantation

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Fetus

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An unborn animal. This term is usually used more toward the end of pregnancy

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Gestation

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The period of development of the fetus in the uterus from conception to parturition

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Viable

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When a fetus is cable of living outside the mother

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Parturition

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The act of giving birth

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Antepartum

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The period before the onset of labor

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Postpartum

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The period immediately after labor

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Delivery

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Expulsion of the fetus

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Neonate

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Term for a newborn animal

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Meconium

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The first stool of a newborn that consists of material collected on the intestines of the fetus

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Presentation

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The orientation of the fetus before delivery

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Cranial presentation

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a presentation in which the legs and head are directed toward the cervix

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Caudal presentation

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The pelvis and rear legs are directed toward the cervix

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Transverse presentation

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Involves the fetus laying across the cervix, and normal parturition is not achieved

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Breech presentation

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The tail of the fetus is presented first and delivery may or may not be obstructed

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Radiography

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Procedure in which film is exposed as ionizing radiation passes through the patient and shows the internal body structures in profile

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Ultrasound

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Diagnostic test using high- frequency waves to evaluate internal structures

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Abortion

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Termination of the pregnancy or premature expulsion of a nonviable fetus

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Cryptorchidism

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Developmental defect in which one or both of the testes fail to descend into the scrotum

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Dystocia

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Difficult birth

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Mastitis

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Inflammation of the mammary glands

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Paraphimosis

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Retraction of the skin of the prepuce causing a painful swelling of the glans penis that prevents the penis from being retracted

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Prostatitis

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Inflammation of the prostate

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Pseudocyesis

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False pregnancy

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Pyometra

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Pus in the uterus

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Retained placenta

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Non- passage of the placenta after delivery of the fetus. Can lead to metritis and infertility in the female

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Sterility

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Inability to reproduce

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Uterine prolapse

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Protrusion of the uterus through the vaginal orifice

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Vaginal prolapse

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Protrusion of the vagina through the vaginal wall or vaginal orifice

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Cesarean section

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Delivery of offspring through an incision in the maternal abdominal and uterine walls also called c- section

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Mastectomy

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Surgical removal of the mammary gland or breast

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Neuter

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To sexually alter males

50
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Intact

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Capable of reproduction

51
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Ovariohysterectomy

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Surgical removal of the ovaries, uterine tubes and uterus. Also called spay , abb. OHE or OVH

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