REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

Question 1

salping/o; salpinx

Answer 1

fallopian tubes

Question 1

hyster/o; metr/o; metri/o; uter/o

Answer 1

uterus

Question 2

colp/o; vagin/o

Answer 2

vagina

Question 3

oophor/o; ovari/o

Answer 3

ovaries

Question 4

men/o

Answer 4

menstruation

Question 5

-pareunia; coitus

Answer 5

sex

Question 6

endometriosis

Answer 6

endometrial lining grows outside uterus and in abdominal cavity

Question 7

pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)

Answer 7

inflammatory disease in pelvic area –> bacterial infection travels up through fallopian tubes

Question 8

obstetrician

Answer 8

• midwife
• M.D. trained in pregnancy and delivery of babies
• needs to be a gynaecologist too

Question 9

gynaecologist

Answer 9

physician –> treatment of female reproductive system

Question 10

-gravida

Answer 10

pregnancy

Question 11

-para

Answer 11

live birth

Question 12

placent/o

Answer 12

placenta –> lining of uterus that holds fetus

Question 13

cervic/o

Answer 13

cervix

Question 14

mast/o; mamm/o

Answer 14

breast

Question 15

gyno-

Answer 15

women

Question 16

pen/i; phall/i

Answer 16

penis

Question 17

orch/o; orchid/o; test/i; test/o

Answer 17

testicles

Question 18

scrotum

Answer 18

scrotum

Question 19

sperm

Answer 19

sperm (male sex cell)

Question 20

vas deferens

Answer 20

long narrow duct out through penis

Question 21

seminal vesicles

Answer 21

contain semen, gland that secrets important fluid –> mobility of sperm

Question 22

prostate gland

Answer 22

• produce alkaline fluid
• transports sperm