Reproductive System Definitions

Question 1

Mammography.

Answer 1

Screening mammography is a specific type of breast imaging that uses low-dose x-rays to detect cancer early - before women experience symptoms - when it is most treatable.

Question 2

Tamoxifen.

Answer 2

The oldest and most-prescribed selective oestrogen receptor modulator. It can be used to reduce breast cancer risk in women, who haven’t been diagnosed but are at a higher-than-average risk for the disease.

Question 3

Endometriosis.

Answer 3

A condition that is common in women of reproductive age in which the tissue lining the uterus is found outside the uterus, resulting in pain and infertility.

Question 4

Gardasil.

Answer 4

A vaccine used to prevent anal, vaginal and vulval cancer caused by human papillomavirus types 16 and 18 and genital warts caused by HPV types 6 and 11.

Question 5

Ovarian Cancer.

Answer 5

Cancer that forms in tissues of the ovary. Most ovarian cancers are either ovarian epithelial cancers (cancer that begins in the cells on the surface of the ovary) or malignant germ cell tumours (cancer that begins in egg cells)

Question 6

Premenstrual Syndrome.

Answer 6

Refers to the range of physical and emotional symptoms that some women experience in the lead up to menstruation, that impact on quality of life

Question 7

Fibroids.

Answer 7

Non-cancerous tumours that grow in the uterus during child-bearing years.

Question 8

Polyps.

Answer 8

A polyp is a projecting growth of tissue from a surface in the body, usually a mucous membrane. Polyps can develop in the colon and rectum, ear canal, cervix, stomach, nose, uterus, throat and bladder.

Question 9

Menarche.

Answer 9

The commencement of the menstrual cycle

Question 10

Menorrhagia.

Answer 10

Menstrual periods with abnormally heavy or prolonged bleeding.

Question 11

Metorrhagia.

Answer 11

Uterine bleeding at irregular intervals particularly between the expected menstrual periods.

Question 12

Hydrocoele.

Answer 12

A condition in which serious fluid accumulates in a body cavity such as the testes.

Question 13

Phimosis.

Answer 13

A condition in which the foreskin of the penis is too tight to be pulled back.

Question 14

Paraphimosis.

Answer 14

A condition in which the foreskin becomes trapped behind the glans penis and cannot return to its normal placed position

Question 15

Priapism.

Answer 15

A painful condition in which the penis maintains an erection in the absence of physical and psychological stimulation.

Question 16

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

Answer 16

Is a laboratory technique used to make multiple copies copies of a segment of DNA

Question 17

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

Answer 17

Occurs when an infection spreads from the vagina to the cervix, the endometrium and the fallopian tubes.