Unit 5 - Female Reproductive System words Flashcards
metr/o
uterus
hyster/o
uterus
metri/o
uterus
uter/o
uterus
oophor/o
ovary
ovari/o
ovary
salping/o
fallopian tube
cervic/o
cervix
colp/o
vagina
vagin/o
vagina
gyn/o
female, woman
perine/o
perineum
episi/o
vulva
vulv/o
vulva
o/o
egg, ovum
gynaec/o (gynec/o)
female, woman
gon/o
seed (male or female)
ov/o
egg, ovum
ovul/o
egg, ovum
terat/o
monster
men/o
menses, menstruation
mamm/o
breast
mast/o
breast
olig/o
scanty, few
nulli-
none, nil
lact/o
milk
galact/o
milk
primi-
first
multi-
many
poly-
many, excessive
-salpinx
fallopian tube
-one
hormone
-coital
sexual intercourse
-pareunia
sexual intercourse
-arche
beginning
-cleisis
closure
-genesis
producing, forming
-arche
beginning
-rrhoea
Discharge, flow
-cele
Hernia, swelling
Leiomy/o
Smooth muscle
The ovaries release two female hormones called
Oestrogen and progesterone
Culd/o
Cul-de-sac
-ation
process, action, conditon
Dystocia
Abnormal, slow or difficult childbirth
mes/o
middle, intermediate
Fimbri/o
Fimbriae - “fringe” like things on fallopian tubes
Oogenesis
Process of production of ova
Menses
Normal flow of blood and decidua that occurs during menstruation
Cilia
Latin for eyelashes. Tiny hair like structures that beat in waves to help move the ovum along the fallopian tube
Zygote
If the ovum becomes fertilised by a sperm it is called a zygote
Endocervix
Muscous membrane of the cervix
What is the Outer layer which lines the organs of the abdominal and pelvic cavities?
Peritoneum