UNIT 9

Question 1

amni/o, amniot/o

Answer 1

fetal sac

Question 2

gravid/a

Answer 2

with child

Question 3

gyn/o, gynec/o

Answer 3

woman

Question 4

hyster/o

Answer 4

uterus

Question 5

mamm/o

Answer 5

breast

Question 6

mast/o

Answer 6

breast

Question 7

men/o

Answer 7

menses, menstruation

Question 8

metr/o

Answer 8

uterus

Question 9

para

Answer 9

bear, bring forth

Question 10

multi-

Answer 10

many

Question 11

nulli-

Answer 11

none

Question 12

oligo-

Answer 12

little, small, scanty

Question 13

post-

Answer 13

after

Question 14

pre-

Answer 14

before

Question 15

primi-

Answer 15

first

Question 16

secundi-

Answer 16

second

Question 17

-ary

Answer 17

of or pertaining to

Question 18

-atrophy

Answer 18

undernourished, wasting

Question 19

-dynia

Answer 19

pain, painful

Question 20

-mania

Answer 20

madness

Question 21

-pathy

Answer 21

disease

Question 22

-phobia

Answer 22

excessive fear

Question 23

climacteric

Answer 23

transitional period of life sometimes called the change of life (menopause)

Question 24

conception

Answer 24

fertilization

Question 25

episiotomy

Answer 25

incision of the perineum

Question 26

fetus

Answer 26

what developed from an embryo

Question 27

gestation

Answer 27

period from conception to childbirth

Question 28

involution

Answer 28

process body goes through to reduce uterus to the normal size

Question 29

labor

Answer 29

spontaneous process that begins when gestation is complete: dilation, expulsion, and placental

Question 30

menopause

Question 31

ovum

Question 32

parturition

Question 33

perineum

Question 34

peritoneum

Answer 34

tough membrane covering the viscera

Question 35

placenta

Answer 35

provides fetus with nuritment

Question 36

pudenda

Answer 36

external genitals of a female

Question 37

puerperium

Answer 37

the time period where involution takes place