Week 10-Reproductive system (male/female)

Question 1

Adnexae uteri

Answer 1

fallopian tubes, ovaries, and supporting ligaments

Question 2

Amniocentesis

Answer 2

amniotic fluid test (AFT); small amount of amniotic fluid (contains fetal tissues) is sampled from amniotic sac

Question 3

Areola

Answer 3

dark pigmented area surrounding breast nipple

Question 4

Bartholin glands

Answer 4

small mucus-secreting exocrine glands at the vaginal orifice

Question 5

Cervix

Answer 5

lower, neck-like portion of the uterus

Question 6

Corpus luteum

Answer 6

empty ovarian follicle that secretes progesterone after release of egg cell

Question 7

Dysmenorrhea

Answer 7

painful menstration

Question 8

Endometrium

Answer 8

inner, mucous membrane lining of the uterus

Question 9

Episiotomy

Answer 9

incision through the skin of the perineum enlarges the vaginal orifice for delivery

Question 10

Fallopian tube

Answer 10

pair of tubes along which eggs travel from the ovaries to the uterus

Question 11

Fetus

Answer 11

stage of prenatal development from 8 to 39 or 40 weeks

Question 12

Fimbriae

Answer 12

finger or fringe like projections at the end of fallopian tubes

Question 13

Hysterectomy

Answer 13

surgical operation to remove all or part of uterus

Question 14

Myometrium

Answer 14

muscle layer of the uterus

Question 15

Zygote

Answer 15

stage in prenatal development from fertilization and implantation up to 2 weeks

Question 16

Amniotic fluid

Answer 16

fluid surrounding a fetus within the amnion

Question 17

Chorion

Answer 17

outermost layer of the two membranes surrounding the embryo; forms fetal part of placenta

Question 18

Cul-de-sac

Answer 18

region in lower abdomen, midway between rectum and uterus

Question 19

Myomectomy

Answer 19

removal of fibroids from uterus

Question 20

Mastectomy

Answer 20

surgical operation to remove breast

Question 21

Menarche

Answer 21

beginning of the first period and ability to reproduce

Question 22

Menopause

Answer 22

gradual ending of menstration

Question 23

Menorrhagia

Answer 23

abnormally heavy or long menstrual periods

Question 24

Multigravida

Answer 24

woman who has been pregnant more than once

Question 25

Multipara

Answer 25

woman who has had more than one viable pregancy

Question 26

Tubal ligation

Answer 26

blocking the fallopian tubes to prevent fertilization from occuring

Question 27

Aspermia

Answer 27

lack of semen

Question 28

Chancre

Answer 28

hard ulcer/sore, usually appears on external genitalia a few weeks after bacterial infection

Question 29

Circumcision

Answer 29

surgical procedure to remove the prepuce of the penis

Question 30

Benign prostatic hyperplasia

Answer 30

BPH; benign growth of cells within the prostate gland

Question 31

Castration

Answer 31

surgical excision of testicles/ovaries

Question 32

Flagellum

Answer 32

hair-like projection on a sperm cell that makes it motile

Question 33

Cryptorchidism

Answer 33

Congenital condition; one or both testicles do not descend, by the time of birth, into the scrotal sac from abdominal cavity

Question 34

Epididymitis

Answer 34

Inflammation of the tube at the back of the testicle that stores and carries sperm

Question 35

Prostate gland

Answer 35

exocrine gland at the base of the male urinary bladder; secretes on of the fluid parts of semen into the urethra during ejaculation

Question 36

Glans penis

Answer 36

sensitive tip of the penis, comparable to the clitoris in female

Question 37

Hypospadias

Answer 37

congenital abnormality in which the male uretural opening is on the undersurface

Question 38

Orchiectomy

Answer 38

surgical removal of one or both testicles

Question 39

Oligospermia

Answer 39

deficiency of sperm cells in the semen

Question 40

Prepuce

Answer 40

foreskin; fold of skin covering the tip of the penis

Question 41

Scrotum

Answer 41

external sac that contains the testes

Question 42

Semen

Answer 42

spermatozoa and seminal fluid, discharged from the urethra during ejaculation

Question 43

Seminal vesicles

Answer 43

paired sac-like exocrine glands that secrete fluid into the vas deferens

Question 44

Spermatogenesis

Answer 44

production or development of mature spermatozoa

Question 45

Spermatozoa

Answer 45

sperm cell

Question 46

Syphillis

Answer 46

chronic STD caused by a spirochete (spiral shaped bacterium)

Question 47

Testicular torsion

Answer 47

twisitng of the spermatic cord

Question 48

Vas deferens

Answer 48

Narrow tube (one on each side) carrying sperm from the epididymis toward the urethra; ductus deferens

Question 49

Vasectomy

Answer 49

surgical cutting and sealing of part of each vas deferens

Question 50

Vasovasotomy

Answer 50

surgery by which vasectomies are partially reversed