Word meanings Flashcards

1
Q

latin- swollen root

A

bulbourethral glands

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2
Q

latin- neck

A

cervix

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3
Q

greek- color; body

A

chromosome

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4
Q

latin- body; white

A

corpus albicans

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5
Q

latin- body; yellow

A

corpus luteum

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6
Q

William Cowper, English surgeon (1666-1709)

A

Cowper gland

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7
Q

greek- hanging

A

cremaster

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8
Q

latin- to hurl or throw out

A

ejaculation

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9
Q

greek- in, to grow

A

embryo

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10
Q

greek- upon; pair

A

epididymis

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11
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Gabrielle Fallopio, Italian Anatomist (1523-1562)

A

Fallopian tubes

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12
Q

latin- fruitful

A

fertilization

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13
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latin- fruitful

A

fetus

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14
Q

greek- to marry

A

gametes

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15
Q

greek- to produce

A

gene

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16
Q

greek- acorn

A

glans

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17
Q

greek- seed

A

gonads

18
Q

greek- membrane

A

hymen

19
Q

latin- within; to inherit

A

inheritance

20
Q

Franz von Leydig, German anatomist (1821-1908)

A

interstitial cells of Leydig

21
Q

latin- lips

A

labia

22
Q

latin- milk; process

A

lactation

23
Q

latin- breast

A

mammary

24
Q

latin- mountain; grown-up or hair

A

mons pubis

25
Q

latin- mulberry or blackberry

A

morula

26
Q

latin- to change

A

mutation

27
Q

greek- egg; cell

A

oocyte

28
Q

latin- egg

A

ovum

29
Q

latin- cake

A

placenta

30
Q

greek- standing before

A

prostate

31
Q

latin- ridge

A

rugae

32
Q

latin- a bag

A

scrotum

33
Q

latin- seed

A

semen

34
Q

latin- seed; to bear

A

seminiferous

35
Q

latin- seed; bladder

A

seminal vesicles

36
Q

greek- seed; life

A

spermatozoon

37
Q

latin- to bear witness

A

testis

38
Q

latin- womb

A

uterus

39
Q

latin- sheath

A

vagina

40
Q

latin- to lead; to carry away

A

vas deferens

41
Q

latin- a covering

A

vulva

42
Q

greek- yoke

A

zygote