Word meanings Flashcards
1
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latin- swollen root
A
bulbourethral glands
2
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latin- neck
A
cervix
3
Q
greek- color; body
A
chromosome
4
Q
latin- body; white
A
corpus albicans
5
Q
latin- body; yellow
A
corpus luteum
6
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William Cowper, English surgeon (1666-1709)
A
Cowper gland
7
Q
greek- hanging
A
cremaster
8
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latin- to hurl or throw out
A
ejaculation
9
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greek- in, to grow
A
embryo
10
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greek- upon; pair
A
epididymis
11
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Gabrielle Fallopio, Italian Anatomist (1523-1562)
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Fallopian tubes
12
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latin- fruitful
A
fertilization
13
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latin- fruitful
A
fetus
14
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greek- to marry
A
gametes
15
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greek- to produce
A
gene
16
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greek- acorn
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glans
17
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greek- seed
A
gonads
18
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greek- membrane
A
hymen
19
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latin- within; to inherit
A
inheritance
20
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Franz von Leydig, German anatomist (1821-1908)
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interstitial cells of Leydig
21
Q
latin- lips
A
labia
22
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latin- milk; process
A
lactation
23
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latin- breast
A
mammary
24
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latin- mountain; grown-up or hair
A
mons pubis
25
latin- mulberry or blackberry
morula
26
latin- to change
mutation
27
greek- egg; cell
oocyte
28
latin- egg
ovum
29
latin- cake
placenta
30
greek- standing before
prostate
31
latin- ridge
rugae
32
latin- a bag
scrotum
33
latin- seed
semen
34
latin- seed; to bear
seminiferous
35
latin- seed; bladder
seminal vesicles
36
greek- seed; life
spermatozoon
37
latin- to bear witness
testis
38
latin- womb
uterus
39
latin- sheath
vagina
40
latin- to lead; to carry away
vas deferens
41
latin- a covering
vulva
42
greek- yoke
zygote
