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CDP - Week 2
Human Reproductive and Endocrine Systems
Term | Definition |
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GONADS | reproductive glands- male, testes; female, ovaries |
SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES | Tubules that produce sperm |
ORCHI/O | testis, testicle |
EPIDIDYM/O | long, thin coiled tube where sperm mature and are stored |
PROSTAT/O PROSTATE GLANDS | produce seminal fluids |
OOCYTE, OO, OV/O, | egg cell |
HYSTER/O METR/O | uterus |
SALPING/O | Fallopian tube |
OOPHOR/O | ovary |
OVULATION | Process in which an egg is released from the ovary |
ESTROGEN | female sex hormone |
GYNEC/O | female |
VAS DEFERENS | Tube that carries sperm from testes |
-CELE | Pouching or hernia |
-ECTASIS | Expansion or dilation |
COLP/O | Vagina |
-OTOMY | Incision , cutting into |
ANDR/O | Male or masculine |
PLASIA | Formation, development , a growth |
-GEN | Producing ,originating,causing ,origin |
-PEXY | Surgical fixation |
NULLI- | none, no, not, none |
ENDO- | within |
-GRAVIDA | Pregnancy |
CENTESIS | Surgical puncture |