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chapter 14 vocabular
Term | Definition |
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-arche (suffix) | beginning |
cervic/o | neck or cervix |
colp/o | vagina (sheath) |
episi/o | vulva (covering) |
gynec/o | woman |
hyster/o | uterus |
lact/o | milk |
mamm/o | breast |
mast/o | breast |
men/o | menstruation, menses |
metro/o | uterus |
obstetro/o | midwife |
oo- | egg, ovary |
oophor/o | ovary |
ov/i | egg |
ov/o | egg |
ovari/o | ovary |
pelv/i | pelvis (basin) ; hip bone |
salping/o | uterine (fallopian) tube; also, Eustachian tube |
toc/o | labor or birth |
uter/o | uterus |
vagin/o | vagina (sheath) |
vulv/o | vulva (covering) |
uterus | womb; a pear-shaped organ in the pelvic cavity in which the embryo and fetus develops |
fundus | upper portion of the uterus above the entry to the uterine tubes |
endometrium | lining of the uterus, which is shed approximately every 28 to 30 days in a nonpregnant female during menstruation |
myometrium | muscular wall of the uterus |
uterine tubes | tubes extending from each side of the uterus toward the ovary that provide a passage for ova to the uterus; also called Fallopian tubes |
fallopian tubes | tubes extending from each side of the uterus toward the ovary that provide a passage for ova to the uterus; also called uterine tubes |
adnexa | uterine tubes and ovaries (uterine appendages) |
right uterine appendage | right uterine tube and ovary |
left uterine appendage | left uterine tube and ovary |
ovary | one of two glands located on each side of the pelvic cavity that produce oocytes and female sex hormones |
oocyte | female gamete (sex cells); when fertilized by a sperm, it develops into an ovum and its capable of developing into a new individual |
ovum | imprecise term for a fertilized oocyte that is capable of implanting within the uterine wall |
cervix | neck of the uterus |
cervical os | opening of the cervix to the uterus |
vagina | tubular passageway from the cervix to the outside of the body |
vulva | external genitalia of the female; term means "wrapper" |