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CH 14: Female
Female Reproductive System & Obstetrics
Question | Answer |
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-arche | Beginning |
Cervic/o | Neck or cervix |
Colp/o | Vagina (Sheath) |
Episi/o | Vulva (covering) |
Gynec/o | Woman |
Hyster/o | Uterus |
Men/o | Menstruation, menses |
Metr/o | Uterus |
Obstetr/o | Midwife |
Oo- | Egg or Ovary |
Salping/o | Uterine (fallopian) tube , also Eustachian tube |
Toc/o | Labor or birth |
Vulv/o | Vulva (covering) |
Pear-shaped organ in the pelvic cavity in which the embryo and fetus develops | Uterus |
Lining of the uterus which is shed approximately every 28 to 30 days in a non-pregnant female | Endometrium |
Upper portion of the uterus above the entry to the uterine tubes | Fundus |
Muscular wall of the uterus | Myometrium |
Uterine tubes and ovaries (uterine appendages) | Adnexa |
Female gamete (sex cell) , when fertilized by a sperm it develops into an ovum and is capable of developing into a new individual | Oocyte |
Opening of the cervix to the uterus | Cervical Os |
External genitalia of the female ; term means “wrapper” | Vulva |
Fold of mucous membrane that encircles the entrance to the vagina | Hymen |
Opening to the vagina also called vaginal orifice | Introitus |
Two glands located on either side of the vaginal opening that’s a secrete a lubricant during intercourse | Greater vestibular gland or Bartholin glands |
Protruding organs that contain the modified sweat glands called mammary glands that produce milk | Breasts |
Absence of menstruation | Amenorrhea |
Infrequent menstruation | Oligomenorrhea |
Inflammation of the cervix | Cervicitis |
Condition characterized by migration of portions of the endometrial tissue outside of the uterine cavity | Endometriosis |
Abnormal passage such as from one hollow organ to another | Fistula |