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Chapter 9
Question | Answer |
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andr/o | male |
-gen | substance that produces |
zo/o | animal life |
Azoospermia | - is semen without sperm, while aspermia is no semen at all |
sperm/o spermat/o | spermatozoa, semen |
Chancre | A chancre (hard ulcer or sore) usually appears on the external genitalia a few weeks after bacterial infection |
crypt/o | hidden |
cryptorchidism | In this congenital condition, one or both testicles do not descend, by the time of birth, into the scrotal sac from the abdominal cavity |
carcin/o | cancerous; cancer |
oma | tumor |
epididym/o | epididymis |
epididymis | One of a pair of long, tightly coiled tubes above each testis. It stores and carries sperm from seminiferous tubules to the vas deferens |
seminiferous tubules | Narrow, coiled tubules that produce sperm in the testes. |
orch/o | orch/o testis orchi/o testis orchid/o testis |
-pexy | fixation; to put in place |
Perineum | External region between the anus and scrotum in the male. |
perine/o | perineum |
-um | structure; tissue; thing |
Prepuce | Foreskin; fold of skin covering the tip of the penis |
pre- | before; in front of |
prostat/o | prostate gland |
-itis | inflammation |
purul/o | pus |
prostate specific antigen | a protein produced by normal, as well as malignant, cells of the prostate gland |
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia | Benign growth of cells within the prostate gland |
semin/i | semen; seed |
seminoma | a malignant germ cell tumor that occurs in the testicle, or less frequently, in other extra-gonadal locations |
genesis | formation |
Spermolytic | a substance which kills sperm cells |
-lytic | reducing; destroying; separating; breakdown |
Test/o | testis (testicle) |
ster/o | steroid, solid structure |
vas/o | vessel; duct; vas deferens |
-stomy | new opening |
Vasovasostomy | reversal of vasectomy |
Vas deferens | The vas deferens is a long tube made from fiber and muscle tissue. Its purpose is to transport sperm. |