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Med Term chp 12
Med
Question | Answer |
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scrotum | scrot/o |
perineum | perine/o area of skin between scrotum and anus (or similar in females) |
testes | orchi/o, orchid/o (on a stalk) male gonads, sex organs |
gonads | sex organs |
testosterone | most abundant of male horomones |
inguinal canal | groin, pertaining to where testes drop (in utero) into scrotum |
vas deferens | vas/o tubule from testes/epididimis to seminal vesicles |
prostate | prostat/o muscular gland at base of bladder, surrounding urethra, produces part of semen and contraction causes ejaculation |
cryptorchism | undecended testicles crypt/o hidden |
olig/o | scanty, few |
BPH | benign prostatic hypertrophy enlargement of the prostate |
balan/o | glans penis |
prepuce | foreskin |
chordee | downward curve of penis during an erection |
dyspareunia | pareun/o sexual intercourse painful sexual intercourse |
vericocele | varicose vein in the spermatic cord of the testis |
hydrocele | water hernia |
PSA | prostate specific antigen |
DRE | digital rectal exam |
ED | erectile disfunction |
phimosis | phim/o closed tight opening too small for penis to come out |
priapism | continued erection - priap/o persistent eredtion. cure, vasoconstriction |
gynecomastia | gynec/o female, mast/o breast - male develops female breasts |
orchiectomy | orchi/o testis, -ectomy surgical excision for testicular cancer |
orchiopexy | put testes into scrotum fix in place |
TURP | transurethral resection of the prostate |