PCOM Medical Term Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
andr/o | male |
balan/o | glans penis |
cry/o | cold |
crypt/o | hidden |
epididym/o | epididymus |
gon/o | seed |
hydr/o | water, fluid |
orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o | testis, testicle |
prostat/o | prostate gland |
semin/i | semen, seed |
sperm/o, spermat/o | spermatozoa, semen |
terat/o | monster |
test/o | testis, testicle |
varic/o | varicose veins |
vas/o | vessel, duct; vas deferens |
zo/o | animal life |
-gensis | formation |
-one | hormone |
-pexy | fixation, put in place |
-stomy | new opening |
bulbourethral gland | one of a pair of exocrine glands near the male urethra |
cowper gland | bulbourethral gland |
ejaculation | ejection of sperm and fluid from the male urethra |
ejaculatory duct | tube through which semen enters the male urethra |
epididymus | one of a pair of long, tightly coiled tubes, lying on top of each testis. It carries sperm from the semniferous tubules to the vas deferens |
erectile dysfunction | inability of an adult to achieve an erection; impotence |
flagellum | hair-like projection on a sperm cell that make it motile |
fraternal twins | two infants born of the same pregnancy from two seperate ova fertilized by two different sperm |
glans penis | sensitive tip of the penis |
identical twins | two infants resulting from division of one fertilized egg into two distant embryos. |
impotence | inability of an adult make to achieve an erection |
interstitial cells | in the testes, these cells lie between the seminiferous tubules and produce the hormone testosterone |
parenchyma | tissue composed of essential and functional cells of an organ. |
perineum | external region between the anus and scrotum in the male |
prepuce | fold of skin covering the tip of the penis |
prostate gland | exocrine gland in men, at the base of the urinary bladder |
scrotum | external sac that contains the testes |
semen | spermatozoa and seminal fluid |
seminal vesicle | either of paired sac-like male exocrine glands that secretes a fluid into the vas deferens. The seminal fluid is the major component of semen |
seminiferous tubes | narrow, coiled tubules that produce sperm in the testes |
spermatozoom | sperm cell |
sterilzation | an procedure that removes an individual ability to produce or release parenchyma |
stroma | supportive connective tissue of an organ as distinguished from its parenchyma |
testis | male gonad that produces spermatzoa and the hormone testosterone |
vas deferens | narrow tube that carries sperm from the epididymus into the body and toward the urethra |
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