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Chaptee 13 Frucht
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amni/0 | amnion |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix |
| men/o | menses, menustration |
| chori/o | chorion |
| metr/o | uterus |
| colp/o | vagina |
| nat/o | birth |
| embry/o | embryo |
| o/o | egg |
| episi/o | vulva |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| fet/o | fetus |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| gynec/o | woman/female |
| salping/o | fallopian tubes, uterine tubes |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| uter/o | uterus |
| mamm/o | breast |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| conization | surgical femoval of a core of cervical tissue for biopsy |
| endometriosis | occurs when endometrial tissue appears throughout pelvic or abdominal cavity, arses recurring pain and scarring |
| endometrial cancer | cancerous turmor forms in lining of uterus |
| fibrocystic breast disease | benign cysts in breasts tissue; not precancerous |
| fibroid tumor | benign tumor of fiberlike tissue; the most common type of tuor in women |
| ovarian cancer | canceorus tumor formed within ovary |
| premature birth | birth of fetus before 37 weeks of genstation |
| premenstrual syndrome (PMS) | symptoms that develop just prior to onset of menstrual period; can include irritability, headache, tender breasts, and anxiety |
| rectocele | protusion or herniation of rectum into vagina |
| stillbirth(SB) | birth in which viable-age fetus dies shortly before or at time of birth |
| tubal ligation | surgical tying off of fallopian tubes to prevent pregancy |
| atresia | lack of normal body opening for example, hysteratresia is closing of cervix, |
| cervical cancer | malignanty tumor of cervix; some cases caused by human papilloma virus (HPV0sexually transmitted birus for which there is now a vaccine regular Pap smear used for early detection |
| cesarean section (CS, C-section | surgical birth of baby through incision into abdominal and uterine walls; named for Roman emperor Julius Caesar who is said to have been born using this method |
| cystocele | hernia or outpouching of bladder protrudes into vagina; can cause urinary frequency and urgency and block vagina |
| dilation and curettage (D&C) | surgical procedure consisting of widening cervix an dscraping of suctioning out of endomedrial lining of uterus; often performed after spontaneous abortion or to stop excessive bleeding from other causes |
| etopic pregnancy | pregnancy orcurring outside of uterus, usually in fallopian tubes; growing fetus will repture fallopian tube requiring a salpingectomy |
| papanicolaou smear (Pap) test fore arly detection of cervical cancer; named after developer, | test for early detection of cervical cancer; named after developer, George Papanicolaou, a Greek physican; cells are removed from cervix by simple scraping and examined under microscope |
| placenta previa | placenta forms in lower portion of uterus and blocks birth canal; can require C-section for birth |
| fetal monitoring | use of electronic equipment placed on mother's abdomenor fetus's scalp to check fetal heart rate(FHR) and fetal heart tone(FHT) during labor; normal FHR ranges from 120-160 bpm; drop in FHR indicateds fetal distress |
| hemolytic disease of the newborn(HDN) | condition developing in fetus when mother's blood type is RH-negative and baby's blood is RH positive; antibodies in mother's blood enter fetus; blood-streamthrough placenta and deystroy fetus' rbcs causes anemia, jaun |
| in vitro fertilization (IVF) | Inferility treatment, ova are removed from womam and fertilized by sperm externally; resulting embryos are teturned to uter us for development; commonly called test tube baby |
| abruptio placentae | emergency fondition occuring hwen placenta tears away from uterine wall prior to birth of fetus; requires babb's immediate birth |
| abortion | discharge of embryo from uterus before about 20th week of gestation; spontaneous abortion (miscarriage is unplanned and due to death of embryo; elective abortion is legal termiination of peregnancy, therapeutic abortion is necessary for mother's health |
| breast cancer | malignant tumor of breast usually forms in milk glands or lining of milk ducts |
| chorionic villlus sampling (CVS) | removal of small piece of chorion for genetic analysis; can be done at early stage of pregnancy that aminocentesis |
| fistula | abnoromall paggageway othat develops between two structures; vesiconaginal fisula is between urinary bvladeer and vagina; rectovaginal fistula is between rectum and vagina |
| pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) | chornic or acute infection, ususally bacterial, that ascends through female reproductive tract and out into pelvic cavity; can result in scarring th at interferes with infertiltiy |
| prolapsed uterus | fallen uterus that can cause cervix to protrude through baginal opening |
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