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med term wk 10
Medical Terminology A Living Language
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amni/o | amnion |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix |
| chori/o | chorion |
| colp/o | vagina |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| embry/o | embryo |
| episi/o | vulva |
| fet/o | fetus |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hymen/o | hymen |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| lact/o | milk |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menses, menstruation |
| metr/o | uterus |
| nat/o | birth |
| o/o | egg |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| perine/o | perineum |
| salping/o | uterine tubes, fallopian tubes |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| -arche | beginning |
| -cyesis | state of pregnancy |
| -gravida | pregnancy |
| -para | to bear (offspring) |
| -partum | childbirth |
| -salpinx | uterine tube |
| -tocia | labor, childbirth |
| what does the internal genitalia for a woman consist of? | uterus, ovaries, uterine tubes, vagina |
| where are the female internal genitalia located? | pelvic cavity |
| what are the external female genitalia referred to as? | vulva |
| which two hormones stimulate maturation of ovum and trigger ovulation? | luteuinizing hormone and follicle stimulating hormone |
| what are the two primary hormones produced by the ovaries? | progesterone and estrogen |
| what is the function of progesterone and estrogen? | stimulate the lining of the uterus. They are also responsible for the secondary sexual characteristics |
| what are two other names for the uterine tubes? | ovaducts or fallopian tubes |
| what are the unattached finger like projections off the uterine tubes called? | fimbriae |
| where does conception take place? | the upper half of the uterine tubes |
| where is the uterus located? | in the pelvic cavity between the bladder and the rectum |
| what is the term for slightly bent forward? | anteflexion |
| what is the name of the outer layer of the uterus? | perimetrium |
| what is the upper portion of the uterus called? | fundus |
| what is the body of the uterus called? | corpus |
| what is the lower portion of the uterus called? | cervix |
| what is the term for the inner layer of the uterine wall? | endometrium |
| what would you call the thick muscular wall of the uterus? | myometrium |
| what would you call the very first menstrual cycle in a girls life? | menarche |
| the period in a woman's life when she stops menstruating is called what? | menopause |
| when does menopause usually occur? | between ages of fourty and fiftyfive |
| what is the term for the folds of skin which serve as protection for the female genitalia? | labia majora and labia minora |
| what type of tissue does the clitoris contain? | erectile tissue |
| what is the term for the area between the vaginal orifice and the anus? | perineum |
| how long is the normal fetus gestation? | fourty weeks |
| when is a baby considered premature? | before thirty seven weeks |
| when is the fetus no longer referred to as an embryo? | the end of the eighth week |
| what is the innermost sac surrounding the fetus? | amnion sac |
| what is the amnion sac filled with? | amniotic fluid |
| what is the outer sac which surrounds the fetus? | chorion |
| what is the term for the thinning of the cervix during the dilation stage of birth? | effacement |
| how wide does the cervix dilate? | ten centimeters |
| olig/o | scanty |
| py/o | pus |
| what would you call the fluid first secreted by the breast after delivery? | colostrum |
| what would you call the first bowel movement of an infant consisting of mucus and bile? | meconium |
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