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Female Repro Sys
Female Repro Sys Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Female Reproductive system | produces hormones - estrogen, progestrone. controls menstruation, provides for childbearing. |
| Female reproductive system contains | vagina, uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries & external genitalia |
| Mammary glands | located in the breast tissue are alos associated with the female reproductive system. |
| Mammary glands | produce & secrete milk at childbirth |
| Vagina | a muscular tube that leads from the external opening to the cervix & uterus. |
| Uterus | a hollow, pear-shaped organ |
| Fallopian tubes | transport eggs from the ovary to the uterus |
| Ovaries | located on each side of the uterus |
| gynec | woman |
| hyster | uterus |
| lact | milk |
| mamm | breast |
| mast | breast |
| metr | uterus |
| ovari | ovary |
| salping | fallopian tube |
| toc | birth |
| uter | uterine |
| amenorrhea | a - without men - menstrual rrhea - discharge absence of menstruation |
| mammogram | mamm - breast gram - record photographic record of a breast |
| mastitis | mast - breast itis - inflammation of inflammation of the breast |
| endometriosis | endo - within metr - uterus osis - abnormal abnormal growth of the uteral tissue |