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PCOM Medical Term
CH 9
| 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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