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Ch.14
Female Reproductive System and Obstetrics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -arche (suffiix) | beginning |
| cervic/o | neck or cervix |
| colp/o | vagina (sheath) |
| episi/o | vulva (covering) |
| gynec/o | woman |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| lact/o | milk |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menstruation, menses |
| metro/o | uterus |
| obstetro/o | midwife |
| oo- | egg, ovary |
| oophpor/o | ovary |
| pelv/i | pelvis (basin); hip bone |
| salping/o | uterine (fallopian) tube; also, eustachian tube |
| toc/o | labor or birth |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vagin/o | vagina (sheath) |
| vulv/o | vulva (covering) |
| fundus | upper portion of the uterus above the entry to the uterine tubes |
| myometrium | muscular wall of the uterus |
| adnexa | uterine tubes and ovaries (uterine appendages) |
| right uterine appendage | right uterine tube and ovary |
| left uterine appendage | left uterine tube and ovary |
| cervix | neck of the uterus |
| cervical os | opening of the cervix to the uterus |
| vagina | tubular passageway from the cervix to the outside of the body |
| vulva | external genitalia of the female; term means "wrapper" |
| hymen | fold of mucous membrane that encircles the entrance to the vagina |
| vaginal orifice | opening of the vagina; also called introitus |