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Ch.14
Female Reproductive System and Obstetrics
Term | Definition |
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-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 |