click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Chapter 14
Question | Answer |
---|---|
-arche | 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 |
Men/o | menstruation, menses |
Obstetr/o | midwife |
Oo- | egg, ovary |
Pelv/I | pelvis (basin); hip bone |
Salping/o | uterine (fallopian) tube |
Toc/o | labor or birth |
Myometrium | muscular wall of the uterus |
Fallopian tubes | tubes extending from each side of the uterus toward the ovary that provide a passage for ova to the uterus |
Adnexa | uterine tubes and ovaries |
Ovary | one of two glands located on each side of the pelvic cavity that produce oocytes and female sex hormones |
Ovum | imprecise term for a fertilized oocyte that is capable of implanting within the uterine wall |
Vagina | tubular passageway from the cervix to the outside of the body |
Hymen | fold of mucous membrane that encircles the entrance to the vagina |
Introitus | opening to the vagina |
Perineum | region between the vulva and anus |
Nipple | projection on the breast surface through which milk can be secreted |
Fetus | the developing organism from the ninth week to birth |
Placenta | vascular organ that develops in the uterine wall during pregnancy to provide nourishment for the fetus. |
Meconium | intestinal discharges of the fetus that form the first stools in the newborn |
Amenorrhea | absence of menstruation |
Metrorrhagia | bleeding from the uterus at any time other than normal menstruation |
Oligo-ovulation | irregular ovulation |