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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 |