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CNHP 2010 CH 14
Ch 14 Creative Study Assignment
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| breasts | 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 |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ov/i | egg |
| ov/o | |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| pelv/i | pelvis (basin) ; hip bone |
| salping/o | uterine (fallopian) tube; also, Eustachian tube |
| toc/o | labor or birth |
| vagin/o | vagina (sheath) |
| vulv/o | vulva (covering) |
| uterus | womb; a pear-shaped organ in the pelvic cavity in which the embryo and fetus develops |
| fundus | upper portion of the uterus above the entry to the uterine tubes |
| endometrium | lining of the uterus, which is shed approximately every 28 to 30 days in a nonpregnant female during menstruation |
| myometrium | muscular wall of the uterus |
| uterine tubes | tubes extending from each side of the uterus toward the ovary that provide a passage for ova to the uterus; also called Fallopian tubes |
| fallopian tubes | tubes extending from each side of the uterus toward the ovary that provide a passage for ova to the uterus; also called uterine tubes |
| adnexa | uterine tubes and ovaries (uterine appendages) |
| right uterine appendage | right uterine tube and ovary |
| left uterine appendage | left uterine tube and ovary |
| ovary | one of two glands located on each side of the pelvic cavity that produce oocytes and female sex hormones |
| oocyte | female gamete (sex cells); when fertilized by a sperm, it develops into an ovum and its capable of developing into a new individual |
| ovum | imprecise term for a fertilized oocyte that is capable of implanting within the uterine wall |
| cervix | neck of the uterus |