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general vocab wk3
general surgery vocab week 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ejaculation | ejection of sperm and fluid from male urethra |
| ejaculatory duct | tube through which semen enters the male urethra |
| glans penis | sensitive tip of the penis |
| penis | male external organ of reproduction |
| prepuce | foreskin; fold of skin covering the tip of the penis |
| scrotum | external sac that contains the testes |
| semen | spermatozoa and seminal fluid |
| testis | male gonad that produces spermatozoa and the hormone testosterone |
| vas deferens | narrow tube that carries sperm from the epididymis into the body and toward the urethra |
| vulva | external female genitalia; includes labia, hymen, clitois, and vaginal orifice |
| vagina | muscula, mucousa- lined canal extending from the uterus to exterior of the body |
| uterus | hollow pear-shaped muscular femal organ in which the embryo and fetus development and menstration occurs |
| perineum | area between anus and vagina |
| ovary | 1 pair of female organs on each side of the pelvis |
| menopause | gradual ending of menstration |
| labia | lips of vagina |
| gonad | female/ male reproductive organ that produces sex cells and hormones...ovaries and testes |
| fetus | stage in prenatal development from 8-38 or 40 weeks |
| fallopian tube | 1 of a pair of ducts through which the ovum travels to the uterus |
| cul-de-sac | region in lower abdomen midway between rectum and uterus |
| clitoris | organ of sensitive erectile tissue anterior to the opening of the female urethra |
| cervix | lower, neck like portion of the uterus |
| areola | dark-pigmented area surrounding the nipple |