Chapter 15 Flashcards by Alexandra Tagg

cervix

full word 🟫

lower part of the uterus

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cervical

full word 🟫

pertaining to the cervix

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clitoris

full word 🟫

erectile organ of the vulva

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estrogen

full word 🟫

generic term for hormones that stimulate female secondary sex characteristics

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fornix (fornices, pl)

full word 🟫

arch-shaped, blind-ended part of the vagina behind and around the cervix

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gynecology

full word 🟫

medical specialty of diseases of the female reproductive tract

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gynecologist

full word 🟫

specialist in gynecology

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gynecologic

full word 🟫

pertaining to gynecology

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hymen

full word 🟫

thin membrane partly occluding the vaginal orifice

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labium (labia, pl)

full word 🟫

fold of the vulva

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majus (majora, pl)

full word 🟫

bigger or greater

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minus (minora, pl)

full word 🟫

smaller or lesser

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mons pubis

full word 🟫

fleshy pad with pubic hair, overlying the pubic bone

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ovary (ovaries, pl)

full word 🟫

one of the paired female reproductive glands

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ovarian

full word 🟫

pertaining to the ovaries

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progesterone

full word 🟫

hormone that prepares the uterus for pregnancy

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vagina

full word 🟫

the female genital canal extending from the uterus to the vulva

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vaginal

full word 🟫

pertaining to the vagina

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vulva

full word 🟫

female external genitalia

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vulvular

full word 🟫

pertaining to the vulva

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cervic-

root 🟥

neck

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log-

root 🟥

to study

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ovari-

root 🟥

ovary

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gest-

root 🟥

pregnancy

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vagin- ## Footnote root 🟥

vagina

vulv- ## Footnote root 🟥

vulva

estr/o- ## Footnote root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

woman

gynec/o- ## Footnote root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

woman, female

-al ## Footnote suffix 🟦

pertaining to

-gen ## Footnote suffix 🟦

to produce

-logy ## Footnote suffix 🟦

study of

-logist ## Footnote suffix 🟦

one who studies, specialist

-ic ## Footnote suffix 🟦

pertaining to

-an ## Footnote suffix 🟦

pertaining to

-one ## Footnote suffix 🟦

hormone, chemical substance

-er ## Footnote suffix 🟦

agent, one who does

-ar ## Footnote suffix 🟦

pertaining to

pro- ## Footnote prefix 🟩

before

dyspareunia ## Footnote full word 🟫

pain during sexual intercourse

tampon ## Footnote full word 🟫

plug or pack in a cavity to absorb or stop bleeding

toxin ## Footnote full word 🟫

poisonous substance formed by a cell or organism

toxic ## Footnote full word 🟫

pertaining to a toxin

vaginosis ## Footnote full word 🟫

a disease of the vagina

vaginitis ## Footnote full word 🟫

inflammation of the vagina

vestibulectomy ## Footnote full word 🟫

surgical excision of the vulva

vulvodynia ## Footnote full word 🟫

chronic vulvar pain

vulvovaginal ## Footnote full word 🟫

pertaining to the vulva and vagina

vulvovaginitis ## Footnote full word 🟫

inflammation of the vulva and vagina

pareun- ## Footnote root 🟥

lying beside, sexual intercourse

tox- ## Footnote root 🟥

poison

vestibul- ## Footnote root 🟥

entrance

-ia ## Footnote suffix 🟦

condition

-osis ## Footnote suffix 🟦

condition

-itis ## Footnote suffix 🟦

inflammation

-ectomy ## Footnote suffix 🟦

surgical excision

-dynia ## Footnote suffix 🟦

pain

dys- ## Footnote prefix 🟩

painful

fallopian tube | uterine tubes ## Footnote full word 🟫

uterine tubes connected to the fundus of the uterus

menses ## Footnote full word 🟫

monthly uterine bleeding

menstruation ## Footnote full word 🟫

monthly uterine bleeding

menstruate ## Footnote full word 🟫

act of menstruation

menstrual ## Footnote full word 🟫

pertaining to menstruation

ovum (ova, pl) ## Footnote full word 🟫

egg

menstru- ## Footnote root 🟥

menses

-ation ## Footnote suffix 🟦

process

-ate ## Footnote suffix 🟦

composed of, pertaining to

corpus luteum ## Footnote full word 🟫

yellow structure formed at the sire of a ruptured ovarian follicle

endometrium ## Footnote full word 🟫

inner lining of the uterus

endometrial ## Footnote full word 🟫

pertaining to the inner lining of the uterus

fimbria (fimbriae, pl) ## Footnote full word 🟫

fringlike structure

fundus ## Footnote full word 🟫

the upper, rounded top of the uterus above the openings of the fallopian tubes

involution ## Footnote full word 🟫

a decrease in size

involute ## Footnote full word 🟫

decrease in size

menarche ## Footnote full word 🟫

first menstrual period

myometrium ## Footnote full word 🟫

muscle wall of the uterus

os ## Footnote full word 🟫

opening into a canal

pubarche ## Footnote full word 🟫

onset development of pubic and axillary hair

thelarche ## Footnote full word 🟫

onset of breast development

uterus ## Footnote full word 🟫

organ in which an egg develops into a fetus

uterine ## Footnote full word 🟫

pertaining to the uterus

volut- ## Footnote root 🟥

shrink

men- ## Footnote root 🟥

month

pub- ## Footnote root 🟥

pubis

thel- ## Footnote root 🟥

breast, nipple

uter- ## Footnote root 🟥

uterus

metr/i- ## Footnote root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

uterus

my/o- ## Footnote root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

muscle

-um ## Footnote suffix 🟦

tissue

-ion ## Footnote suffix 🟦

process

-arche ## Footnote suffix 🟦

beginning

-ine ## Footnote suffix 🟦

pertaining to

endo- ## Footnote prefix 🟩

within, inside

in- ## Footnote prefix 🟩

amenorrhea ## Footnote full word 🟫

absence or abnormal cessation of menstrual flow

dysmenorrhea ## Footnote full word 🟫

painful and difficult menstruation

menopause ## Footnote full word 🟫

permanent ending of menstrual periods

menopausal ## Footnote full word 🟫

pertaining to the menopause

polycystic ## Footnote full word 🟫

composed of many cysts

premenstrual ## Footnote full word 🟫

pertaining to the time immediately before menses

primary ## Footnote full word 🟫

the first disease or symptom

secondary ## Footnote full word 🟫

diseases or symptoms following a primary disease ot symptom

-pause ## Footnote root 🟥

cessation

cyst- ## Footnote root 🟥

sac

men/o- ## Footnote root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

menses

-rrhea ## Footnote suffix 🟦

flow, discharge

a- ## Footnote prefix 🟩

without

poly- ## Footnote prefix 🟩

many

pre- ## Footnote prefix 🟩

before

anteversion ## Footnote full word 🟫

forward displacement or tilting of a structure

colpopexy ## Footnote full word 🟫

surgical fixation of the vaginal walls

cystocele ## Footnote full word 🟫

hernia of the bladder into the anterior wall of the vagina

endometriosis ## Footnote full word 🟫

endometrial tissue that functions outside the uterus

fibroid ## Footnote full word 🟫

uterine tumor resembling fibrous tissue

fibromyoma ## Footnote full word 🟫

benign neoplasm derived from smooth muscle and containing fibrous tissue

hysterectomy ## Footnote full word 🟫

surgical removal of the uterus

leiomyoma ## Footnote full word 🟫

benign neoplasm derived from smooth muscle

menorrhagia ## Footnote full word 🟫

excessive menstrual bleeding

metrorrhagia ## Footnote full word 🟫

irregular uterine bleeding between menses

myoma ## Footnote full word 🟫

benign tumor of muscle

myomectomy ## Footnote full word 🟫

surgical removal of a myoma

pessary ## Footnote full word 🟫

appliance inserted into the vagina to support the uterus

polymenorrhea ## Footnote full word 🟫

more than normal frequency of menses

rectocele ## Footnote full word 🟫

hernia of the rectum into the vagina

retroversion ## Footnote full word 🟫

tipping backward of the uterus

salpingitis ## Footnote full word 🟫

inflammation of the fallopian tubes

salpingectomy ## Footnote full word 🟫

surgical removal of a fallopian tube

vers- ## Footnote root 🟥

turn

hyster- ## Footnote root 🟥

uterus

om- ## Footnote root 🟥

tumor

salping- ## Footnote root 🟥

tube

colp/o- ## Footnote root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

vagina

cyst/o- ## Footnote root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

bladder

fibr/o- ## Footnote root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

fiber

lei/o- ## Footnote root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

smooth

rect/o- ## Footnote root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

rectum

-pexy ## Footnote suffix 🟦

surgical fixation

-cele ## Footnote suffix 🟦

hernia

-oid ## Footnote suffix 🟦

resembling

-oma ## Footnote suffix 🟦

tumor, mass

-rrhagia ## Footnote suffix 🟦

flow, discharge

ante- ## Footnote prefix 🟩

forward

ablation ## Footnote full word 🟫

removal of tissue to destroy its function

conization ## Footnote full word 🟫

surgical excision of a cone-shaped piece of tissue

curettage ## Footnote full word 🟫

scraping the interior of a cavity

dysfunctional ## Footnote full word 🟫

difficulty in performing

dysplasia ## Footnote full word 🟫

abnormal tissue formation

dysplastic ## Footnote full word 🟫

pertaining to or showing abnormal tissue formation

menopause ## Footnote full word 🟫

permanent ending of menstrual periods

menopausal ## Footnote full word 🟫

pertaining to the menopause

Pap Test ## Footnote full word 🟫

examination of cells taken from the cervix

lat- ## Footnote root 🟥

to take

coniz- ## Footnote root 🟥

cone

curett- ## Footnote root 🟥

to cleanse

function- ## Footnote root 🟥

to perform

plas- ## Footnote root 🟥

development, formation

pause- ## Footnote root 🟥

cessation

men/o- ## Footnote root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

menses

-age ## Footnote suffix 🟦

pertaining to

-tic ## Footnote suffix 🟦

pertaining to

ab- ## Footnote prefix 🟩

away from

coitus ## Footnote full word 🟫

sexual intercourse

postcoital ## Footnote full word 🟫

after sexual intercourse

contraception ## Footnote full word 🟫

prevention of pregnancy

contraceptive ## Footnote full word 🟫

an agent that prevents conception

diaphragm ## Footnote full word 🟫

a ring and dome-shaped material inserted into the vagina to prevent pregnancy

insemination ## Footnote full word 🟫

introduction of semen into the vagina

inseminate ## Footnote full word 🟫

to introduce semen into the vagina

in vitro fertilization (IVF) ## Footnote full word 🟫

process of combining sperm and egg in a laboratory dish and placing resulting embryos inside the uterus

progestin ## Footnote full word 🟫

a synthetic form of progesterone

coit- ## Footnote root 🟥

sexual intercourse

cept- ## Footnote root 🟥

recieve

fertil- ## Footnote root 🟥

able to conceive

gest- ## Footnote root 🟥

produce, gestation

-ive ## Footnote suffix 🟦

quality of

-ization ## Footnote suffix 🟦

process of creating

-in ## Footnote suffix 🟦

substance

post- ## Footnote prefix 🟩

after

contra- ## Footnote prefix 🟩

against

in- ## Footnote prefix 🟩

pro- ## Footnote prefix 🟩

before

blastocyst ## Footnote full word 🟫

first two weeks of the developing embryo

embryo ## Footnote full word 🟫

developing organism from conception until the end of the second month

embryonic ## Footnote full word 🟫

pertaining to the embryo

fertilize ## Footnote full word 🟫

penetration of the oocyte by sperm

fertilization ## Footnote full word 🟫

union of a male sperm and a female egg

fetus ## Footnote full word 🟫

human organism from the end of the eighth week after conception to birth

fetal ## Footnote full word 🟫

pertaining to the fetus

implantation ## Footnote full word 🟫

attachment of a fertilized egg to the endometrium

placenta ## Footnote full word 🟫

organ that allows metaboliv exchange between the mother and the fetus

zygote ## Footnote full word 🟫

cells resulting from the union of the sperm and egg

embryon- ## Footnote root 🟥

embryo

fertiliz- ## Footnote root 🟥

to make fruitful

fet- ## Footnote root 🟥

fetus

plant- ## Footnote root 🟥

to plant, insert

blast/o- ## Footnote root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

germ, immature cell

-cyst ## Footnote suffix 🟦

cyst, bladder

im- ## Footnote prefix 🟩

aminocentesis ## Footnote full word 🟫

removal of amniotic fluid for diagnostic purposes

chorion ## Footnote full word 🟫

the fetal membrane that forms the placenta

chorionic ## Footnote full word 🟫

pertaining to the chorion

chorionic villus ## Footnote full word 🟫

vascular process of the embryonic chorion to form the placenta

conception ## Footnote full word 🟫

fertilization of the egg by sperm to form a zygote

chorion- ## Footnote root 🟥

chorion

amni/o- ## Footnote root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

amnion, fetal membrane

-centesis ## Footnote suffix 🟦

to puncture

amnion ## Footnote full word 🟫

membrane around the fetus that contains amniotic fluid

amniotic ## Footnote full word 🟫

pertaining to the amnion

ectopic ## Footnote full word 🟫

out of place, not in a normal position

gestation ## Footnote full word 🟫

from conception to birth

gestational ## Footnote full word 🟫

pertaining to gestation

lanugo ## Footnote full word 🟫

fine, soft hair on the fetal body

oligohydramnios ## Footnote full word 🟫

too little amniotic fluid

polyhydramnios ## Footnote full word 🟫

too much amniotic fluid

preeclampsia ## Footnote full word 🟫

hypertension, edema, and proteinuria during pregnancy

preterm ## Footnote full word 🟫

baby delivered before 37 weeks of gestation

trimester ## Footnote full word 🟫

one third of the length of a full term pregnancy

vernix caseosa ## Footnote full word 🟫

cheesy substance covering the skin of the fetus

ectop- ## Footnote root 🟥

on the outside, displaced

gestat- ## Footnote root 🟥

pregnancy

hydr- ## Footnote root 🟥

water

amnios- ## Footnote root 🟥

amnion

eclamps- ## Footnote root 🟥

shining forth

term- ## Footnote root 🟥

limit, end

olig/o- ## Footnote root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

scanty, too little

pre- ## Footnote prefix 🟩

before

autolysis ## Footnote full word 🟫

destruction of cells by enzymes within the cells

dilation ## Footnote full word 🟫

stretching or enlarging an opening

effacement ## Footnote full word 🟫

thinning of the cervix in relation to labor

episiotomy ## Footnote full word 🟫

surgical incision of the vulva

gravid ## Footnote full word 🟫

pregnant

gravida ## Footnote full word 🟫

a pregnant woman

hyperemesis ## Footnote full word 🟫

excessive vomitting

labor ## Footnote full word 🟫

process of expulsion of the fetus

lochia ## Footnote full word 🟫

vaginal discharge following childbirth

multipara ## Footnote full word 🟫

woman who has given birth to two or more children

neonate ## Footnote full word 🟫

a newborn infant

neonatal ## Footnote full word 🟫

pertaining to the newborn infant or the newborn period

perinatal ## Footnote full word 🟫

around the time of birth

postpartum ## Footnote full word 🟫

after childbirth

primigravida ## Footnote full word 🟫

a woman in her first pregnancy

primipara ## Footnote full word 🟫

woman giving birth for the first time

puerperium ## Footnote full word 🟫

six-week period after birth in which the uterus involutes

teratogen ## Footnote full word 🟫

agent that produces fetal deformities

teratogenic ## Footnote full word 🟫

capable of producing fetal deformities

teratogenesis ## Footnote full word 🟫

process involved in producing fetal deformities

lysis- ## Footnote root 🟥

destruction

dilat- ## Footnote root 🟥

open out

efface- ## Footnote root 🟥

wipe out

para- ## Footnote root 🟥

to bring forth

nate- ## Footnote root 🟥

born

nat- ## Footnote root 🟥

birth

partum- ## Footnote root 🟥

childbirth to bring forth

gravida- ## Footnote root 🟥

pregnancy

puer- ## Footnote root 🟥

child

perium- ## Footnote root 🟥

a bringing forth

episi/o- ## Footnote root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

vulva

ne/o- ## Footnote root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

new

terat/o- ## Footnote root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

monster, malformed fetus

-ment ## Footnote suffix 🟦

resulting state

-tomy ## Footnote suffix 🟦

surgical incision

-emesis ## Footnote suffix 🟦

vomitting

-esis ## Footnote suffix 🟦

condition

auto- ## Footnote prefix 🟩

self, same

hyper- ## Footnote prefix 🟩

excessive

multi- ## Footnote prefix 🟩

many

peri- ## Footnote prefix 🟩

around

primi- ## Footnote prefix 🟩

first

abortion ## Footnote full word 🟫

spontaneous or induced expulsion of the embryo or fetus from the tuerus at 20 weeks or less

breech ## Footnote full word 🟫

buttocks first presentation of the fetus at delivery

cesarean section | c section ## Footnote full word 🟫

extraction of the fetus through an incision in the abdomen and uterine wall

kernicterus ## Footnote full word 🟫

bilirubin staining of the basal nuclei of the brain

meconium ## Footnote full word 🟫

the first bowel movement of the newborn

nuchal cord ## Footnote full word 🟫

loop(s) of umbilical cord around the fetal neck

placenta abruptio ## Footnote full word 🟫

the premature detachment of the placenta

placenta previa ## Footnote full word 🟫

condition in which the placenta is positioned between the fetus and the cervix

postmature ## Footnote full word 🟫

infant born after 42 weeks of gestation

postmaturity ## Footnote full word 🟫

condition of being postmature

premature ## Footnote full word 🟫

occuring before the expected time

prematurity ## Footnote full word 🟫

condition of being premature

surfactant ## Footnote full word 🟫

a protein and fat compound that creates surface tension to hold the lung aveolar walls apart

vertex ## Footnote full word 🟫

topmost point of the vault of the skull

abort- ## Footnote root 🟥

fail at onset

kern- ## Footnote root 🟥

nucleus

-icterus ## Footnote root 🟥

jaundice

-via ## Footnote root 🟥

the way

-mature ## Footnote root 🟥

ripe, ready

-ity ## Footnote suffix 🟦

condition, state

apoptosis ## Footnote full word 🟫

programmed normal cell death

areola ## Footnote full word 🟫

circular reddish area surrounding the nipple

areolar ## Footnote full word 🟫

pertaining to the areola

colostrum ## Footnote full word 🟫

the first breast secretion at the end of pregnancy

involution ## Footnote full word 🟫

decrease in size

involute ## Footnote full word 🟫

decrease in size

lactation ## Footnote full word 🟫

production of milk

lactate ## Footnote full word 🟫

to produce milk

lactiferous ## Footnote full word 🟫

pertaining to or yielding milk

mammary ## Footnote full word 🟫

pertaining to the lactating breast

nipple ## Footnote full word 🟫

projection from the breast into which the lactiferous ducts open

oxytocin ## Footnote full word 🟫

pituitary hormone that stimulates the uterus to contract

prolactin ## Footnote full word 🟫

pituitary hormone that stimulates the production of milk

-ptosis ## Footnote root 🟥

drooping

areol- ## Footnote root 🟥

areolar

volut- ## Footnote root 🟥

roll up, shrink

lact- ## Footnote root 🟥

milk

-ifer ## Footnote root 🟥

to bear, carry

mamm- ## Footnote root 🟥

breast

oxy- ## Footnote root 🟥

oxygen

toc- ## Footnote root 🟥

labor

-ary ## Footnote suffix 🟦

pertaining to

-ous ## Footnote suffix 🟦

pertaining to

apo- ## Footnote prefix 🟩

separation from

antineoplastic ## Footnote full word 🟫

pertaining to the prevention of the growth and spread of cancer cells

fibroadenoma ## Footnote full word 🟫

benign tumor containing much fibrous tissue

fibrocystic disease ## Footnote full word 🟫

benign breast disease with multipletiny lumps and cysts

galactorrhea ## Footnote full word 🟫

abnormal flow of milk from the breasts

gene ## Footnote full word 🟫

functional segment of DNA molecule

genetics ## Footnote full word 🟫

science of the inheritance of characteristics

geneticist ## Footnote full word 🟫

a specialist in genetics

gynecomastia ## Footnote full word 🟫

enlargement of the breast

lumpectomy ## Footnote full word 🟫

removal of a lesion with preservation of surrounding tissue

mammogram ## Footnote full word 🟫

the record produced by x-ray imaging of the breast

mammography ## Footnote full word 🟫

process of x-ray examination of the breast

mastalgia ## Footnote full word 🟫

pain in the breast

mastectomy ## Footnote full word 🟫

surgical excision of the breast

mastitis ## Footnote full word 🟫

inflammation of the breast

Paget disease ## Footnote full word 🟫

scaling, crustin lesion of the nipple, often associated with an underlying cancer of the breast

stereotactic ## Footnote full word 🟫

a precise three-dimensional method to locate a lesion

plas- ## Footnote root 🟥

growth

aden- ## Footnote root 🟥

gland

cyst- ## Footnote root 🟥

cyst

genet- ## Footnote root 🟥

origin

mast- ## Footnote root 🟥

breast

lump- ## Footnote root 🟥

piece

tact- ## Footnote root 🟥

orderly arrangement

ne/o- ## Footnote root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

new

fibr/o- ## Footnote root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

fiber

glact/o- ## Footnote root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

milk

gynec/o- ## Footnote root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

female

mamm/o- ## Footnote root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

breast

stere/o- ## Footnote root 🟥 (vowel makes it a combining form 🟪)

three dimensional

-ics ## Footnote suffix 🟦

knowledge

-ist ## Footnote suffix 🟦

specialist

-gram ## Footnote suffix 🟦

record

-graphy ## Footnote suffix 🟦

process of recording

-algia ## Footnote suffix 🟦

pain

anti- ## Footnote prefix 🟩

against

Chapter 15 Flashcards

The Female Reproductive System (346 cards)