ch 15 - female reproductive system

Question 1

mons pubis

Answer 1

a mound of skin and adipose or fatty tissue overlying the symphysis pubis

Question 2

labia majora

Answer 2

a pair of thick folds of skin onnective tissue and adipose tissue

Question 3

labia minora

Answer 3

a pair of thin folds of hairless skin immediately internal of the labia majora

Question 4

vesituble

Answer 4

the area enclosed by the labia minora, contains urinary and vaginal openings

Question 5

clitoris

Answer 5

erectile organ of the vulva

Question 6

labia

Answer 6

fold of the vulva

Question 7

uterine or fallopian tube

Answer 7

canal aout 4 inches, extends from uterus and opens in abdominal cavity

Question 8

cervix

Answer 8

lower part of the uterus

Question 8

endometrium

Answer 8

inner lining of the uterus

Question 9

metr/i

Answer 9

uterus

Question 10

fimbria. fimbriae (pl)

Answer 10

fingerlike structure

Question 11

fornix, fornices (pl)

Answer 11

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

Question 12

hymen

Answer 12

thin membrane partly occluding the vaginal orifice

Question 12

fundus

Answer 12

the upper round top of the uterus above the openings and the uterine tubes.

Question 13

myometrium

Answer 13

muscle wall of the uterus

Question 14

root - metr/i

Answer 14

uterus

Question 15

os

Answer 15

opening into a canal (the cervix)

Question 16

ovary

Answer 16

one of the paired female reproductive glands

Question 17

root - ovul

Answer 17

egg

Question 18

ovulation

Answer 18

release of an oocyte from a follicle

Question 19

ovum, ova (pl)

Answer 19

egg

Question 20

perimetrium

Answer 20

the covering of the uterus

Question 21

uterus

Answer 21

organ in which an egg develops into a fetus

Question 22

vagina

Answer 22

female genital canal extending from the uterus to the vulva

Question 23

corpus lutem

Answer 23

yellow structure formed at the site of a ruptured ovarian follicle

Question 24

estrogen

Answer 24

generic term for hormones that stimulate female secondary sex characteristics

Question 25

root - estr/o

Answer 25

woman

Question 26

follicle

Answer 26

a spherical mass of cells containing a cavity

Question 26

involution

Answer 26

a decrease in size

Question 27

root - volut

Answer 27

shrink

Question 28

menarche

Answer 28

first menstrual period

Question 29

root - men

Answer 29

month

Question 29

suffix - arche

Answer 29

beginning

Question 30

root - menstru

Answer 30

menses

Question 31

oocyte

Answer 31

female egg cell

Question 32

root - oo

Answer 32

egg

Question 33

pubarche

Answer 33

onset of development of pubic and axillary hair

Question 34

root - pub

Answer 34

pubis

Question 35

thelarche

Answer 35

onset of breast development