Male Reproductive System Quiz 1 A & 1 B Flashcards
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Combining form meaning hidden
Crypto
Combining form meaning testicle
Orchid/o
The production of spermatozoa
Spermatogenesis
Suffix meaning swelling
Cele
A collection of clear fluid in space between visceral and parietal layers of the tunica vaginalis
Hydrocele
A cyst containing fluid and sperm that develops between the testis and the epididymis outside the tunica vaginalis
Spermatocele
A dilated vein in the supermatic cord
Variocele
Undescended or hidden testicle
Cryptorchidism
Another name for bulbourethral glands
Cowper glands
Another name for ductus defernes
Vas Deferens
Inflammation of the prostate gland
Prostatitis
Suffix meaning painful
Dynia
Painful prostate
Prostatodynia
Fungal infection of the glans penis
Balanitis
Increase in size of tissue/organ due to
Hypertrophy
Increase in size of tissue/organ due to increase in the number of cells
Hyperplasia
Prefix meaning cause
Eti
Suffix meaning study of
logy
The study of the cause of a disease
Etiology
Meaning non-cancerous
Benign
Condition of enlarged breasts in men
Gynecomastia
Meaning toward the beginning
Proximal
Opposite of proximal
Distal
A congenital abnormality of the penis where there is a urethral opening on the ventral surface of the penis
Hypospadias