MED TERM 8- MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

Question 1

Gestation

Answer 1

Time a baby is in utero (in the womb being developed)

Question 2

Menstruation

Answer 2

a period typically once every 28 days where the uterus sloughs off a layer of blood and tissue that was preparing for a fertilized egg

Question 3

Menopause

Answer 3

the stopping of menstruation (typically around age 50-60)

Question 4

Menarche

Answer 4

First menstruation, typically around age 11-12

Question 5

Placenta

Answer 5

nutrient rich organ that provides the fetus with oxygen and gets rid of waste

Question 6

Estrogen

Answer 6

sex hormone that regulates the female reproductive system

Question 7

Progesterone

Answer 7

Sex hormone that regulates menstruation, pregnancy, and birth

Question 8

Obstetrics

Answer 8

Area of medicine that focuses on birth and fetal/maternal health

Question 9

Vagina

Answer 9

The canal is used for sexual reproduction and leads to the cervix (entrance to the uterus/womb)

Question 10

Bartholin Glands

Answer 10

glands located on either side of the labia and secrete lubricating substances during sexual intercourse

Question 11

Clitoris

Answer 11

Bundle of nerve endings located above the vagina just under where the two labia meet (sensory organ that is highly sensitive)

Question 12

Perineum

Answer 12

groin area

Question 13

labia majora

Answer 13

larger folds on the outer sides of the vulva

Question 14

labia minora

Answer 14

smaller folds just inside and above the labia majora

Question 15

Hymen

Answer 15

thin piece of taught skin/tissue that covers the vagina, effectively keeping it mostly closed off until broken

Question 16

Vulva

Answer 16

the entire external female sex organs

Question 17

ovulation

Answer 17

a process where a mature egg is released and travels to the uterus

Question 18

Areola

Answer 18

darker colored, flatter part of the nipple

Question 19

Endometrium

Answer 19

layer of blood and tissue lining the uterus

Question 20

Fimbriae

Answer 20

long microscopic projections (hair-like)

Question 21

Orifice

Answer 21

Opening

Question 22

Ligations

Answer 22

to clip/tie off

Question 23

Oophor/o

Answer 23

egg

Question 24

Salping/o

Answer 24

fallopian tube

Question 25

gynec/o

Answer 25

woman/female

Question 26

neo

Answer 26

new

Question 27

nat/o

Answer 27

birth/born

Question 28

mamm/o/a

Answer 28

female/breasts

Question 29

colp/o

Answer 29

uterus/womb

Question 30

episi/o

Answer 30

female genetalia

Question 31

galact/o; lact/o

Answer 31

Milk

Question 32

FSH

Answer 32

follicle-stimulating hormone

Question 33

LH

Answer 33

luteinizing hormone/plays a role in sexual development and function

Question 34

hCG

Answer 34

human chronic gonadotropin/hormone produced during pregnancy

Question 35

IVF

Answer 35

in vitro fertilization/ egg is fertilized then put into uterus

Question 36

AFP

Answer 36

alpha-fetoprotein /made during pregnancy by the amniotic sac and fetal liver

Question 37

IUD

Answer 37

intrauterine device/ used as a type of birth control (T shaped)

Question 38

-oids

Answer 38

bodies/solid forms

Question 39

Blast-

Answer 39

explode/burst

Question 40

-centesis

Answer 40

to puncture