Medical Terminology

Question 1

• Removal, inactivation, or destruction of the gonads
• commonly used in reference to removal of the testes only.

Answer 1

castration

Question 2

• Visual inspection of the vagina and cervix of the uterus using a ________, an instrument that has a magnifying lens (between 5 and 50) and a light.
• The procedure generally takes place after an unusual Pap smear.

Answer 2

• culposcope

colposcopy

Question 3

A procedure in which a culdoscope (______) is inserted through the posterior wall of the vagina to view the rectouterine pouch in the pelvic cavity.

Answer 3

• endoscope

culdoscopy

Question 4

• Pain associated with menstruation
• term is usually reserved to describe menstrual symptoms that are severe enough to prevent a woman from functioning normally for one or more days each month.
• Some cases are caused by uterine tumors, ovarian cysts, pelvic inflammatory disease, or intrauterine devices.

Answer 4

dysmenorrhea

Question 5

• Pain during sexual intercourse.
• It may occur in the genital area or in the pelvic cavity, and may be due to inadequate lubrication, inflammation, infection, an improperly fitting diaphragm or cervical cap, endometriosis, pelvic inflammatory disease, pelvic tumors, or weakened uterine ligaments.

Answer 5

dyspareunia

Question 6

• A procedure in which the cervix is dilated and the endometrium of the uterus is scraped with a spoon-shaped instrument called a ________
• commonly called a D and C (dilation and curettage).

Answer 6

• curette

Endocervical curettage

Question 7

• NONCANCEROUS TUMORS in the _______ of the uterus composed of muscular and fibrous tissue.
• Their growth appears to be related to high levels of _______.
• do not occur before puberty and usually stop growing after menopause.
• Symptoms include abnormal menstrual bleeding and pain or pressure in the pelvic area.

Answer 7

• myometrium
• estrogens

fibroids

Question 8

The presence of both ovarian and testicular tissue in one individual.

Answer 8

Hermaphroditism

Question 9

• A common congenital abnormality in which the urethral opening is displaced.
• In males, the displaced opening may be on the underside of the penis, at the penoscrotal junction, between the scrotal folds, or in the perineum
• in females, the urethra opens into the vagina. The problem can be corrected surgically.

Answer 9

Hypospadias

Question 10

A whitish (nonbloody) vaginal discharge containing mucus and pus cells that may occur at any age and affects most women at some time.

Answer 10

Leukorrhea

Question 11

• Excessively prolonged or profuse menstrual period.
• May be due to a disturbance in hormonal regulation of the menstrual cycle, pelvic infection, medications (anticoagulants), fibroids (noncancerous uterine tumors composed of muscle and fibrous tissue), endometriosis, or intrauterine devices.

Answer 11

Menorrhagia

Question 12

Removal of the ovaries.

Answer 12

Oophorectomy

Question 13

Inflammation of the testes, for example, as a result of the mumps virus or a bacterial infection.

Answer 13

orchitis

Question 14

most common form of ovarian tumor, in which a fluid-filled follicle or corpus luteum persists and continues growing.

Answer 14

Ovarian cyst T

Question 15

• collective term for any extensive bacterial infection of the pelvic organs, especially the uterus, uterine tubes, or ovaries, which is characterized by pelvic soreness, lower back pain, abdominal pain, and urethritis.
• Often the early symptoms of this occur just after menstruation.
• As infection spreads, fever may develop, along with painful abscesses of the reproductive organs.

Answer 15

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)

Question 16

Removal of a uterine (fallopian) tube.

Answer 16

Salpingectomy

Question 17

The secretion, consisting principally of desquamated epithelial cells, found chiefly around the external genitals and especially under the foreskin of the male.

Answer 17

Smegma