Reproductive system

Question 1

sex, or reproductive, organs visible on the outside of the boy; also called genitals

Answer 1

external genitalia

Question 2

length of time from conception to birth

Answer 2

gestation

Question 3

production and release of milk by mammary glands

Answer 3

lactation

Question 4

mouth; entrance, or outlet of any anatomical structure

Answer 4

orifice

Question 5

amni/o

Answer 5

amnion (amniotic sac)

Question 6

cervic/o

Answer 6

neck; cervix uteri (neck of the uterus)

Question 7

colp/ o
vagnin/o

Answer 7

vagina

Question 8

galact/o

lact/o

Answer 8

milk

Question 9

gynec/o

Answer 9

women, female

Question 10

hyster/o
metri/o
uter/o

Answer 10

uterus (womb)

Question 11

mamm/o
mast/o

Answer 11

breast

Question 12

men/o

Answer 12

menses, menstruation

Question 13

metr/o

Answer 13

uterus (womb); measure

Question 14

nat/o

Answer 14

birth

Question 15

oophor/o
ovari/o

Answer 15

ovary

Question 16

perine/o

Answer 16

perineum (area between the scrotum [vulva in female] and anus)

Question 17

salping/o

Answer 17

tube (usually fallopian or Eustachian [auditory] tubes)

Question 18

-arche

Answer 18

beginning

Question 19

-cyesis

Answer 19

pregnancy

Question 20

-gravida

Answer 20

pregnant women

Question 21

-para

Answer 21

to bear (offspring)

Question 22

-salpinx

Answer 22

tube (usually fallopian or eustachian [auditory] tubes)

Question 23

-tocia

Answer 23

childbirth, labor

Question 24

-version

Answer 24

turning

Question 25

ante-

Answer 25

before, in front of

Question 26

dys-

Answer 26

bad; painful; difficult

Question 27

endo-

Answer 27

in, within

Question 28

multi-

Answer 28

many, much

Question 29

post-

Answer 29

after

Question 30

primi-

Answer 30

first

Question 31

reproductive cell that contains one-half of the chromosomes required to produce an offspring of the species

Answer 31

gamete

Question 32

psychological and physical drive for sexual activity

Answer 32

libido

Question 33

fluid containing sperm and secretions from the prostate and other structures of the male reproductive system; also called seminal fluid

Answer 33

semen

Question 34

ringlike muscle that opens and closes a body opening to allow or restrict passage through the structure

Answer 34

sphincter

Question 35

androgenic hormone responsible for the development of the male sex organs, including the penis, testicles, scrotum, and prostate

Answer 35

testosterone

Question 36

andr/o

Answer 36

male

Question 37

balan/o

Answer 37

glans penis

Question 38

crypt/o

Answer 38

hidden

Question 39

epididym/o

Answer 39

epididymis

Question 40

genit/o

Answer 40

genitalia

Question 41

gonad/o

Answer 41

gonads, sex glands

Question 42

gon/o

Answer 42

seed (ovum or spermatozoon)

Question 43

olig/o

Answer 43

scanty

Question 44

orch/o orchi/o orchid/o test/o

Answer 44

testis (pleural testes)

Question 45

spermat/o sperm/o

Answer 45

spermatozoa, sperm cells

Question 46

varic/o

Answer 46

dilated vein

Question 47

vas/o

Answer 47

vessel; vas deferens; duct

Question 48

vesicul/o

Answer 48

seminal vesicle

Question 49

-cide

Answer 49

killing

Question 50

-genesis

Answer 50

forming, producing, origin

Question 51

-ism

Answer 51

condition

Question 52

-spadias

Answer 52

slit, fissure

Question 53

brachy-

Answer 53

short

Question 54

epi-

Answer 54

above, upon