The Reproductive System

Question 1

Absence or abnormal

Answer 1

AMENORRHEA

Question 2

Surgical transabdominal perforation of the uterus to obtain amniotic fluid.

Answer 2

AMNIOCENTESIS

Question 3

The sac that lines the chorion (inside uterus) and contains the fetus.

Answer 3

AMNIOTIC SAC

Question 4

Membranous sac or receptacle for body secretions.

Answer 4

BLADDERBLADDER

Question 5

Lie just behind prostate gland; secretions neutralize traces of urine in urethra prior to ejaculation.

Answer 5

BULBOURETHRAL GLANDS

Question 6

Pertaining to the neck or a constricted part of an organ .

Answer 6

CERVIX

Question 7

The outer layer of an organ or structure.

Answer 7

CORTEX

Question 8

Increased secretion of urine.

Answer 8

DIURESIS

Question 9

Substance promoting increased secretion of urine.

Answer 9

DIURETIC

Question 10

Thick, smooth muscular tube; allows sperm to exit epididymis.

Answer 10

DUCTUS (VAS) DEFERENS

Question 11

Painful or difficult urination

Answer 11

DYSURIA

Question 12

The derivatives of the fertilized ovum that develop into the offspring (from 2 weeks post fertilization to end of eighth week) fetus.

Answer 12

EMBRYO

Question 13

A condition where tissue resembling the endometrium occurs aberrantly within the pelvis.

Answer 13

ENDOMETRIOSIS

Question 14

Mucous membrane of the uterus.

Answer 14

ENDOMETRIUM

Question 15

Involuntary discharge of urine (bedwetting), especially during sleep.

Answer 15

ENURESIS

Question 16

First duct that sperm enters upon leaving testes; sperm mature and can be stored here.

Answer 16

EPIDIDYMIS

Question 17

To eliminate (as waste matter) by normal discharge .

Answer 17

EXCRETE

Question 18

First part of the female duct system; receive ovulated ovum.

Answer 18

FALLOPIAN TUBES

Question 19

Unborn offspring in the post embryonic period (8 weeks after fertilization).

Answer 19

FETUS

Question 20

Ovary and testes

Answer 20

GONADS

Question 21

Blood in the urine

Answer 21

HEMATURIA

Question 22

A depression or pit at the part of an organ where the vessels and nerves enter.

Answer 22

HILUMor hilus

Question 23

A passageway in the groin through which the round ligament of the uterus or spermatic cord pass.

Answer 23

INGUINAL CANAL

Question 24

Organ that filters the blood, excreting the end product of body metabolism in the form of urine..

Answer 24

KIDNEY

Question 25

Breast

Answer 25

MAMMARY GLAND

Question 26

Inflammation of the breast or mammary gland.

Answer 26

MASTITIS

Question 27

The innermost portion of an organ or structure .

Answer 27

MEDULLA

Question 28

Cessation of the menstrual cycle

Answer 28

MENOPAUSE

Question 29

Monthly flow of blood from the genital tract of the female .

Answer 29

MENSES

Question 30

Anatomical and functional unit of the kidney.

Answer 30

NEPHRON

Question 31

Any condition or disease of the kidney

Answer 31

NEPHROSIS

Question 32

Female gonad where ova are formed

Answer 32

OVARy

Question 33

Discharge of a second degree oocyte from the ovary

Answer 33

OVULATION

Question 34

Female reproductive cell; egg

Answer 34

OVUM

Question 35

Part of male external genitalia; designed to deliver sperm into female reproductive tract .

Answer 35

PENIS

Question 36

A gland in the male which surrounds the neck of the bladder and urethra; secretes up to 1/3 of semen volume .

Answer 36

PROSTATE GLAND

Question 37

Inflammation of the pelvis of the kidney.

Answer 37

PYELITIS

Question 38

Presence of pus in the urine.

Answer 38

PYURIA

Question 39

Mixture of sperm and accessory gland secretions.

Answer 39

SEMEN

Question 40

Secrete majority of semen

Answer 40

SEMINAL VESICLES

Question 41

Tightly coiled tubules found in the testes; where sperm are produced.

Answer 41

SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES

Question 42

Male reproductive cell

Answer 42

SPERM

Question 43

Production of sperm

Answer 43

SPERMATOGENESIS

Question 44

Stem cells that mature into sperm

Answer 44

SPERMATOGONIA

Question 45

Male gonad where sperm are produced.

Answer 45

TESTES

Question 46

Last part of male duct system; reproductive and urinary function.

Answer 46

URETHRA

Question 47

Hollow, thick-walled ‘sac’ involved in menstruation, pregnancy and labour.

Answer 47

UTERUS

Question 48

Tube that opens to the exterior; female organ where sperm enters.

Answer 48

VAGINA