Unit 5 - Female Repro. Exercises Flashcards
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dyspareunia is the term for painful, difficult or abnormal?
intercourse
surgical reconstruction of the vagina would be termed?
colpoplasty
Oligomenorrhoea refers to?
scanty, less than normal menstrual flow
A downward displacement of the urinary bladder into the vagina would be a ?
cystocele
Removal of the ovary is?
oophorectomy
The muscular layer of the uteris is the?
myometrium
Leukorrhoea is what coloured discharge from the vagina or cervix?
white
Needle aspiration of fluid from the cul-de-sac is?
culdocentesis
Menorrhagia is?
excessive menstruation
hysteropexy means?
fixation of uterus
word for destruction of fallopian tube related to adhesions in the structure?
salpingolysis
hydrosalpinx means?
water in the fallopian tube.
Word for inflammation near the uterus referring to the connective tissue?
parametritis
hypermastia means
condition of excessive breast
Word for the process of recording the uterus and fallopian tubes?
hysterosalpingography
Word for pertaining to around menopause referring to the period of time?
perimenopausal
polymenorrhoea means
literally means many menstrual flow
the first period is called?
menarche
Hormone which promotes ovulation
LH (luteinising hormone)
which ligament secure the uterus to the wall of the front of the body?
round ligament
the name of the ruptured follicle which secretes progesterone is
corpus luteum
place in the fallopian tube where fertilisation of the ovum usually takes place?
ampulla
the lactiferous duct is part of which tissue in the breast?
glandular
the body of the uterus is the
corpus uteri