Unit 5 - Female Reproductive System words Flashcards
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metr/o
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uterus
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hyster/o
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uterus
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metri/o
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uterus
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uter/o
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uterus
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oophor/o
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ovary
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ovari/o
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ovary
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salping/o
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fallopian tube
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cervic/o
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cervix
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colp/o
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vagina
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vagin/o
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vagina
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gyn/o
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female, woman
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perine/o
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perineum
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episi/o
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vulva
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vulv/o
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vulva
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o/o
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egg, ovum
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gynaec/o (gynec/o)
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female, woman
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gon/o
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seed (male or female)
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ov/o
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egg, ovum
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ovul/o
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egg, ovum
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terat/o
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monster
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men/o
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menses, menstruation
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mamm/o
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breast
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mast/o
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breast
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olig/o
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scanty, few
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nulli-
none, nil
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lact/o
milk
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galact/o
milk
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primi-
first
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multi-
many
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poly-
many, excessive
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-salpinx
fallopian tube
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-one
hormone
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-coital
sexual intercourse
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-pareunia
sexual intercourse
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-arche
beginning
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-cleisis
closure
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-genesis
producing, forming
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-arche
beginning
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-rrhoea
Discharge, flow
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-cele
Hernia, swelling
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Leiomy/o
Smooth muscle
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The ovaries release two female hormones called
Oestrogen and progesterone
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Culd/o
Cul-de-sac
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-ation
process, action, conditon
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Dystocia
Abnormal, slow or difficult childbirth
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mes/o
middle, intermediate
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Fimbri/o
Fimbriae - "fringe" like things on fallopian tubes
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Oogenesis
Process of production of ova
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Menses
Normal flow of blood and decidua that occurs during menstruation
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Cilia
Latin for eyelashes. Tiny hair like structures that beat in waves to help move the ovum along the fallopian tube
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Zygote
If the ovum becomes fertilised by a sperm it is called a zygote
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Endocervix
Muscous membrane of the cervix
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What is the Outer layer which lines the organs of the abdominal and pelvic cavities?
Peritoneum
