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Ch.8 Review * Female Reproductive System*
Butler Tech(Medical Terminology) BETHEL
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Medical
Post-Graduate
11/14/2009

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The narrow lower portion of the uterus is called the CERVIX
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The combining form that means woman is GYNEC/O
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The ovaries are indicated by the combining form OOPHOR/O
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The word root salping- means FALLOPIAN TUBES
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The combining form colp/o is defined as VAGINA
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The prefix peri- means SURROUNDING(OUTER)
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The suffix -ial is defined as PERTAINING TO
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A word part that means absence of a normal body opening, occlusion, or closure is -ATRESIA
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The term that means inflammation of the vagina is COLPITIS
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The term for inflammation of the inner (lining) of the uterus ENDOMETRITIS
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The term amenorrhea is defined as ABSENCE OF MENSTRUAL DISCHARGE
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The term that means inflammation of the uterine muscle is MYOMETRITIS
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The term that means abnormal condition of growth of endometrial tissue in various areas of the pelvic cavity is ENDOMETRIOSIS
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The term that means an excision of the uterus is HYSTERECTOMY
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Surgical repair of the vagina is called COLPOPLASTY
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The term for the creation of an artificial opening in a fallopian tube Salpingostomy
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Sterilization is accomplished by a procedure called CERVICECTOMY
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Mastalgia is defined as PAIN IN THE BREAST
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The term that means scanty menstrual flow is OLIGOMENORRHEA
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The ovum is the FEMALE GAMETE
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Pregnancy is GESTATION
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Area between the uterus and the rectum CUL-DE-SAC
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Fingerlike ends of the fallopian tubes are called FIMBRIAE
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Removal of the fallopian tubes and ovaries is called BILATERAL SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY
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Premature separation of placenta is ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE
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Painful labor and delivery is DYSTOCIA
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Abruptio placentae is premature separation of a normally implanted placenta
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Cystadenocarinoma is a malignant tumor; often of the ovary
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Placenta previa is displaced placenta; implantation in lower region of uterus
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Carcinoma in situ are Cancerous tumor cells are localized in a small area
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Endometrial carcinoma is a malignant condition of the inner lining of the uterus
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Preeclamsia is a condition during pregnancy
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Choriocarcinoma is a malignant tumor of the pregnant uterus
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Endometriosis is uterine tissue located outside the uterus
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