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Quiz 6
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Health Care
Professional
02/27/2014

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Term
Bladder Cancer
Definition
cáncer vesicular
Term
abortifacients
Definition
abortijos
Term
birth control pills
Definition
pildoras anticonceptivas (accent on first I)
Term
menarche
Definition
menarca (first period)
Term
kidneys
Definition
rinones (removes excess liquids from the body, keeps blood pressure low)
Term
pap smear
Definition
papanicolaou (gathering of cells from the cervix to detect vaaginal or cervical cancer and abnormalities).
Term
miction
Definition
emisión de urina
Term
twins
Definition
mellisos/gemelos
Term
flagellum
Definition
flagelo
Term
renal scan
Definition
gammagafría renal
Term
fallopian tubes
Definition
trompas de falopio
Term
vas deferens
Definition
conducto deferente
Term
UTI (Urinary Tract Infection)
Definition
infección de las vías urinarias
Term
Rhythm method
Definition
método del ritmo
Term
prolactine
Definition
prolactina
Term
RH incompability
Definition
incompatibilidad de factor RH
Term
Bilirubin
Definition
bilirrubina (high levels mean liver disease)
Term
Uric Acid
Definition
ácido úrico
Term
acetones
Definition
acetonas
Term
antibiotics
Definition
antibióticos
Term
OVUM
Definition
female reproductive cell/sex cell
Term
MENOPAUSE
Definition
the end of ovulation menstruation
Term
PARTURITION
Definition
afterbirth/birth
Term
NIPPLE
Definition
mammary papilla where milk lactiferous ducts create go to through sinuses. (male tetilla) (female pezón)
Term
FEMALE HORMONES
Definition
chemical secretion in different parts of the body like the ovaries
Term
MALE HORMONES
Definition
testosterones
Term
TESTES
Definition
male organs that produce sperm and are contained in the scrotum
Term
SCROTUM
Definition
sac outside the body
Term
SEMINEFOROUS TUBULES
Definition
contains cells that manufacture sperm cells
Term
CIRCUMCISION
Definition
removal of foreskin
Term
VASECTOMY
Definition
removal of part of the vas deferens
Term
DYSMENORRHEA
Definition
painful menstruation
Term
MENORRHAGIA
Definition
excessive menstruation
Term
COPULATION
Definition
coitus, sex
Term
PLACENTA PREVIA
Definition
placement of the placenta so it blocks the birth canal
Term
PLACENTA ABRUPTO
Definition
when placenta breaks away from the uterine wall
Term
VASOVASOSTOMY
Definition
reversing of vasectomy
Term
PROSTATE CANCER
Definition
ccancer in the prostate
Term
URETER
Definition
a tube that transports urine from the renal pelvis to the urinary bladder.
Term
RENAL PELVIS
Definition
a collecting area in the center of the kidney
Term
URINE PATH
Definition
KIDNEYS (renal vein-arteriole-nephron-glomerulus filters-bowman's capsule OR renal pelvis as urine) URETERS - URINARY BLADDER - URETHRA
Term
URINARY BLADDER
Definition
stores urine until is ready to be excreted from the body
Term
TRIGONE
Definition
area of the bladder where ureters enter the bladder and the urethra exits it
Term
URETHRA
Definition
where urine leaves the body
Term
DIURETIC
Definition
provokes urine
Term
cystitis
Definition
inflammation of the bladder
Term
CREATINE
Definition
high levels indicate kidney failures and will cause toxic substances to stay in blood.
Term
KETONES
Definition
indicate starvation or diabetes
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