Male And Female Reproductive System

Front 1

amni/o

Back 1

amnion (innermost membrane surrounding an embryo)

Front 2

bartholin/o

Back 2

Bartholin gland (located slightly posterior to the left and right of the opening of the vagina. They secrete mucus to lubricate the vagina.)

Front 3

cervic/o

Back 3

cervix, neck

Front 4

chori/o, chorion/o

Back 4

chorion (outermost membrane surrounding an embryo)

Front 5

colp/o

Back 5

vagina

Front 6

culd/o

Back 6

cul-de-sac

Front 7

episi/o

Back 7

vulva

Front 8

galact/o

Back 8

milk

Front 9

gynec/o

Back 9

woman, female

Front 10

hyster/o

Back 10

uterus, womb

Front 11

lact/o

Back 11

milk

Front 12

mamm/o

Back 12

breast

Front 13

mast/o

Back 13

breast

Front 14

men/o

Back 14

menses, menstruation

Front 15

metr/o, metri/o

Back 15

uterus

Front 16

my/o

Back 16

muscle

Front 17

myom/o

Back 17

muscle tumor

Front 18

nat/i

Back 18

birth

Front 19

obstetr/o

Back 19

pregnancy and childbirth

Front 20

o/o

Back 20

egg

Front 21

oophor/o

Back 21

ovary (phor= to bear. oo=egg. The ovaries bear eggs)

Front 22

ov/o

Back 22

egg

Front 23

ovari/o

Back 23

ovary

Front 24

ovul/o

Back 24

egg

Front 25

perine/o

Back 25

perineum

Front 26

phor/o

Back 26

to bear

Front 27

salping/o

Back 27

fallopian tubes

Front 28

uter/o

Back 28

uterus

Front 29

vagin/o

Back 29

vagina

Front 30

vulv/o

Back 30

vulva

Front 31

-arche

Back 31

beginning

Front 32

-cyesis

Back 32

pregnancy

Front 33

-gravida

Back 33

pregnant

Front 34

-parous

Back 34

bearing, bringing forth

Front 35

-rrhea

Back 35

discharge

Front 36

-salpinx

Back 36

fallopian (uterine)tube

Front 37

-tocia

Back 37

labor, birth

Front 38

-version

Back 38

act of turning (cephalic version is when a fetus is turned so that the head is closest to the cervix. Can occur naturally or through the aid of an obstetrician.)

Front 39

dys-

Back 39

painful

Front 40

endo-

Back 40

within

Front 41

in-

Back 41

in

Front 42

intra-

Back 42

within

Front 43

multi-

Back 43

many

Front 44

nulli-

Back 44

no, not, none

Front 45

pre-

Back 45

before

Front 46

primi-

Back 46

first

Front 47

retro-

Back 47

backward

Front 48

andr/o

Back 48

male

Front 49

balan/o

Back 49

glans penis (Greek balanos means acorn)

Front 50

cry/o

Back 50

cold

Front 51

crypt/o

Back 51

hidden

Front 52

epididym/o

Back 52

epididymus (duct behind the testes along which sperm are passed to the vas deferens)

Front 53

gon/o

Back 53

seed

Front 54

hydr/o

Back 54

water, fluid

Front 55

orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o

Back 55

testis, testicle

Front 56

pen/o

Back 56

penis

Front 57

prostat/o

Back 57

prostate gland

Front 58

semin/i

Back 58

semen, seed

Front 59

sperm/o, spermat/o

Back 59

spermatozoa, semen

Front 60

terat/o

Back 60

monster (A teratoma is a tumor that occurs in the testes or ovaries. Composed of different types of tissues such as hair, bone, cartilage and skin.)

Front 61

test/o

Back 61

testis, testicle

Front 62

varic/o

Back 62

varicose veins

Front 63

vas/o

Back 63

vessel, duct; vas deferens

Front 64

zo/o

Back 64

animal life

Front 65

-genesis

Back 65

formation

Front 66

-one

Back 66

hormone

Front 67

-pexy

Back 67

fixation, put in place

Front 68

-stomy

Back 68

new opening