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105 Cards in this Set
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genit/o |
genitals |
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urin/o |
urine |
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scrot/o |
scrotum |
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testicul/o |
testes |
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prostat/o |
prostate |
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seminiferous tubules |
in testes (makes sperm) |
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epididymis |
sperm matures |
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vas deference |
sperm are transported |
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seminal vesciles |
makes the majority of semen |
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ejaculatory ducts |
holds the majority of semen mix |
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bolbourethral gland |
neutralizes acid |
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prostate |
contains an antibiotic and substance that causes spermatozoa release in the vagina |
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infertility |
inability to get pregnant after 1 year of unprotected sex |
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crypt/o |
hidden |
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Orch/o |
testes |
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-ism |
disease process |
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cryptorchidism |
disease process of hidden testes |
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male infertility-caused by |
low sperm count or ineffective/abnormal sperm |
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Oligospermia |
condition of scanty/few sperm |
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orchitis |
inflammation of testes |
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benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH) |
benign growth of cells within the prostate gland |
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transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) |
surgical procedure |
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STD |
sexually transmitted disease |
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prostate cancer |
malignant tumor of the prostate gland |
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erectile dysfunction |
can't maintain an erection |
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priapism |
erection that won't decrease or go down |
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gynecomastia |
enlarged breasts in males |
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hyster/o |
uterus |
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metri/o |
uterus |
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uter/o |
uterus |
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oopher/o |
ovaries |
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salping/o |
fallopian tubes |
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cervic/o |
cervix |
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colp/o |
vagina |
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vagin/o |
vagina |
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labi/o |
lips |
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men/o |
menstruation |
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-arche |
beginning |
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menstru/o |
monthly discharge of blood |
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nat/o |
birth |
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placent/o |
placenta |
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ovaries |
to produce the egg cells (ovums) |
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fallopian tubes |
carries the ovums to the uterus |
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uterus |
carries the baby from zygote to fetus |
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cervix |
holds the baby in |
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vagina |
the opening in which goes from the uterus to the exterior of the body |
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vulva |
external female genitalia |
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baby names |
0 to 4 days=zygote 4 days to 8 weeks=embryo 8 weeks plus=fetus |
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3 stages of labor |
early labor is until cervix hits 3 cm active labor is until cervix hits 7 cm transition is until cervix hits 10 cm |
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anovulation |
without ovulation |
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ovarian cancer |
malignant tumors of the ovaries |
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endometrial cancer |
malignant tumors of the uterine lining |
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endometriosis |
disease within the uterus |
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uterine fibroids |
benign tumors in the uterus |
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-rrhea |
flow |
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rrhag/o |
excessive flow |
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amenorrhea |
without menstration flow |
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dysmenorrhea |
difficult menstration flow |
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menorrhagia |
condition of excessive flow when menstrating |
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menarche |
first period |
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cervical cancer |
malignant cells within the cervix |
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cervical dysplasia |
difficult formation pertaining to the cervix |
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dyspareunia |
painful intercourse |
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cephalopelvic disproportion (CPD) |
baby has a big head |
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ectopic pregnancy |
tubal pregnancy |
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placenta previa |
where the placenta implants over the cervical area |
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galactorrhea |
flow of milk |
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3 parts of a neuron |
dendrites, cell body, axon |
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afferent nerve |
sensory nerves |
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efferent nerve |
motor nerves |
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components of the central nervous system |
brain and spinal cord |
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components of the peripheral nervous system |
cranial nerves and spinal nerves |
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3 layers of the meninges |
dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater |
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cerebrum |
thinking area |
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frontal lobe |
critical thinking and motor control |
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parietal lobe |
sensation |
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temporal lobe |
hearing |
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occipital lobe |
sight |
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thalamus |
relay station |
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hypothalamus |
hunger, temperature regulation |
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brainstem |
medulla oblongata (respiratory rate and heart rate) |
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cerbellum |
fine movements (balance) |
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functional unit of the nervous system |
a neuron |
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sympathetic nervous system |
fight & flight (everything increases but blood flow to the GI tract) |
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parasympathetic nervous system |
rest and digest (everything decreases but the blood flow to the GI tract) |
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encephal/o |
brain |
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phas/o |
speech |
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alg/o |
pain |
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-paresis |
weakness |
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plag/o |
paralysis |
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lex/o |
reading |
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radicul/o |
nerve root |
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esthes/o |
feeling |
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anencephaly |
without a brain |
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aphasia |
without speech |
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cephalgia |
headache |
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cerbrovascular accident (CVA) |
stroke |
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down syndrome |
extra 21 chromosone |
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dyslexia |
difficult reading |
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encephalitis |
inflammation of the brain |
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hydrocephalus |
water on the brain |
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radiculopathy |
disease of the nerve root |
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anesthesia |
without feeling |
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hyperesthesia |
increased feeling |
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neuroma |
tumor of the nerves |