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genit/o

genitals

urin/o

urine

scrot/o

scrotum

testicul/o

testes

prostat/o

prostate

seminiferous tubules

in testes (makes sperm)

epididymis

sperm matures

vas deference

sperm are transported

seminal vesciles

makes the majority of semen

ejaculatory ducts

holds the majority of semen mix

bolbourethral gland

neutralizes acid

prostate

contains an antibiotic and substance that causes spermatozoa release in the vagina

infertility

inability to get pregnant after 1 year of unprotected sex

crypt/o

hidden

Orch/o

testes

-ism

disease process

cryptorchidism

disease process of hidden testes

male infertility-caused by

low sperm count or ineffective/abnormal sperm

Oligospermia

condition of scanty/few sperm

orchitis

inflammation of testes

benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH)

benign growth of cells within the prostate gland

transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP)

surgical procedure

STD

sexually transmitted disease

prostate cancer

malignant tumor of the prostate gland

erectile dysfunction

can't maintain an erection

priapism

erection that won't decrease or go down

gynecomastia

enlarged breasts in males

hyster/o

uterus

metri/o

uterus

uter/o

uterus

oopher/o

ovaries

salping/o

fallopian tubes

cervic/o

cervix

colp/o

vagina

vagin/o

vagina

labi/o

lips

men/o

menstruation

-arche

beginning

menstru/o

monthly discharge of blood

nat/o

birth

placent/o

placenta

ovaries

to produce the egg cells (ovums)

fallopian tubes

carries the ovums to the uterus

uterus

carries the baby from zygote to fetus

cervix

holds the baby in

vagina

the opening in which goes from the uterus to the exterior of the body

vulva

external female genitalia

baby names

0 to 4 days=zygote


4 days to 8 weeks=embryo


8 weeks plus=fetus

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

anovulation

without ovulation

ovarian cancer

malignant tumors of the ovaries

endometrial cancer

malignant tumors of the uterine lining

endometriosis

disease within the uterus

uterine fibroids

benign tumors in the uterus

-rrhea

flow

rrhag/o

excessive flow

amenorrhea

without menstration flow

dysmenorrhea

difficult menstration flow

menorrhagia

condition of excessive flow when menstrating

menarche

first period

cervical cancer

malignant cells within the cervix

cervical dysplasia

difficult formation pertaining to the cervix

dyspareunia

painful intercourse

cephalopelvic disproportion (CPD)

baby has a big head

ectopic pregnancy

tubal pregnancy

placenta previa

where the placenta implants over the cervical area

galactorrhea

flow of milk

3 parts of a neuron

dendrites, cell body, axon

afferent nerve

sensory nerves

efferent nerve

motor nerves

components of the central nervous system

brain and spinal cord

components of the peripheral nervous system

cranial nerves and spinal nerves

3 layers of the meninges

dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater

cerebrum

thinking area

frontal lobe

critical thinking and motor control

parietal lobe

sensation

temporal lobe

hearing

occipital lobe

sight

thalamus

relay station

hypothalamus

hunger, temperature regulation

brainstem

medulla oblongata (respiratory rate and heart rate)

cerbellum

fine movements (balance)

functional unit of the nervous system

a neuron

sympathetic nervous system

fight & flight (everything increases but blood flow to the GI tract)

parasympathetic nervous system

rest and digest (everything decreases but the blood flow to the GI tract)

encephal/o

brain

phas/o

speech

alg/o

pain

-paresis

weakness

plag/o

paralysis

lex/o

reading

radicul/o

nerve root

esthes/o

feeling

anencephaly

without a brain

aphasia

without speech

cephalgia

headache

cerbrovascular accident (CVA)

stroke

down syndrome

extra 21 chromosone

dyslexia

difficult reading

encephalitis

inflammation of the brain

hydrocephalus

water on the brain

radiculopathy

disease of the nerve root

anesthesia

without feeling

hyperesthesia

increased feeling

neuroma

tumor of the nerves