Medical Vocab: Lesson 14

Front 1

AGOG-

Back 1

combining form

leading, drawing forth

lact-agog-ue

Front 2

ARCH-, -ARCHE

Back 2

combining form

beginning, origin

men-arche

Front 3

CERVIC-, CERVIX

Back 3

combining form

neck (of the uterus), cervix uteri

cervic-al

Front 4

COLP-

Back 4

combining form

vagina

colp-o-scopy

Front 5

CYE-

Back 5

combining form

be pregnant

cye-sis

Front 6

EURY(N)-

Back 6

combining form

widen, dilate

metr-euryn-ter

Front 7

GAL-, GALACT-

Back 7

combining form

milk

galact-o-rrhea

Front 8

-GN-, NAT-

Back 8

combining form

be born

pre-nat-al

Front 9

GONAD-

Back 9

combining form

sex glands, sex organs

gonad-o-trop-in

Front 10

GRAVID-

Back 10

combining form

pregnant

prim-gravid-a

Front 11

HYMEN-

Back 11

combining form

membrane; hymen

hymen-o-tomy

Front 12

HYSTER-

Back 12

combining form

uterus

hyster-ectomy

Front 13

LACT-

Back 13

combining form

milk

lact-ation

Front 14

MAMM-

Back 14

combining form

breast

mamm-o-graph-y

Front 15

MAST-, MAZ-

Back 15

combining form

breast

mast-ectomy

Front 16

MEN-

Back 16

combining form

[month] menstruation

men-o-pause (??) unsure

Front 17

METR-, -METRA

Back 17

combining form

uterus

metr-alg-ia

Front 18

OOPHOR-

Back 18

combining form

ovary

oophor-ectomy

Front 19

OVARI-

Back 19

combining form

ovary

ovari-an

Front 20

OV-

Back 20

combining form

egg

ov-i-duct

Front 21

PART-, -PARA

Back 21

combining form

give birth

primi-para

Front 22

PELV-

Back 22

combining form

[basin] pelvis

pelv-ic

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PUB-

Back 23

combining form

[signs of manhood] pubic hair, pubic bone, pubic
region, pubis

pub-ic

Front 24

PUBER(T)-

Back 24

combining form

[manhood] puberty

puber-al

Front 25

SALPING-, -SALPINX

Back 25

combining form

[war trumpet] fallopian tube

salping-o-graph

Front 26

SYRING-, -SYRINX

Back 26

combining form

[pipe] fistula, cavity, oviduct, sweat glands, syringe

syring-e

Front 27

THEL(E)-

Back 27

combining form

nipple

thel-ium

Front 28

TOC-

Back 28

combining form

childbirth, labor

toc-o-phob-ia

Front 29

UTER-

Back 29

combining form

womb, belly, uterus

uter-ine

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VAGIN-

Back 30

combining form

[sheath] vagina

vagin-itis

Front 31

-ter

Back 31

noun-forming suffix

instrument, device

metreuryn-ter, rhineuryn-ter

Front 32

Name the principal organs of the female productive system

Back 32

ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, and vagina

Front 33

follicles (Latin folliculus, diminutive of follis, bag)

Back 33

structures consisting of epithelial cells surrounding a primitive ovum, the oogonium, which develops into an oocyte, then into an ovum

Front 34

ovulation

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a single ovum matures and is released from the ovaries approx every 28 days

Front 35

corpus luteum

Back 35

the mass of cells of the follicle changes into a yellowish body shortly after the follicle is expelled

Front 36

oviducts

Back 36

the two fallopian tubes (oophor- or salping- from Greek salpinx, tube)

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zygote (Greek zygotos, yoked, from zygon, yoke)

Back 37

the fertilized ovum

Front 38

fundus (Latin fundus, base, foundation)

Back 38

uppermost portion of the uterus

Front 39

In Greek mythology the god of marriage and weddings ws named

Back 39

Hymen

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The ancient Greeks believed that women were especially susceptible to emotional disorders and that these disorders arose from the womb. Galen used what word to discribe this

Back 40

hysterikos (Hippocrates says, "When a woman suffers from hysterics or difficult labor, it is a good thing to sneeze"

Front 41

Another term for fallopian tubes or eustacian tubes

Back 41

salpingian tubes

Front 42

Forms ending in -agogue usually refer to

Back 42

agents used to promote the flow or secretion of fluids within the body

Front 43

dyspareunia

Back 43

painful intercourse; derived from an adjective dispareunos (dys, unpleasant, painful, and pareunos, a lying with or beside from para-, alongside and eunazesthai, go to bed)

Front 44

Epthielium (Greek epi, over and thele, nipple)

Back 44

the layer of cells that forms the epidermis of the skin and the surface of mucous and serous membranes; named by the German histologist Jacob Henle

Front 45

Endothelium

Back 45

the layer of cells that lines the vessels and organs of the cardiovascular system; named by the Swiss physician Wilhelm His