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26 Cards in this Set
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UTERUS
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THE WOMB. THE ORGAN THAT HOLDS THE EMBRYO AND FETUS AS IT DEVELOPS. PEAR SHAPED.
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ANTEVERSION
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FORWARD TILT OF THE UTERUS
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RETROVERSION
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BACKWARD TILT OF THE UTERUS
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OVARIES
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A PAIR OF FEMALE ORGANS (GONADS) THAT PRODUCE EGG CELLS AND HORMONES. ALMOND SHAPE.
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FALOPIAN TUBES
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TUBES THAT CARRY EGGS TO THE WOMB.
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VULVA
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EXTERNAL GENITALIA OF THE FEMALE; INCLUDES THE LABIA, HYMEN, AND CLITORIS.
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MONS PUBLIS
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A PAD OF TISSUE OVERLYING THE PUBIC SYMPHYSIS.
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LABIA MAJORA
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THE OUTER LIPS OF THE VAGINA.
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LABIA MINORA
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SMALLER, INNER LIPS OF THE VAGINA.
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CLITORIS
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IS AN ORGAN OF SENSITIVE, ERECTILE TISSUE LOCATED ANTERIOR TO THE VAGINAL ORIFICE AND IN FRONT OF THE URETHRAL MEATUS.
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VESTIBULAR GLANDS
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GLANDS FOUND AT THE OPENING OF THE VAGINA.
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ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY
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REMOVAL OF THE UTERUS THROUGH AN INCISION IN THE ABDOMINAL WALL.
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SALPINGO-OOPHORECTOMY
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REMOVAL OF A TUBE AND ALL OR PART OF THE ASSOCIATED OVARY.
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TUBAL LIGATION
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INTERRUPTION OF FALLOPIAN TUBE CONTINUITY DESIGNED TO STERILIZE THE PATIENT.
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EXCISION OF OVARIAN CYST
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REMOVAL OF AN OVARIAN CYST.
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CESARIAN SECTION
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SURGICAL DELIVERY OF AN INFANT THROUGH ABDOMINAL AND UTERINE WALL.
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DILATION AND CURETTAGE (D&C)
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DILATION OF OS CERVIX, CURETTING OF ENDOCERVICAL OR ENDOMETRIAL TISSUE TO OBTAIN TISSUE FOR MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION, TO HALT UTERINE BLEEDING, TERMINATE PREGNANCY,OR TO REMOVE TISSUE FOLLOWING AN INCOMPLETE OR MISSED ABORTION
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CONIZATION OF THE CERVIX
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EXCISIONOF A CONE OF TISSUE FROM THE CERVIX TO REMOVE A CANCEROUS LESION OR TISSUE FOR BIOPSY.
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EXCISION OF CYSTIC BARTHOLIN'S GLAND
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REMOVAL OR INCISION OF THE CYST THROUGH THE VAGINAL OUTLET AND DRAIN-AGE OF THE AREA.
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REPAIR OF RETROVAGINAL FISTULA
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EXCISION OF A FISTULA BETWEEN THE RECTUM AND VAGINA.
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ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR REPAIR (A&P)
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RECONSTRUCTION OF THE VAGINAL WALLS, THE PELVIC FLOOR, AND THE MUSCLES ANS FASCIA OF THE RECTUM, URETHRA, BLADDER, AND PERINEUM TO CORRECT A CYSTOCELE AND A RECTOCELE AND TO REESTABLISH THE SUPPORT OF THE ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR VAGINAL WALLS TO RESTORE THE BLADDER AND RECTUM TO THEIR NORMAL POSTION.
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VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY
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REMOVAL OF THE UTERUS THROUGH AN INCISION MADE IN THE VAGINAL WALL AND THE PELVIC CAVITY.
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SHIRODKAR PROCEDURE
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(CERCLAGE) POSTCONCEPTION PLACEMENT OF A COLLAR-TYPE LIGATURE AT THE LEVEL OF THE INTERNAL OS TO CLOSE IT FOR INCOMETENCE OF THE CERVIX.
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BROAD, ROUND, CARDINAL
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SUPPORTING LIGAMENTS OF THE UTERUS
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METRORRHAGIA
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ACTIVE UTERINE BLEEDING AT TIMES OTHER THAN DURING MENSTRATION
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AMENORRHEA
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ABSENCE OF MENSTRATION
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