Part 5 - Reproductive System

Cards (174)

  • cervic/o
    neck, cervix
  • gynec/o
    woman, female
  • men/o
    menses, menstruation
  • salping/o
    fallopian tubes, uterine tubes
  • -cyesis
    state of pregnancy
  • -para
    to bear (offspring)
  • -salpinx
    fallopian tube
  • -tocia
    labor, childbirth
  • Gynecology
    study of female reproductive system
  • Gynecologist
    physician specialist in gynecology
  • genitalia = reproductive organs
  • vulv/o - vulva
  • Ovaries - Ovary [ oophor/o - ovari/o ]

    • Small almond-shaped glands
    • Produce ova (singular is ovum)
    • Produces female sex hormones
  • Ovaries - Ovary [ oophor/o - ovari/o ]
    Every 28 days produces:
    • Follic stimulating hormone (FSH)
    • Luteinizing hormone (LH)
  • Ovaries - Ovary [ oophor/o - ovari/o ]
    • Produces estrogen and progesterone
    • Stimulates lining of uterus in preparation to receive fertilized ovum
    • Female secondary sexual characteristics
  • Oophoritis
    inflamation of the ovary
  • Ovarian
    pertaining to the ovary
  • Fallopian Tubes [ salping/o -salpinx ]

    • Also called uterine tubes or oviducts
    • Approximately 5 1/2 inches long
  • Fallopian Tubes [ salping/o -salpinx ]
    • Unattached ends expand into finger-like projections, Fimbriae
    • Fimbriae catch ovum after ovulation and direct into fallopian tube
  • Salping/o
    tube/ fallopian tube
  • Salpingectomy
    removal of fallopian tubes
  • Salpingitis
    inflamation of the fallopian tubes
  • Hematosalpinx
    blood in the fallopian tubes
  • Uterus [ hyster/o metr/o uter/o ]
    • Hallow with thick muscular wall lined with mucous membrane lining and rich blood supply
  • Endometrium
    • Rich blood supply that reacts to hormonal changes every month that prepare it to receive fertilized ovum
    • Normal pregnancy fertilized ovum implants
    • Provides nourishment and protection for developing baby
  • Myometrium
    Muscle contractions assist in moving fetus through the birth canal at delivery
  • Hysteropexy
    surgical fixation of the uterus
  • Hysterorrhexis
    ruptured uterus
  • Hysterectomy
    surgical removal of the uterus
  • Endometritis
    inflammation within the uterus
  • Perimetritis
    inflammation around the uterus
  • Metrorrhea
    flow from the uterus
  • Metrorrhagia
    rapid blood flow from the uterus
  • Uterine
    pertaining to the uterus
  • Cervicectomy
    removal of the cervix
  • Cervical
    pertaining to the neck of the uterus
  • Endocervicitis
    inflammation within the cervix
  • Vagina [ colp/o vagin/o ]

    • Muscular tube, mucous lined membrane extending from the cervix of the uterus to the outside of the body
    • Passage of menstrual flow
    • Receives penis and semen with sperm during intercourse
    • Birth canal during vaginal birth
    • Hymen is a thin membrane covering external vaginal opening called the vaginal orifice
    • Bartholin's glands on either side of the vaginal orifice
  • Colposcope
    instrument to view the inside of vagina
  • Vaginal
    pertaining to vagina