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Female Reproductive System
Female Reproductive System Flash Cards
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06/25/2014

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Term
arche/o
Definition
beginning; first; source of action
Term
cervic/o
Definition

cervix

(the narrow necklike passage forming the lower end of the uterus, or any other bodily organs that is resembling a neck.)

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Term
colp/o
Definition

vagina

(the muscular tube leading from the external genitals to the cervix of the uterus in women)

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Term
vagin/o
Definition

vagina

(the muscular tube leading from the external genitals to the cervix of the uterus in women)

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Term
gynec/o
Definition
female; woman
Term
gyn/o
Definition
female; woman
Term
hymen/o
Definition

hymen

(a membrane that partially closes the opening of the vagina and whose presence is traditionally taken to be a mark of virginity.)

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Term
hyster/o
Definition

uterus

(the organ in the lower body of a woman where offspring are conceived and in which they gestate before birth; the womb.)

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Term
metr/o
Definition

uterus

(the organ in the lower body of a woman where offspring are conceived and in which they gestate before birth; the womb.)

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Term
metri/o
Definition

uterus

(the organ in the lower body of a woman where offspring are conceived and in which they gestate before birth; the womb.)

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Term
uter/o
Definition

uterus

(the organ in the lower body of a woman where offspring are conceived and in which they gestate before birth; the womb.)

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Term
lact/o
Definition
milk
Term
mamm/o
Definition

breast

(typicially one of the two soft, protruding organs on the upper front of a woman's body that secrete milk after pregnancy.)

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Term
mast/o
Definition

breast

(typicially one of the two soft, protruding organs on the upper front of a woman's body that secrete milk after pregnancy.)

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Term
men/o
Definition

menstruation

(the process in a woman of discharging blood and other materials from the lining of the uterus at intervals of about one lunar month from puberty until menopause, except during pregnancy.)

Term
oophor/o
Definition

ovary

(a female reproductive organ in which ova or eggs are produced)

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Term
ov/o
Definition

egg; ovum

(a mature female reproductive cell that can divide to give rise to an embryo usually only after fertilization by a male cell.)

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Term
ov/i
Definition

egg; ovum

(a mature female reproductive cell that can divide to give rise to an embryo usually only after fertilization by a male cell.)

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Term
perine/o
Definition

perineum

(the area between the anus and the scrotum or vulva.)

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Term
salping/o
Definition

fallopian tubes

(in a female, either of a pair of tubes along which eggs travel from the ovaries to the uterus)

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Term
vulv/o
Definition

vulva

(the external opening of the vagina or reproductive tract in a female)

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Term
episi/o
Definition

vulva

(the external opening of the vagina or reproductive tract in a female)

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