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LOM CH. 8
FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
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Medical
Undergraduate 1
08/26/2012

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Term
AREOLA
Definition
DARK-PIGMENTED AREA SURROUNDING THE BREAST NIPPLE.
Term
CERVIX
Definition
LOWE, NECK-LIKE PORTION OF THE UTERUS.
Term
CLITORIS
Definition
ORGAN OF SENSATIVE ERECTILE TISSUE ANTERIOR TO THE OPENING OF THE FEMALE URETHRA.
Term
CUL-DE-SAC
Definition
REGION IN THE LOWER ABDOMEN, MIDWAY BETWEEN THE RECTUM AND THE UTERUS.
Term
FALLOPIAN TUBE
Definition
ONE OF A PAIR OF DUCTS THROUGH WHICH THE OVUM TRAVELS TO THE UTERUS.
Term
FETUS
Definition
STAGE IN PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT FORM 8 TO 30 OR 40 WEEKS.
Term
GONAD
Definition
FEMALE OR MALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGAN THAT PRODUCES SEX CELLS AND HORMONES; OVARY OR TESTIS.
Term
LABIA
Definition
LIPS OF THE VAGINA. MAJORA ARE THE LARGER, OUTERMOST LIPS, AND MINORA ARE THE SMALLER, INNERMOST LIPS.
Term
MENOPAUSE
Definition
GRADUAL ENDING OF MENSTRATION.
Term
MENSTRATION
Definition
MONTHY SHEDDING OF THE UTERINE LINING.  THE FLOW OF BLOOD AND TISSUE NORMALLY DISCHARGED DURING THIS IS CALLED MENSES.
Term
OVARY
Definition
ONE OF A PAIR OF FEMALE ORGANS (GONADS) ON EACH SIDE OF THE PELVIS.  THEY ARE ALMOND-SHAPED, ABOUT THE SIZE OF LARGE WALNUTS, AND PRODUCE EGG CELLS (OVA) AND HORMONES.
Term
COITUS
Definition
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; COPULATION.
Term
PERINEUM
Definition
INFEMALES, THE AREA BETWEEN THE ANUS AND THE VAGINA.
Term
UTERUS
Definition
HOLLOW, PEAR-SHAPED MUSCULAR FEMALE ORGAN IN WHICH THE EMBRYO AND FETUS DEVELOP, AND FROM WHICH MENSTRATION OCCURS. THE UPPER PORTION IS THE FUNDUS; THE MIDDLE PORTION IS THE CORPUS; AND THE LOWERMOST, NECK-LIKE PORTION IS THE CERVIX.
Term
VAGINA
Definition
MUSCULAR, MUCOSA-LINED CANAL EXTENDING FROM THE UTERUS TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE BODY.
Term
VULVA
Definition
EXTERNAL FEMALE GENITALIA; INCLUDES THE LABIA, HYMEN, CLITORIS, AND VAGINAL ORIFICE.
Term
ADNEXA UTERI
Definition
FALLOPIAN TUBES, OVARIES, AND SUPPORTING LIGAMENTS
Term
CHORION
Definition
OUTERMOST LAYER OF THE TWO MEMBRANES SURROUNDING THE EMBRYO; IT FORMS THE FETAL PART OF THE PLACENTA
Term
CORPUS LUTEUM
Definition
EMPTY OVARIAN FOLLICLE THAT SECRETES PROGESTERONE AFTER RELEASE OF THE EGG CELL; LITERALLY MEANS YELLOW BODY
Term
ENDOMETRIUM
Definition
INNER, MUCOUS EMEBRANE LINING OF THE UTERUS
Term
EMBRYO
Definition
STAGE IN PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT FORM 2 TO 8 WEEKS
Term

FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE

(FSH)

Definition
SECRETED BY THE PITUITARY GLAND TO STIMULATE MATURATION OF THE EGG CELL (OVUM)
Term
GAMETE
Definition
MALE OF FEMAL SEXUAL REPRODUCTIVE CELL; SPERM CELL OR OVUM
Term
GESTATION
Definition
PERIOD FROM FERTILIZATION OF THE OVUM TO BIRTH
Term

HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN

(hCG)

Definition
HORMONE PRODUCED BY THE PLACENTA TO SUSTAIN PREGNANCY BY STIMULATING (-TROPIN) THE OVARIES TO PRODUCE ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE
Term
MENARCHE
Definition
BEGINNING OF THE FIRST MENSTRUAL PERIOD AND ABILITY TO REPRODUCE
Term
ORIFICE
Definition
AN OPENING
Term
OVARIAN FOLLICLE
Definition
DEVELOPING SAC ENCLOSING EACH OVUM WITHIN THE OVARY
Term
OVUM
Definition
MATURE EGG CELL (FEMALE GAMETE).  DEVELOP FROM IMMATURE EGG CELLS CALLED OOCYTES
Term
UTERINE SEROSA
Definition
OUTERMOST LAYER SURROUNDING THE UTERUS
Term
ZYGOTE
Definition
STAGE IN PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT FROM FERTILIZATION AND IMPLANTATION TO 2 WEEKS
Term
METORRHAGIA
Definition
BLEEDING BETWEEN MENSES
Term
CERVICITIS
Definition
INFLAMMATION OF THE CERVIX. LEUKORRHEA
Term

PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE

(PID)

Definition
INFLAMMATION AND IFECTION OF ORGANS IN THE PELVIC REGION; SALPINGITIT, OOPHORITIS, ENDOMETRITIS, ENDOCERVICITIS
Term
FIBROIDS
Definition
BENIGN TUMORS IN THE UTERUS
Term
ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE
Definition
PREMATURE SEPARATION OF THE IMPLANTED PLACENTA
Term
CHORIOCARCINOMA
Definition
MALIGNANT TUMOR OF THE PLACENTA
Term
FIBROCYSTIC DISEASE
Definition
NUMEROUS SMALL SACS OF FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE AND FLUID IN THE BREAST
Term
PLACENTA PREVIA
Definition
IMPLANTATION OF THE PLACENTA OVER THE CERVICAL OPENING OR IN THE LOWER REGION OF THE UTERUS
Term
HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE
Definition
ACUTE LUNG DISEASE COMMONLY SEEN IN THE PREMATURE NEWBORN
Term
HYDROCPHALUS
Definition
ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN THE SPACES OF THE BRAIN
Term
MECONIUM ASPIRATION SYNDROME
Definition
ABNORMAL INHALATION OF MECONIUM (FIRST STOOL) PRODUCED BY A FETUS OR NEWBORN
Term
ERYTHROBLASTOSIS FETALIS
Definition
HEMOLYTIC DISEASE IN THE NEWBORN (HND) CAUSED BY A BLOOD GROUP (RH FACTOR) INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN THE MOTHER AND THE FETUS
Term
EXENTERATION
Definition
REMOVAL OF INTERNAL ORGANS WITHIN A CAVITY
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