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| Term meaning "in one piece". In surgery it describes the technique of removing tissue. |
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| The master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain. It produces hormones to stimulate the ovaries. |
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| Hormone produced by the ovaries. Promotes female secondary sex characteristics. |
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| Male or female sexual reproductive cell, sperm cell or ovum. |
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| Is a condition in which the tissue that behaves like the cells lining the uterus (endometrium) grows in other areas of the body, causing pain, irregular bleeding, and possible infertility. |
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| A fibrous benign tumor of the uterus that usally arises from the myometrium |
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| Release of the ovum from the ovary. |
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| Stage in prenatal development from 8 to 39/40 weeks. |
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| Stage in prenatal development from 2-8 weeks. |
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| The use of a special endoscope for diagnostic procedures and interventional surgery of the uterus. |
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| Hormone produced by the corpus luteum in the ovary and the placenta of a pregnant woman. |
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| Mucous membrane partially or completely covering the opening of the vagina. |
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| Tubes that carry milk within the breast. |
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| One pair of ducts through which the ovum travels to the uterus. |
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| Inner, mucous membrane lining the uterus. |
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| The demise of the embryo or fetus and expulsion of the tissue. |
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| A condition in which previous cervical injury results in repeated spontaneous abortions. |
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| An abortion in which the products of conceptions are no longer viable but are retained in the uterus. |
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| The area between the anus and the posterior vestibule (vagina) in females. |
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| Period of time between fertilization and birth. |
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Female or male reproductive organ that produces sex cells and hormones.
The ovary in Females
The Testis in Males |
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| The union of sperm cell and ovum from which the embryo develops. |
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| Hollow, pear-shaped muscular female organ in which the embryo/fetus develop. From which menstruation occurs. The upper portion is the fundus; middle portion is the body and the lowermost neck-like portion is the cervix. |
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| Muscular, mucosa-lined canal extending from the uterus to the exterior of the body. |
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| Point in the life cycle when secondary sex characteristics appear and gametes are produced. |
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