Chapter 12- Female Reproductive System

amni/o

amnion (amniotic sac)

cervic/o

neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)

colp/o, vagin/o

vagina

galact/o, lact/o

milk

gynec/o

woman, female

hyster/o, metri/o, uter/o

uterus (womb)

mamm/o, mast/o

breast

men/o

menses, menstruation

metr/o

uterus (womb); measure

nat/o

birth

oophor/o, ovari/o

ovary

perine/o

perineum

salping/o

tube

-arche

beginning

-cyesis

pregnancy

-gravida

pregnant woman

-para

to bear (offspring)

-salpinx

tube

-tocia

childbirth, labor

-version

turning

ante-

before, in front of

dys-

bad; painful; difficult

endo-

in, within

multi-

many, much

post-

after

primi-

first

intrauterine device (IUD)

small T-shaped device inserted in the uterus by a physician to prevent pregnancy

cesarean section (C-section)

incision of the abdomen and uterus to remove the fetus

cordocentesis

sampling of fetal blood drawn from the umbilical vein, performed under ultrasound guidance

hysterectomy

excision of the uterus