CHAPTER 13: MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM

andr/o

male

balan/o

glans of the penis

crypt/o

hidden

epididym/o

epididymis

genit/o

genitalia

gonad/o

gonads, sex glands

gon/o

seed (ovum or spermatozoon)

olig/o

scanty

orch/o

testis (plural, testes)

orchi/o

testis (plural, testes)

orchid/o

testis (plural, testes)

test/o

testis (plural, testes)

perine/o

perineum

prostat/o

prostate gland

spermat/o

sperm cells (spermatozoa)

sperm/o

sperm cells (spermatozoa)

varic/o

dilated vein

vas/o

vessel, vas deferens, duct

vesicul/9o

seminal vesicle

-cide

killing

-genesis

forming, producing, origin

-ism

condition

-spadias

slit, fissure

brachy-

short

epi-

above, upon

benign prostate hyperplasia (BHP)

enlargement of the prostate (prostatomegaly) that constricts the urethra as part of the aging process, causing urinary symptoms

erectile dysfunction (ED)

decrease or lack of hormones normally produced by gonads

phimosis

stenosis or narrowing of foreskin so thst it cannot be retracted over the glans penis

sterility

inability to produce offspring

hydrocele

swelling of the sac surrounding the testes

variocele

swelling and distention of the veins in spermatic cord