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Female egg cells are stored in the

ovaries

The anatomic structure that provides a passageway for the female egg cell into the uterus is called the

uterine, or fallopian tube

the Douglas cul-de-sac is also called the

rectouterine pouch

The narrow lower portion of the uterus is called the

cervix

External female genitals are also called

vulva

The combining form mast/o means

breast

A pair of mucus-producing glands located on each side of the vagina and just above the vaginal opening are known as

bartholin glands

The meaning of the medical term menarche is

beginning of menstruation

men/o

menstruation

arche/o

beginning, first

The word part that completes the medical term _______/o/logy, which literally means study of women, is

gynec

The abbreviation GYN means

gynecology

The combining forms for ovary are

oophor/o, ovari/o

The combining form for the vagina is

colp/o

A combining form meaning first or beginning is

arche/o

The meaning of the combining form salping/o is

uterine tube/fallopian

The abbreviation for the cervix is

Cx

The medical term for the inner lining of the uterus is _____metrium.

endo

The muscular middle layer of the uterus is the

myometrium

A fold of membrane that sometimes covers the opening of the vagina is called the

hymen

1

cervix

2

ovary

3

body (corpus)

4

fundus

5

fallopian tube

6

fimbriae

7

uterus

1

duct

2

lobes

3

muscle

4

nipple

5

areola