HSC 3537 Chapter 12

amni/o

amnion

cervic/o

cervix, neck

galact/o, lact/o

milk

gynec/o

woman, female

hyster/o, uter/o, metri/o, metr/o

uterus, womb

mamm/o, mast/o

breast

men/o

menses, menstruation

nat/i

birth

oophor/o, ovari/o

ovary

perine/o

perineum

salping/o

fallopian tubes

vagin/o, colp/o

vagina

bartholin/o

bartholin gland

chorion/o, chori/o

chroion

culd/o

cul-de-sac

episi/o, vulv/o

vulva

myom/o, my/o

muscle

o/o, ov/o, ovul/o

egg

obstetr/o

pregnancy and childbirth

phor/o

to bear

-arche

beginning

-tocia, -partum

childbirth, labor

-cyesis, -gravida

pregnancy or gestation

-para

to bear (offspring)

-salpinx

tube (usually fallopian or eustachian)

-version

turning