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CLA 131 Chapter 16
The Female Reproductive System
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Undergraduate 1
05/01/2008
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endo-
 Definition
within, inner
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peri-
 Definition
around, surrounding
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pre-
 Definition
before
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cervic
 Definition
neck, cervix
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colp
 Definition
vagina
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culd
 Definition
culdesac
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episi
 Definition
vulva
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gynec, gyn
 Definition
woman
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hydr
 Definition
water
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hyster
 Definition
uterus
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mamm, mast
 Definition
breast
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men, menstru
 Definition
month, menstruation, menses
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metr
 Definition
uterus
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oophor, ovari
 Definition
ovary
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ov
 Definition
egg
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perine
 Definition
perineum
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py
 Definition
pus
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salping
 Definition
trumpet, fallopian tube
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trachel
 Definition
neck, cervix
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uter
 Definition
womb, uterus
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vagin
 Definition
sheath, vagina
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vulv
 Definition
vulva
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-atresia
 Definition
closure; absense of normal body opening
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-ial
 Definition
pertaining to
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-salpinx
 Definition
trumpet, fallopian tube
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cervix
 Definition
lower, narrow part of the uterus
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mammary glands
 Definition
secrete milk
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menarche
 Definition
the first menses
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menses
 Definition
a period
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endometrium
 Definition
the inner, vascular layer of the urerus, which is the site of embryo implantation and menses
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myometrium
 Definition
muscular wall of uterus
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perimetrium
 Definition
outermost layer of uterus
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ova
 Definition
egg cells
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ovary
 Definition
 produce estrogen, progesterone, and ova
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ovulation
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period
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perineum
 Definition
area between vulva and anus
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alveolar glands
 Definition
milk-secreting glands
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Bartholin's Gland
 Definition
mucus secreting gland outside the vagina
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fallopian tubes
 Definition
between ovary and uterus
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fornix
 Definition
the shallow pocket of the internal end of the vagina
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follicles
 Definition
enclose ovums in ovaries
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Graafian follicle
 Definition
a mature follicle that participates in ovulation
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hymen
 Definition
a thin membrane that covers vagina before it is penetrated
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infundibulum
 Definition
the expanded end of the fallopian tube that opens to the peritoneal cavity
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rectouterine pouch
 Definition
narrow space between uterus and rectum, DOuglas' culdasac
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dyspareunia
 Definition
difficult or painful sexual intercourse
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Bartholin's adentitis
 Definition
inflimation of bartholins gland
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