surgical inscision of the perineum to facilitate the delivery process. Can prevent an irregular tearing of tissue during birth. 

episi/o  --otomy

incision    into     vulva         

neo-   --ology 

neonatology

new   and study of 

study of the newborn

perineum

Beginning of menstruation and the ability to reproduce.

Failure of the testes to descend into the scrotal sac before birth. Generally, the testes will descend before a boy is 1 year old. A surgical procedure called orchidopexy may be required to bring the testes down into the scrotum  permanently. Failure of the testes to descend could result in sterility in the male.

Excessive bleeding during the menstrual period. Can be measrued either in the total number of days or the amount of blood or both.

PSA test or

prostate- specific antigen test

The term to describe the developing infant from fertilization until the end of the eighth week.

benign tumor or growth that contains fiber-like tissue. Uterine fibroid tumors are the most common tumors in women

  vas/o  ectomy

vasectomy

vas deferens  excision 

excision of vas deferens

incision into the aminotic sac

puncturing of the amniotic sac using a needle and syringe for the purpose of withdrawing amniotic fluid for testing. Can assist in determining fetal maturity, development, and genetic disorders.

vagina

gestation

length of time from conception to birth, generally 9

months. calculated from the first day of the last menstrual period, with a range of from 259 days to 280 days.

    spermat/o                       --lysis        

spermatolysis

sperm    distruction 

sperm destruction

Albumin/o

Ren/o

cystalgia

 bladder pain

pyelogram

x-ray record or  the renal pelvis

urinary

pertaining to urine

dysuria

condition of difficult or painful urination

pyuria

condition of pus in the urine

dystocia

difficult labor and chilbirth

Emargency condition in which the placenta tears away from the uterine wall before the 20th week of pregnancy. Requires immediate delivery of the baby.

where the renal artery enters the kidney and the renal vein leaves it.

also the ureters leave the kidneys at the hilum.

narrow tubes that lead from the kidneys to the bladder

1.  filtration

2.  reabsorption

3. secretion

bladder is composed with three layers of smooth muscle tissue lined with mucous membrane containing what?

rugae or wrinkles

1. receives the urine directly from the ureters

2. stores urine

3. excretes it through the urethra

woman: its 1 1/2 inch long

man: 8 inches long

Internal sphincter

protects us from having our bladder empty at the wrong time. Involuntary muscle.

fetus

1.the fundus or upper portion, between where the fallopian tubes connect to the uterus.

2. corpus or body, which is the central portion;

3.cervix or lower portion which is also called the neck of the uterus and opens into the vagina.

the one that called  inner layer  of the uterine which of the wall contains a rich blood supply.

the endometrium react to hormonal changes every month that prepate it to receive a fertilized egg or ovum. also provide nourishment and protection for the developing baby.

 the one that which called contractions of the thick musclar walls of the uterus that assist in propeling the fetus through the birth canal at delivery.

the glomerular or bowman's capsule that encases a ball of capillaries called the glomerulus.

afferent arteriole

Reabsorption which is after filtration passes through the four sections of the tubule. As the the filtrate moves along its twisted journey most of the water and much of the electrolytes and nutrients are reabsorbed into the peritubular capillaries, a capillary bed that surronds the renal tubules

episi/o  

--otomy