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Male Reproductive System

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  1. artific/i
    not natural
  2. balan/o
    head of penis, glans penis
  3. cis/o
    to cut
  4. crypt/o
    hidden
  5. didym/o
    testis
  6. ejaculat/o
    to throw out
  7. gon/o
    genitals
  8. gynec/o
    female
  9. mast/o
    breast
  10. mit/o
    thread
  11. orch/o
    testicle
  12. orchid/o
    testicle
  13. prostat/o
    prostate
  14. sperm/i
    seed, sperm
  15. spermat/o
    seed, sperm
  16. testicul/o
    testicle
  17. varic/o
    twisted vein
  18. vas/o
    vessel
  19. vesicul/o
    seminal vesicle
  20. zo/o
    living, alive, animal
  21. epididymis
    • acts as a site for the maturation of sperm
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  22. prostatic urethra
    pee tube inside body

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  23. penile urethra
    pee tube within penis

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  24. prepuce
    foreskin
  25. scrotum
    ball sac to keep testis cool
  26. Prostate Gland
    located just under bladder, around urethra, it secretes alkaline fluid that becomes a part of the semen
  27. Ejaculatory duct
    • conected to the urethra at the prostate
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  28. Seminal vesicle
    conected to the ejaculatory duct
  29. Vas deferens
    a slim muscular tube that conveys sperm from the epididymis to the ejaculatory duct
  30. anorchism
    lacking one or both testicles
  31. aspermia
    • a-lack
    • sperm-sperm
    • ia-condition
  32. azoospermia
    • a-lack of
    • zo/o-alive or animal
    • sperm-sperm
    • ia-condition
  33. balanitis
    • balan-gland
    • itis-inflamation

    inflamation to the head of the penis
  34. benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)
    inlarged prostate gland
  35. coitus
    sex between a man and woman
  36. condyloma
    genital warts
  37. cryptorchidism
    • crypto-hidden
    • orchid-testicle
    • ism- condition

    when the testicle does not descend
  38. hypospadias
    • hypo-under
    • spadias-opening

    condition where the urethra opens on the underside of the penis
  39. mitosis
    • mit-thread
    • osis-condition
    • ordinary condition of cell division
  40. oligospermia
    • oligo-scanty
    • sperm
    • ia-condition
    • insufficient live sperm
  41. ectomy
    surgical removal
  42. tomy
    surgical cut, incision
  43. parenchyma
    • par-beside
    • enchyma-to pour
  44. phimosis
    • phim-muzzle
    • osis-condition

    a narrowing of the foreskin that cannot be drawn back
  45. spermatoblast
    sperm cell
  46. spermatocele
    sperm hernia
  47. genesis
    formation
  48. zoon
    life
  49. syphilis
    STD caused by treponema pallidum
  50. ar
    pertaining to
  51. varicocele
    • veric/o-twisted
    • cele-hernia
  52. prostate-specific antigen (PSA) immunoassay
    a blood test to help determine prostate disease or cancer
  53. BPH
    benign prostatic hyperplasia
  54. GC
    gonorrrhea
  55. HPV
    human papillomavirus
  56. HSV-2
    herpes simplex virus-2
  57. PID
    pelvic inflamitory disease
  58. PSA
    prostate specific antigen
  59. TUR
    transurethral resection
  60. TURP
    transurethral rescetion of the prostate
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Male Reproductive System
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Chapter 18
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