Exam 13: Gynecology and Obstetrics /Female Reproductive System

Effacement is the thinning of the cervical wall during labor.

A Pap smear is known as ________ cytology because it examines cells that have been scraped from the cervix.

Eating nonfood items like clay,erasers,and chalk during pregnancy is known by the medical name of ________.

All of the following are combining forms that mean "uterus;womb" EXCEPT ________.

The opening of the cervical canal is called the cervical ________.

Oligohydramnios is ________.

A mother's first milk is known as ________.

All of the following measurements taken during ultrasonography are used to estimate the gestational age of the fetus EXCEPT ________.

Infection of the breast is known as ________.

Infection with HPV predisposes a woman to the later development of ________.

The prefix intra- means ________.

The combining form oophor/o- means ________.

All of the following are true about the surgical procedure D&C EXCEPT ________.

The uterine tubes (fallopian tubes)are also called the ________.

Discharge of milk from the breasts when the patient is not pregnant or breastfeeding is called ________.

All of the following combining forms mean "egg;ovum" EXCEPT ________.

The combining form toc/o- means ________.

Inserting a needle into the pregnant uterus and aspirating fluid to be tested is known as a/an ________.

The developing human is called a/an ________ from day four of development through the eighth week of gestation.

A plastic surgery procedure to enlarge small breasts is known as ________.