Exam 8: Female Reproductive System

The study of women (a branch of medicine dealing with health and diseases of the female reproductive system) is

The combining form colp/o is defined as

An abnormal opening between the bladder and the vagina is called

Because a cancerous lesion was revealed in a biopsy, the physician scheduled the surgical removal of the breast or a(n)

Colpoplasty is a surgical

The abbreviation for the term that means severe illness that might affect menstruating women using tampons is

The suffix -salpinx is defined as

Surgical removal of the cone-shaped area of the cervix is called

The rounded upper portion of the uterus is the

The term that means abnormal condition of growth of endometrial tissue in various areas of the pelvic cavity is

Suturing of the vagina (wall of the vagina) is called

The combining form men/o is defined as

Uterine artery embolization is used to treat

The term that means blood in the uterine tubes is

The term perineorrhaphy is defined as a(n)

The term that means inflammation of the vagina is

An instrument used to open a body cavity for visual inspection is a

The beginning of menstruation is called

The ovaries are largely made up of

The combining form salping/o means