Medical Terminology Male Reproductive System Advanced Exam (Volume 9)

Medical Terminology Male Reproductive System Advanced Exam (Volume 9) What is the term for a substance that destroys sperm cells? - CORRECT ANSWER-A spermo*lyt*ic *sub*stance What is the combining form for "Male, masculine"? - CORRECT ANSWER-andr/o What is the term for a male hormone producing or stimulating male characteristics? An example is testosterone? - CORRECT ANSWER-*an*drogen What is the term for a congenital absence of a testicle? - CORRECT ANSWER- *An*or*chism* What is the term for a lack of formation or ejaculation of semen? - CORRECT ANSWER-A*sper*mia What is the term for lack of spermatozoa in semen? - CORRECT ANSWERazoo*sper*mia What is the combining form for "glans penis"? - CORRECT ANSWER-balan/o What is the term for inflammation of the glans penis? - CORRECT ANSWER-bala*ni*tis What is the term for male castration? - CORRECT ANSWER-Bi*lat*eral orchi*ec*tomy What is the term for the pair of exocrine glands near the male urethra; secrete fluid into the urethra? - CORRECT ANSWER-bulbou*re*thral glands What is the term for a malignant tumor of the exocrine gland lying below the urinary bladder? - CORRECT ANSWER-carci*no*ma of the *pros*tate What is the term for a malignant tumor of the male gonad? - CORRECT ANSWERcarci*no*ma of the *tes*tis What is the term for excision of the testicles or ovaries? - CORRECT ANSWERcas*tra*tion What is the term for a hard ulcer that is a sign of a sexually transmitted disease, usually syphilis? - CORRECT ANSWER-*Chan*cre (SHANE-ker) What is the term for the cause of non-gonococcal urethritis? - CORRECT ANSWERChla*myd*ial in*fec*tion What is the term for removal of the prepuce? - CORRECT ANSWER-Circum*cis*ion What is the combining form for "cold"? - CORRECT ANSWER-cry/o What is the term for the surgery for destruction of tissue by producing cold temperatures? - CORRECT ANSWER-cryo*gen*ic *sur*gery or cryo*sur*gery What is the combining form for "hidden"? - CORRECT ANSWER-crypt/o What is the term for undescended testicles? - CORRECT ANSWER-*crypt*orchidism What is the term for ejection of sperm and fluid from the male urethra? - CORRECT ANSWER-ejacu*la*tion What is the term for the tube through which semen enters the male urethra? - CORRECT ANSWER-e*jac*ulatory duct What is the combining form for "epididymis"? - CORRECT ANSWER-epididym/o What is the term for one of a pair of long, tightly coiled tubes lying on top of each testis? - CORRECT ANSWER-epi*did*ymis (pl: epi*did*ymides) What is the term for inflammation of the epididymis? - CORRECT ANSWERepididy*mi*tis What is the term for the inability of an adult male to achieve an erection; impotence? - CORRECT ANSWER-e*rec*tile dys*func*tion What is the term for the hair-like tail region of the sperm? - CORRECT ANSWERfla*gel*lum What is the term for two infants born of the same pregnancy from two separate egg cells fertilized by two different sperm cells? - CORRECT ANSWER-fra*ter*nal twins What is the term for two infants resulting from division of one fertilized egg into two distinct embryos? - CORRECT ANSWER-i*den*tical twins What is the term for "producing; forming"? - CORRECT ANSWER-*gen*esis What is the term for the sensitive tip of the penis? - CORRECT ANSWER-glans *pe*nis What is the combining form for "seed"? - CORRECT ANSWER-gon/o What is the term for a sexually transmitted disease marked by gonococci and urethral discharge? - CORRECT ANSWER-gonor*rhe*a What is the term for infection of the skin and mucous membranes with HSV; small fluidfilled blisters occur? - CORRECT ANSWER-*her*pes geni*tal*is What is the combining form for "water"? - CORRECT ANSWER-hydr/o What is the term for a hernia (sac) of fluid in the scrotal sac? - CORRECT ANSWER- *hy*drocele What is the term for a surgical procedure for an abnormal fluid collection in scrotum? - CORRECT ANSWER-Hydrocel*ect*omy What is the term for a congenital condition of the male urethra, where its tube is exposed to the external surface? - CORRECT ANSWER-Hypo*spa*dias What is the term for the inability of an adult male to achieve an erection? - CORRECT ANSWER-*im*potence What cells produce testosterone? - CORRECT ANSWER-inter*sti*tial cells of the *tes*tes What is the term that means "to tie off or bind"? - CORRECT ANSWER-Li*ga*tion What is the term for scanty production of sperm? - CORRECT ANSWER-oligo*sper*mia What is the suffix for "hormone"? - CORRECT ANSWER--one What is the combining form for "testis"? - CORRECT ANSWER-orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o What is the term for removal of a testicle? - CORRECT ANSWER-orchi*ec*tomy What is the term for fixation of the testicle? It is put in place following a diagnosis of cryptorchidism (undescended testicle)? - CORRECT ANSWER-orchio*pex*y What is the term for inflammation of a testicle? - CORRECT ANSWER-or*chi*tis What is benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) characterized by? - CORRECT ANSWER- *O*vergrowth of *glan*dular *tis*sue What is the term for the essential, distinctive cells of an organ? - CORRECT ANSWERpa*ren*chyma What is the term for the essential cells (parenchyma) of the testes? - CORRECT ANSWER-semi*nif*erous *tub*ules What is the combining form for "penis"? - CORRECT ANSWER-pen/o What is the term for "pertaining to the penis"? - CORRECT ANSWER-*pe*nile What is the term for the male gonad? - CORRECT ANSWER-*tes*tes What is the term for "pertaining to the penis and scrotum"? - CORRECT ANSWERpeno*scro*tal What is the term for the external region between the anus and scrotum? - CORRECT ANSWER-peri*ne*um What is the suffix for "fixation; to put in place"? - CORRECT ANSWER--pexy What is the term for narrowing (stricture) of the opening of the prepuce over the glans penis? - CORRECT ANSWER-phi*mo*sis What is the term for the foreskin? - CORRECT ANSWER-*pre*puce What is the combining form for "prostate gland" - CORRECT ANSWER-prostat/o What is the term for the gland below the bladder surrounding the urethra in male mammals and releasing a fluid? - CORRECT ANSWER-*pros*tate gland What is the term for removal of the prostate gland? - CORRECT ANSWERprosta*tec*tomy What is the term for a benign increase in growth of cells of a gland below the urinary bladder in males? - CORRECT ANSWER-*pros*tatic hyper*pla*sia What is the term for inflammation of the prostate gland? - CORRECT ANSWERprosta*ti*tis What is the term for "pus-filled"? - CORRECT ANSWER-*pur*ulent What is the term for a surgical procedure to remove the prostate gland and some tissue around it? - CORRECT ANSWER-*Rad*ical prosta*tec*tomy What is the term for the sac containing the male gonads? - CORRECT ANSWER- *scro*tum What is the term for the fluid that contains sperm cells and secretions and is produced during ejaculation? - CORRECT ANSWER-*se*men What is the combining form for "semen; seed"? - CORRECT ANSWER-semin/i What is the term for either of a paired sac-like male exocrine glands that secrete seminal fluid? - CORRECT ANSWER-*sem*inal What is the term for the glands that secrete a fluid into the vas deferens? - CORRECT ANSWER-*sem*inal *ves*icles What is the term for the tissue that produces sperm cells? - CORRECT ANSWERsemi*nif*erous *tub*ules What is the term for testicular carcinoma? - CORRECT ANSWER-Semi*no*ma What is the combining form for "spermatozoa; sperm cells"? - CORRECT ANSWERsperm/o, spermat/o What is the term for the process of formation of sperm cells? - CORRECT ANSWERspermato*gen*esis What is the term for a sperm cell? - CORRECT ANSWER-spermato*zo*on (pl: spermato*zo*a) What is the term for "pertaining to destruction of sperm"? - CORRECT ANSWERspermo*lyt*ic What is the term for a procedure that removes an individual's ability to produce or release reproductive cells? - CORRECT ANSWER-sterili*za*tion What is the suffix for "new opening (to form a mouth)"? - CORRECT ANSWER--stomy What is the term for the tissue forming the ground substance, framework, or matrix of an organ, as opposed to the functioning part or parenchyma? - CORRECT ANSWER- *stro*mal *tis*sue A chancre is the primary lesion in which condition? - CORRECT ANSWER-*Syph*ilis What is the combining form for "monster; malformed fetus"? - CORRECT ANSWERterat/o What is the term for a tumor (testicular) that is composed of many types of tissues? - CORRECT ANSWER-tera*to*ma What is the combining form for "testis"? - CORRECT ANSWER-test/o What is the term for "pertaining to the testes"? - CORRECT ANSWER-tes*tic*ular What is the term for twisting of the spermatic cord? - CORRECT ANSWER-tes*tic*ular *tor*sion What is the term for the male gonad? - CORRECT ANSWER-*tes*tis (pl: *tes*tes) What is the term for the male hormone (androgen) produced by the testes? - CORRECT ANSWER-tes*tos*terone What is the term for the surgical procedure for benign prostatic hyperplasia? - CORRECT ANSWER-TURP (Transu*re*thral re*sec*tion of the *pros*tate) What is the combining form for "varicose veins"? - CORRECT ANSWER-varic/o What is the term for a collection of swollen, twisted veins above the testes? - CORRECT ANSWER-*var*icocele What is the term for a surgical procedure for removal of swollen, twisted veins near the testes? - CORRECT ANSWER-Varicoce*lec*tomy What is the term for the tube that leads from the epididymis to the urethra? - CORRECT ANSWER-vas *def*erens What is the combining form for "vessel; duct; vas deferens"? - CORRECT ANSWERvas/o What is the term for removal of a portion of each vas deferens? - CORRECT ANSWERva*sec*tomy What is the term for a new opening (anastomosis) between two parts of the vas deferens; surgery to reverse vasectomy? - CORRECT ANSWER-vasova*sos*tomy What is the combining form for "