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Because a cancerous lesion was revealed in a biopsy, the physician scheduled the surgical removal of the breast or a/an


A) mammoplasty
B) mastectomy
C) oophorectomy
D) colporrhaphy

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The rounded upper portion of the uterus is the


A) corpus
B) fundus
C) cervix
D) Douglas cul-de-sac

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The combining form that means uterus is


A) arche/o
B) mast/o
C) metr/i
D) men/o

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The two pairs of lips that surround the vagina are the


A) Bartholin glands
B) vulva
C) clitoris
D) hymen

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Premises
rapid flow of blood at menstruation
treatment for noninvasive cervical cancer
abnormal condition of tissue growing outside of the uterus
cessation of menstruation
surgical repair of the breast
performed to lift sagging breast tissue
pain in the breast
abnormal passageway between two organs
instrument used for visual examination of the vagina (and cervix)
excision of the uterus, uterine tubes, and ovaries
Responses
menorrhagia
conization
hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy
mastalgia
menopause
mammoplasty
endometriosis
fistula
colposcope
mastopexy

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rapid flow of blood at menstruation
treatment for noninvasive cervical cancer
abnormal condition of tissue growing outside of the uterus
cessation of menstruation
surgical repair of the breast
performed to lift sagging breast tissue
pain in the breast
abnormal passageway between two organs
instrument used for visual examination of the vagina (and cervix)
excision of the uterus, uterine tubes, and ovaries

The beginning of menstruation is called


A) menopause
B) oligomenorrhea
C) menarche
D) premenstrual syndrome

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A surgical puncture to remove fluid from the Douglas cul-de-sac (the rectouterine pouch) is called


A) culdoscopy
B) hysterosalpingogram
C) culdocentesis
D) culdoscope

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The term for inflammation of the inner (lining) of the uterus is


A) endometritis
B) myometritis
C) vaginitis
D) perimetritis

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The suffix -salpinx is defined as


A) absence of a normal body opening
B) uterus
C) ovaries
D) uterine tube

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TVS is the abbreviation for


A) total vaginal hysterectomy
B) transvaginal hysterectomy
C) total vaginal hymenectomy
D) transvaginal sonography

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The term that means inflammation of the uterine muscle is


A) endocervicitis
B) myometritis
C) perimetritis
D) adenitis

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The term perineorrhaphy is defined as a


A) suture of (a tear in) the vulva
B) excision of the vulva
C) suture of (a tear in) the perineum
D) suture of the vagina

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The term amenorrhea is defined as


A) rapid flow of blood from the uterus at menstruation
B) excessive discharge from the uterus
C) absence of menstrual discharge
D) abnormal uterine discharge

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The narrow lower portion of the uterus is called


A) corpus
B) fundus
C) vagina
D) cervix

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The fingerlike ends of the uterine tubes are the


A) graafian follicles
B) ova
C) fimbriae
D) vulva

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The term for the creation of an artificial opening in a uterine tube is


A) salpingectomy
B) salpingostomy
C) salpingocele
D) hematosalpinx

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Stereotactic breast biopsy is a technique that combines computer-assisted biopsy and


A) lumpectomy
B) radical mastectomy
C) mammography
D) simple mastectomy

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The term that means painful menstrual discharge is


A) menorrhagia
B) amenorrhea
C) dysmenorrhea
D) metrorrhagia

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MATCHING

Premises
menstruation
surrounding (outer)
vagina
first, beginning
vulva
uterine tube
uterus
woman
breast
absence of a normal body opening
Responses
gynec/o
-salpinx
colp/o
arche/o
episi/o
metr/o
-atresia
mast/o
men/o
peri-

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menstruation
surrounding (outer)
vagina
first, beginning
vulva
uterine tube
uterus
woman
breast
absence of a normal body opening

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


A) endometrial ablation
B) endrometrial ablation
C) conization
D) myomectomy

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