Break It Down – Reproductive System

Name: Lourdes Vazquez

Date: December 6, 2017

Identify, define and break into word parts 10 medical terms associated with
the Reproductive System.
Example: Vaginosis a condition of the vagina vagin/o – vagina
-osis condition of
1. Estrogen estr/o- female -en in
2. Ovulation ovul/o- egg -ation condition
3. Oviduct ov/o- egg -duct/o carry
4. anteflextion ante- before -flex/o to bend -tion completion
5. menarche men/o- menses -arche beginning
6. perimetrium peri- surrounding -metri/o uterus -us thing
7. myometrium my/o- muscle -metri/o- uterus (womb) -us thing
8. embryo embry/o- embryo
9. gestation gest/o- pregnancy -ation condition
10. fetal fet/o- fetus -al pertaining to

By working on this assignment it helps me by practicing medical

terms and memorizing the terms meaning.