Medical Terminology Male Reproductive
System Advanced Exam (Volume 9)
What is the term for a substance that destroys sperm cells? - CORRECT ANSWER-A
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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 [Show Less]