Reproductive Systems Chapter Review • CHAPTER 8 385REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS CHAPTER
REVIEW
WORD ELEMENTS SUMMARY
The following table summarizes CFs, suffixes, and prefixes related to the reproductive system. Study the word
elements and their meanings before completing the Word Elements Chapter Review that follows.
Word Element Meaning Word Element Meaning
Combining Forms
Female Reproductive System
amni/o amnion (amniotic sac) metr/o uterus (womb); measure
cervic/o neck; cervix uteri (neck of the mamm/o, mast/o breast
uterus)
colp/o, vagin/o vagina men/o menses, menstruation
episi/o, vulv/o vulva nat/o birth
galact/o, lact/o milk oophor/o, ovari/o ovary
gynec/o woman, female path/o disease
hyster/o, uter/o uterus (womb) perine/o perineum
lapar/o abdomen salping/o tube (usually fallopian or eu-
stachian [auditory] tubes)
Male Reproductive System
andr/o male orchid/o, orchi/o, testis (plural, testes)
orch/o, test/o
balan/o glans penis prostat/o prostate gland
gonad/o gonads, sex glands spermat/o, sperm/i, spermatozoa, sperm cells
sperm/o
muc/o mucus varic/o dilated vein
olig/o scanty vas/o vessel; vas deferens; duct
Suffixes
-al, -ic, -ous pertaining to, relating to -para to bear (offspring)
-algia, -dynia pain -pathy disease
-arche beginning -pexy fixation (of an organ)
-cele hernia; swelling -plasia, -plasm formation, growth
-cyesis pregnancy -plasty surgical repair
-ectomy excision, removal -ptosis prolapse, downward displacement
-genesis forming, producing, origin -rrhage, -rrhagia bursting forth (of)
-gravida pregnant woman -rrhaphy suture
-ia condition -rrhea discharge, flow
-ist specialist -salpinx tube (usually fallopian or eu-
stachian [auditory] tubes)Continued