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What is Amenorrhea
Absence of period
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What is THE PROCESS OF X-RAYING THE SOFT TISSUE OF THE BREAST FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETECTING VARIOUS BENIGN & MALIGNANT GROWTHS BEFORE THEY CAN BE FELT.
Mammography
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What is The darker pigmented, circular area surrounding the nipple of each breast.
Areola
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What is THE NECK OF THE UTERUS
Cervix
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What is THE PERIOD OF LIFE AT WHICH THE ABILITY TO REPRODUCE BEGINS; IN THE FEMALE, IT IS THE PERIOD WHEN THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS ARE FULLY DEVELOPED
Puberty
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What is Dysmenorrhea
Painful period
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What is AN INVASIVE PROCEDURE IN WHICH A NEEDLE IS INSTERTED INTO AN AREA OF THE BODY, SUCH AS THE BREAST, TO WITHDRAW TISSUE OR FLUID SAMPLE FOR MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION & DIAGNOSIS.
Aspiration biopsy
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What is The point on the posterior rim of the vaginal opening at which the labia minora connect. (Bottom of the vagina)
Fourchette
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What is The muscular layer of the wall of the uterus
Myometrium
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What is a group of symptoms that include irritability, fluid retention (bloating), tenderness of the breasts, & general feelings of depression occurring shortly before the onset of menstruation.
PMS (Premenstrual Syndrome)
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What is Oligomenorrhea
Abnormally light or infrequent periods
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What is The destruction of tissue by rapid freezing with substances such as Liquid Nitrogen (LN2)
Cryosurgery
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What is The area between the vaginal orifice & the anus
Perineum
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What is One of the pair of female gonads responsible for producing matura ova & releasing them during ovulation, also responsible for producing the female hormones estrogen & progesterone.
Ovary
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What is THE CESSATION OF MENSTRUATION, OR MENOPAUSE
Climacteric
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What is Metorrhagia
Uterine bleeding at other times other than the menstrual flow
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What is Visual examination of the vagina & cervix using an instrument with a lighted binocular microscope for direct examination of the surfaces of the vagina & cervix.
Culposcopy
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What is THE INNER LINING
OF THE UTERUS
Endometrium
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What is The herniation or downward protrusion of the urinary bladder through the wall of the vagina.
Cystocele
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What is The union of
a male sperm & female ovum
Fertilization
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What is Menorrhagia
Abnormally heavy or long periods
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What is THE SURGICAL PUNCTURE THROUGH THE POSTERIOR WALL OF THE VAGINA INTO THE CUL-DE-SAC TO WITHDRAW INTRAPERITONEAL FLUID FOR EXAMINATION.
Culdocentesis
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What is The DOME-SHAPED central, upper portion of the uterus between the points of insertion of the fallopian tubes.
Fundus
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What is the female sex cell?
Ovum
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What is the yellowish-mass that forms within the ruptured ovarian follicle after ovulation
Corpus Luteum
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