Reproductive System Word Parts

What is the root word for ovary?

• cervic/o

• ovari/o

• gynec/o

• nat/o

What is the root word for vagina?

• hyster/o

• amni/o

• gynec/o

• vagin/o

What is the root word for uterus?

• salping/o

• hyster/o

• gynec/o

• perine/o

What is the root word for neck of uterus; cervix?

• cervic/o

• vagin/o

• oophor/o

• amni/o

What is the root word for uterine (fallopian) tube?

• men/o

• salping/o

• galact/o

• ovari/o

What is the root word for woman, female?

• salping/o

• cervic/o

• metr/o

• gynec/o

What is the root word for breast?

• cervic/o

• mast/o

• oophor/o

• men/o

What is the root word for menses, menstruation?

• uter/o

• gynec/o

• mamm/o

• men/o

What does the suffix -gravida mean?

• to bear offspring

• pregnant

• tube

• beginning

What does the suffix -para mean?

• children

• woman

• pregnancy

• to give birth