Chapter 26: Microbial Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Systems

________ is primarily a disease of domestic or wild animals, but it can be passed to humans and sometimes causes severe kidney or liver disease.

________ is a common inflammation of the urinary bladder in females.

The ________ known as chancroid (soft chancre) occurs most frequently in tropical areas, where it is seen more often than syphilis.

If the ________ of the vagina is disturbed, the protozoan may overgrow the normal microbial population of the genital mucosa and cause trichomoniasis.

________ can be painful and accompanied by discharges of pus.

________ (PID) is a collective term for any extensive bacterial infection of the female pelvic organs, particularly the uterus, cervix, uterine tubes, or ovaries.

gle urinary bladder, and a single urethra

consists of two kidneys, two ureters, a single urinary bladder, and a single urethra

consists of two ovaries, two uterine (fallopian) tubes, the uterus, including the cervix, the vagina, and external genitals

consists of two testes, a system of ducts, accessory glands, and the penis.

Most diseases of the reproductive systems transmitted by sexual activity

occurs most frequently in tropical areas, where it is seen more often than syphilis

usually transmitted sexually and are an increasing problem