Alterations in Female Genital and Reproductive Function

Question 1

Amenorrhea

Answer 1

absence or suppression of menstruation in a female age of 16 years or older; occurs if period is missed 3 or more consecutive times

Question 2

Primary amenorrhea

Answer 2

failure to begin menses by the age of 16

Question 3

Secondary amenorrhea

Answer 3

the cessation of established, regular menstruation for 6 months or longer

Question 4

When us amenorrhea is normal?

Answer 4

before menarche, after menopause, and during pregnancy and breastfeeding

Question 5

What is the cause of amenorrhea?

Answer 5

due to abnormal pattern of hormonal functioning that interrupts the normal sequence of events in which the endometrial tissue lining the uterus proliferates and then is sloughed

Question 6

What is one of the most common alterations in the female reproductive system?

Answer 6

irregular or excessive bleeding from the uterus

Question 7

Metorrhagia

Answer 7

bleeding in between menstrual periods; bleeding from the endometrium during ovulation. Causes include malignancy, cervical erosions, and endometrial polyps or as a side effects of estrogen therapy

Question 8

Hypomenorrhea

Answer 8

deficient amount of menstrual flow, results from endocrine or systemic disorders that may interfere with proper functioning of the hormones in the menstrual cycle

Question 9

Oligomenorrhea

Answer 9

infrequent menstruation, usually reflects failure to ovulate because of an endocrine or systemic disorder accompanying inappropriate hormonal function

Question 10

Polymenorrhea

Answer 10

an increased frequency of menstruation

Question 11

Mennorrhagia

Answer 11

debilitating increase in the amount or duration of the menstrual bleeding usually from lesions of the female reproductive organs

Question 12

Dysfunctional uterine bleeding

Answer 12

describes abnormal endometrial bleeding not associated with tumor, inflammation, pregnancy, or trauma or hormonal effects