Breasts & Reproductive Flashcards
Swollen male breast tissue due to hormone imbalance
Gynecomastia
Mammograms are ______ prevention
Secondary
Alcohol intake increases breast cancer risk because alcohol loves _____ ______
Adipose tissue
When is it best to examine female breasts?
5-7 days AFTER onset of menses
Why is it best to palpate female breasts 5-7 days after onset of menses?
To let tenderness go down
The ____ of ____ of the female breast is located near the armpit
Tail of Spence
The breast mass fribroadenoma is _____ _____, and appears during _____ and ____ _______
Very mobile, puberty and young adulthood
Fibroadenoma breast masses are what?
Benign
Breast cysts are often _____
Tender
Breast cysts are what?
Benign
Breast cancer is most common over what age?
50
Breast cancer masses are _____ or stellate, _____, and NOT _______
Irregular, firm, hard, NOT delineated
Breast cancer masses may be fixed to ______
Skin
Retraction signs are only present in THIS type of breast mass
Cancer
Mammograms should be done every ___ years ages ___-___ with average risk
2, 50-74
Clinical breast exams should be done every ___ years ages ___-___
3, 20-39
This type of exam is not recommended monthly
Self-exam
Absence of menses
Amenorrhea
Pain with menses
Dysmenorrhea
Frequency of menses is determined how?
Start of one period to the start of the next period
AKA the number of days menstrual flow lasts
Duration
_____ is total number of pregnancies, while ______ is the outcome of the pregnancies
Gravida, Para
How would you state Gravida and Para if a woman had two pregnancies and one live birth?
G2 P1
