Ch 37 Flashcards
Most fertility centers will follow patients through their first trimester with the first sonogram, often being scheduled at approximately ____ weeks EGA
6
Serious complications of ovarian stimulation techniques used in assisted reproduction are ____ & _____
OHSS , multifetal gestation
What is frequently linked with timed intercourse, intrauterine insemination, or in Vitro fertilization embryo transfer
COH
The normal ovarian/menstrual cycle last ___ days, beginning on the first day of a women’s menses and extending to the ___ day of her next menses
28, first
Day 14 of the menstrual cycle is usually when ___ occurs
Ovulation
The corpus luteum begins to degenerate about ___ days after ovulation, if fertilization does not occur
8-10
A surge in ____ causes the dominant follicle to rupture at which the ___ will irrupt from the ovary
Luteinizing hormone, ovum
The main diameter of a dominant follicle at the time of ovulation is
15-25 mm
What acquisition can provide automated counting a follicles
3D volume
A string of pearls is associated with ____ and increased ovarian surface area
PCOS
The endometrium consist of a ____ and ____ layer
Basal and functional
IUI is
Intrauterine insemenation
A cause of female infertility, known for uterine scarring, and usually related to pregnancy loss, showing absence or discontinuation of endometrial stripe is 
Asherman syndrome
Sonography of the endometrium is able to assess ___, ____flow, ____movements, presence of intra-cavitary’s lesions, and the presence of intra-cavitary fluid
Thickness, blood flow, peristaltic movements
Adenomyosis is the presence of endometrial tissue within the
Myometrium
Semen analysis include sperm ____, ____ and morphology
Density, motility
The classic appearance of multiple tubular vein, superior to the testes what you can contribute to infertility is described as
Bag of worms
Once follicles are considered to be mature, ___ or ___, is administered to induce ovulation
Hug or Lupron
And endometrial thickness of less than ___ millimeters is useful in predicting poor implantation rates in in vitro firtualization cycles
7 mm
Varicocele is determined by ___ or more veins, measuring ____ millimeters, or greater with or without the Valsalva technique
3 , 3 mm
Infertility is the failure to produce a pregnancy with unprotected intercourse after
12 months
Sonographic assessment of the male ____ may help to assess and diagnose infertility in a couple
Scrotal anatomy
Clomiphene citrate and letrozole is known as
Ovulation inducing agents 
Fertilization of one egg by one sperm createS a
Zygote 
What is the fluid filled cavity that develops within primary follicles in a sonographically visible?
Antrum
The second half of the ovarian cycle is 
Luteal phase 
The endometrium is thinnest during
Menstrual phase 
The dominant follicle grows approximately ___ daily in the 4 to 5 days preceding ovulation 
1-2 mm
When determining the antral follicle count for an infertility patient, only follicles between ___ are tallied
2-10mm
The syndrome associated with irregular, timed menstrual cycles, elevated androgen levels, often manifested by increased hair, growth, hair loss, and acne
Polycystic ovary syndrome
Normal endometrial thickness varies from ___ through the menstrual cycle during the reproductive years
3-16 mm
Polyps, myomas, synechia, retained products of conception, endometrial hyperplasia, and carcinoma can best be viewed during
SIS
Distortion of the uterine cavity, interference of uterine/endometrial blood flow, and tubal ostia occlusion are mostly related to
submucosal fibroids
The preferred imaging method to ensure fallopian tube patency is
HSG
The prevailing reason for male infertility is
Varicoceles
A baseline scan is performed within the
first days of menstrual flow
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (UCSI) is
the injection of one sperm into the cytoplasm of one egg
For many etiologies of infertility, the first step of treatment is
COH
In an embryo transfer procedure, the embryo along with its surrounding culture media appears
echogenic once released from catheter
The stage of an embryo at 2/3 days after fertilization is
cleavage
An embryologist uses a container responsible for moving embryos into the uterine cavity. The container is a
Transfer catheter
EV sonography is utilized to detect a gestation sac
by 5 weeks after a woman’s LMP
