Endocrinology of pregnancy

Question 1

what are the 3 key events in the ovarian cycle?

Answer 1

• follicular growth
• ovulation
• luteal function

Question 2

what hormone does the ovum produce?

Answer 2

oestradiol

Question 3

what hormone does the corpus luteum produce?

Answer 3

progesterone

Question 4

what hormone does implantation produce?

Answer 4

HCG

Question 5

what is HSG used to detect?

Answer 5

pregnancy

Question 6

what hormones does the the placenta produce?

Answer 6

human placental lactogen
placental progesterone
placental oestrogen

Question 7

what hormone does the pituitary produce during pregnancy?

Answer 7

prolactin (lactinogen)

Question 8

the mixture of what two chemicals in a mother’s body cause insulin resistance?

Answer 8

progesterones

hPL

Question 9

when does foetal organogenesis start?

Answer 9

5 weeks, maybe earlier

Question 10

what does pregnancy do to the demand on thyroid?

Answer 10

increases it

Question 11

a mixture of which two chemicals in the mothers body causes an increase in thyroxine?

Answer 11

TSH

hCG

Question 12

what complications of pregnancy occur in hyperthyroidism?

Answer 12

Infertility
Spontaneous miscarriage
Stillbirth
Thyroid crisis in labour
Transient Neonatal thyrotoxicosis

Question 13

what does pregnancy do to all autoimmune disease?

Answer 13

exacerbates them