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MIDTERM Flashcards

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TAH

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TOTAL ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY

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TVH

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TOTAL VAGINAL HYSTERECTOMY

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PID

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PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE

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TL

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TUBAL LIGATION

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LTL

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LAPAROSCOPIC TUBAL LIGATION

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GC

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GONORRHEA

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PCO

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POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN DISEASE

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PCOS

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POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN DISEASE SYNDROME

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CxBx

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CERVICAL BIOPSY

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Bx

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BIOPSY

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ENDOBx

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ENDOMETRIAL BIOPSY

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LPD

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LUTEAL PHASE DEFECT

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ERT

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ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY

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STD

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SEXUAL TRANSMITTED DISEASE

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PMS

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PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME

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SAB

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SPONTANEOUS ABORTION (MISCARRIAGE)

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EAB

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ELECTIVE ABORTION

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SUI

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STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE

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EDC

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ESTIMATED DAY OF CONFINEMENT (DELIVERY DUE DATE)

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ROM

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RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES

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PIH

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PREGNANCY INDUCED HYPERTENSION

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C/S

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CAESAREAN SECTION

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U/S

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ULTRASOUND

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PROM

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PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES

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PP

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POSTPARTUM

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GFM

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GOOD FETAL MOVEMENT (I.E W/ ULTRASOUND)

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A: Fallopian tube

B: Uterus

C: Bladder

D: Vagina

E: Colon

F: Ovary

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A: Fallopian tube

B: Ovary

C: Menstrual Flow

D: Vagina

E: Cervix

F: Uterus

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A: Pineal

B: Thyroid

C: Parathyroid

D: Adrenal

E: Kidney

F + G: Ovary/Testes

H: Pancreas

I: Thymus

J: Pituitary

K:Hypothalamus

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VAGINA

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PASSAGE LEADING FROM UTERUS TO VULVA

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CERVIX

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LOWER NARROW PART OF THE UTERUS

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DYSMENORRHEA

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MENSTRUAL PAIN IN LOWER ABDOMEN

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LUTENIZING HORMONE (LH)

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A GONADOTROPIN PRODUCED IN ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND; ACUTE RISE OF LH TRIGGERS OVULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CORPUS LUTEUM. STIMULATES LEYDIG CELL PRODUCTION TESTOSTERONE; ACTS SYNERGISTICALLY W/ FSH

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FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE (FSH)

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A GONADOTROPIN PRODUCED IN ANTERIOR PITUITARY GLAND; REGULATES DEVELOPMENT OF GRAAFIAN FOLLICLE IN FEMALE AND STIMULATES PRODUCTION OF SPERMATOZOA IN MALE

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ENDOMETRIOSIS

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ABNORMAL GROWTH ENDOMETRIAL TISSUE OUTSIDE OF UTERUS

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AMENORRHEA

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THE ABSENCE OF MENSTRUATION FOR MORE THAN THREE CONSECUTIVE MONTHS

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ENDOMETRIUM

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INNER LINING OF UTERUS

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OVULATION

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RELEASE OF AN OVUM FROM THE OVARY

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HYSTEROSCOPE

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INSTRUMENT DESIGNED TO ALLOW VISUAL EXAMINATION OF UTERUS

(HYSTEROSCOPY= EXAMINATION OF UTERUS USING HYSTEROSCOPE)

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LEUCORRHEA

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THICK, WHITISH VAGINAL DISCHARGE

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LEEP

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LOOP ELECTROSURGICAL EXCISION PROCEDURE; MOST COMMON TX HIGH GRADE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA DISCOVERED ON COLPOSCOPIC EXAMINATION

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TESTOSTERONE

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STEROID HORMONE; PRODUCED BY TESTES (SL. ALSO ADRENAL CORTEX); DEVELOPMENT & MAINTENANCE OF MALE SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS

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POST-MENOPAUSE

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THE TIME 12 MONTHS AFTER LAST MENSES WHEN EGGS ARE NO LONGER RELEASED AND ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE LEVELS HAVE DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY

44
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PLACENTA PREVIA

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DURING PREGNANCY WHEN PLACENTA IS ABNORMALLY PLACED, AND PARTIALLY OR TOTALLY COVERS THE CERVIX

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MENORRHAGIA

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ABNORMALLY HEAVY OR EXTENDED MENSTRUAL FLOW

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ANOVULATION

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THE FAILURE, CESSATION, OR SUPPRESSION OF OVULATION

47
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METRORRHAGIA

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BLEEDING FROM THE UTERUS THAT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH MENSTRUATION

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PLACENTA

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MEMBRANOUS VASCULAR ORGAN THAT DEVELOPS DURING PREGNANCY, LINING THE UTERINE WALL AND PARTIALLY ENVELOPING FETUS, TO WHICH IT IS ATTACHED BY UMBILICAL CORD. FOLLOWING BIRTH, PLACENTA EXPELLED.

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CORPUS LUTEUM

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A TEMPORARY ENDOCRINE STRUCTURE IN FEMALES INVOLVED IN PRODUCTION HIGH LEVELS OF PROGESTERONE AND MODERATE LEVELS OF ESTRADIOL AND INHIBIN A; SECRETES ESTROGEN TO INHIBIT FURTHER RELEASE OF GnRH (GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE) AND THUS SECRETION OF LH & FSH; NEW CORPUS LUTEUM DEVELOPS W/ EACH MENSTRUAL CYCLE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus_luteum

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EMBRYO

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THE DEVELOPING ORGANISM FROM FERTILIZATION TO THE END OF 8TH WEEK (VS. FETUS= POSTEMBRYONIC, 9 WKS AFTER FERTILIZATION UNTIL BIRTH)

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LAPAROSCOPY

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SURGICAL PROCEDURE IN WHICH A SMALL INCISION IS MADE, USUALLY IN NAVEL, AND INSERT LAPAROSCOPE (VIEWING TUBE) TO EXAMINE & TAKE BIOPSIES IN ABDOMINAL AND PELVIC ORGANS W/ VIDEO MONITOR ON TUBE; (D/D PELVIC PAIN, I.E. OVARIAN CYSTS, ECTOPIC PREGNANCY, ETC.)

http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Laparoscopy

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MYOMECTOMY

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SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A MYOMA (MUSCLE TISSUE TUMOR), ESPECIALLY EXCISION OF FIBROID TUMOR FROM UTERUS

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FIMBRIA

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A BORDERING FRINGE AT THE OPENING OF THE FALLOPIAN TUBES

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COLOSTRUM

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FIRST MILK CONTAINS ANTIBODIES AND IMMUNE CELLS MAJOR COMPONENTS OF ADAPTIVE IMMUNE SYSTEM, PROVIDE PASSIVE IMMUNITY; DELIVERS NUTRIENTS, GROWTH FACTORS

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OXYTOCIN

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POSTERIOR PITUITARY HORMONE; STIMULATES CONTRACTION SMOOTH MUSCLE OF UTERUS DURING LABOR AND FACILITATES EJECTION OF MILK FROM BREAST DURING NURSING

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DILATION & CURETTAGE (D&C)

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THE DILATION OF CERVIX AND SURGICAL REMOVAL OF PART OF LINING OF UTERUS &/or CONTENTS OF UTERUS BY SCRAPING AND SCOOPING; THERAPEUTIC GYNECOLOGICAL PROCEDURE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilation_and_curettage

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PROGESTERONE

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FEMALE STEROID SEX HORMONE; SECRETED BY CORPUS LUTEM OF OVARY AND PLACENTA; PREPARE UTERUS FOR IMPLANTATION OF FERTILIZED OVUM, TO MAINTAIN PREGNANCY, AND PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT OF MAMMARY GLANDS

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ASHERMANS SYNDROME (AS)

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IS A CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY ADHESIONS AND/OR FIBROSIS OF ENDOMETRIUM MOST OFTEN ASSOCIATED W/ D&C (DILATION & CURETTAGE) OF INTRAUTERINE CAVITY; AKA INTRAUTERINE ADHESIONS (IUA), UTERINE/CERVICAL ATRESIA, TRAUMATIC UTERINE ATROPHY, SCLEROTIC ENDOMETRIUM, ENDOMETRIAL SCLEROSIS, INTRAUTERINE SYNECHIAE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asherman%27s_syndrome

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METROSTAXIS

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HEMORRHAGE OF THE UTERUS

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hCG

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HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PRODUCED BY CELLS OF FETAL PLACENTA AND MAINTAINS FUNCTION OF CORPUS LUTEUM DURING FIRST WEEKS OF PREGNANCY

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PID

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PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INFECTION OF WOMAN’S REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS; A COMPLICATION OF SOME STD’S (I.E. CHLAMYDIA, GONORRHEA); OTHER NON-STD INFECTIONS CAN ALSO CAUSE PID

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ISCHEMIC PHASE

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(MENSTRUAL CYCLE) PERIOD LASTING 1 OR 2 DAYS; COINCIDES W/ CONSTRICTION OF SPIRAL ARTERIES OF ENDOMETRIUM D/T DECREASED SECRETION ESTROGEN & PROGESTERONE; ISCHEMIA RESULTS IN SHRINKAGE & DEGENERATION OF ENDOMETRIUM.

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ESTROGEN

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ANY OF SEVERAL STEROID HORMONES PRODUCED CHIEFLY BY THE OVARIES & RESPONSIBLE FOR PROMOTING ESTRUS & DEVELOPMENT & MAINTANENCE OF FEMALE SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS

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ESTRONE

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AN ESTROGENIC HORMONE SECRETED BY OVARY & ADIPOSE TISSUE; ONE OF SEVERAL NATURAL ESTROGENS (INCL. ESTRIOL, ESTRADIOL); LESS ABUNDANT OF THREE; KNOWN TO BE A CARCINOGEN

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrone

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ESTRADIOL

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A HUMAN SEX HORMONE & STEROID, MADE IN OVARIES; PRIMARY FEMALE SEX HORMONE; IMPORTANT IN REGULATION OF ESTROUS AND MENSTRUAL FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE CYCLES; ESSENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT & MAINTENANCE OF FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE TISSUES; IMPORTANT EFFECTS IN OTHER TISSUES INCLUDING BONE; NATURAL ESTROGEN (THREE MAIN: ESTRIOL, ESTRONE, ESTRADIOL)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estradiol

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ESTRIOL

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ONE OF THREE MAIN ESTROGENS (ESTRONE, ESTRADIOL, ESTRIOL); PRODUCED IN SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS DURING PREGNANCY AS IS MADE BY PLACENTA FROM AN ANDROGEN STEROID MADE IN FETAL LIVER AND ADRENAL GLANDS

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CORTISOL

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STEROID HORMONE, PRODUCED BY ADRENAL CORTEX; RELEASED IN RESPONSE TO STRESS & LOW BLOOD GLUCOSE; FUNCTIONS TO INCREASE BLOOD SUGAR, SUPPRESS IMMUNE SYSTEM, AID IN METABOLISM OF FAT, PROTEIN & CARBOHYDRATE; DECREASE BONE FORMATION

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UTERINE FIBROIDS

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(AKA UTERINE LEIOMYOMA, MYOMA) IS A BENIGN TUMOR OF SMOOTH MUSCLE LAYER (MYOMETRIUM) OF UTERUS; (LEIOMYOMA= “” ANYWHERE); CANCEROUS VERSION= LEIOMYOSARCOMA

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BLIGHTED OVUM

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FERTILIZED EGG ATTACHES TO UTERINE WALL BUT EMBRYO DOESN’T DEVELOP; CELLS DEVELOP TO FORM PREGNANCY SAC BUT NOT EMBRYO ITSELF; BLIGHTED OVUM OCCURS W/IN 1ST TRIMESTER; TYPE OF MISCARRIAGE

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MYOMETRIUM

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MIDDLE LAYER OF UTERINE WALL, CONSISTING MAINLY OF UTERINE SMOOTH MUSCLE CELLS; MAIN FUNCTION IS INDUCE UTERINE CONTRACTIONS

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MENOPAUSE

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ABSENCE OF MENSTRUATION FOR ONE YEAR; AVERAGE AGE IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES= 41-55 YEARS OF AGE (MEDIAN= 51)

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PERIMENOPAUSE

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TIME PRECEDING END OF MENSTRUATION AND USUALLY OCCURS 2-5 YEARS BEFORE TRUE CESSATION OF MENSTRUATION; OVULATION MAY STILL OCCUR; DECREASE HORMONE PRODUCTION; RISE FSH

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GONORRHEA

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TOP 2 STD (CHLAMYDIA); BACTERIA NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; TX W/ CEFTRIAXONE (ROCEPHIN)

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