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Physiology Flashcards

1
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> 35 day cycle

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Oligomenorrhea

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> 35 day cycle

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Oligomenorrhea

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Polymenorrhea

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Heavy Menstrual Bleeding; >80mL blood loss or >7days of menses

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Menorrhagia

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5
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Frequent but irregular menstruation

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Metrorrhagia

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6
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Heavy, irregular menstruation at irregular intervals

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Menometrorrhagia

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7
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Maintains endometrium to support implantation

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Progesterone

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Polymenorrhea

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9
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Heavy Menstrual Bleeding; >80mL blood loss or >7days of menses

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Menorrhagia

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10
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Frequent but irregular menstruation

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Metrorrhagia

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11
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Heavy, irregular menstruation at irregular intervals

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Menometrorrhagia

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12
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Maintains endometrium to support implantation

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Progesterone

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13
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Mittelschmerz

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transient mid-cycle ovulatory pain; classically associated with peritoneal irritation; may mimic an appendicitis

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14
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Induces and maintains lactation and decreased reproductive function

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Prolactin

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15
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assists in milk letdown; also promotes uterine contractions

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Oxytocin

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16
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Vitamin necessary for exclusively breastfed infants

17
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Source of hCG

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Syncytiotrophoblast of placenta

18
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Function of hCG

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maintains corpus luteum and progesterone for the first trimester acting like LH

19
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Synthesis of estriol and progesterone in 2nd and 3rd trimesters

20
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Alpha subunit of hCG is structurally identical to

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LH, FSH, and TSH

21
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beta subunit of hCG

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what pregnancy tests detect

22
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Hormone that is significantly increased in menopause

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FSH, because estrogen is decreased so lack of negative feedback

23
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Menopause before 40

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Premature ovarian failure

24
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HAVOCS in menopause

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Hot flashes, Atrophy of Vagina; Osteoporosis; Coronary artery disease; Sleep disturbances

25
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bacterial infection of breat; usually S. aureus associated with breastfeeding

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Acute Mastitis

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Tx of Acute Mastitis

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Drainage and Dicloxacillin

27
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Inflammation of subareolar ducts; usually smokers

Subareolar mass with nipple retraction

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Periductal Mastitis

28
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Inflammation with dilation of subareolar ducts; Green-brown nipple discharge

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Mammary Duct Ectasia

29
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When spermatogenesis begins

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At puberty with spermatogonia; full development takes 2 months

30
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Differentiates the epididymis, vas deferens, seminal vesicles

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Testosterone

31
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Deepens voice

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Testosterone

32
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Closing of epiphyseal plates

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Testosterone

33
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Early DHT effect

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differentiates penis, scsrotum, prostate

34
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Late DHT effect

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prostate growth, balding, sebaceous gland activity

35
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5alpha-reductase

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testosterone to DHT; inhibited by Finasteride

36
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Closes epiphyseal plates

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estrogen converted from testosterone

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