PP Questions

Question 1

What is sexual reproduction?

Answer 1

union between the nuclei of ovum and sperm

Question 2

What is another term for ovum and sperm cells?

Answer 2

gametes

Question 3

How many chromosomes do sex cells have?

Answer 3

23

Question 4

Where are gametes produced? What is the name of the structure in the female? Male?

Answer 4

gonads; ovaries in females and testes in males

Question 5

During fertilization, an ovum leaves the ovaries and travels through the ______________.

Answer 5

fallopian tube

Question 6

What is the name of a fertilized egg that divides to form a ball of cells?

Answer 6

zygote

Question 7

During the menstrual cycle, what occurs during day 1-5?

Answer 7

menstruation

Question 8

Day 13-14?

Answer 8

ovulation

Question 9

If fertilization occurs, the egg implants where?

Answer 9

uterine endometrium

Question 10

When the placenta forms, where does it attach?

Answer 10

uterine wall

Question 11

What fluid holds the fetus in the amniotic cavity?

Answer 11

amnion

Question 12

What 3 things are exchanged between the fetus and the mother?

Answer 12

water, nutrients and waste

Question 13

The placenta produces what hormone?

Answer 13

hCG= human chronic gonadotrophin

Question 14

What maintains the placenta development?

Answer 14

progesterone

Question 15

Normal fetal delivery position is called? What does it mean?

Answer 15

Cephalic presenting; head first

Question 16

The pituitary gland secretes what two hormones?

Answer 16

follicle-stimulating hormon, lutenizing hormone

Question 17

When does the pituitary gland STOP producing FSH and LH?

Answer 17

during pregnancy or with oral contraceptives

Question 18

Premature separation of the normally implanted placenta is known as:

Answer 18

abrutio placentae

Question 19

Misplaced implantation of the egg is known as:

Answer 19

ectopic pregnancy

Question 20

Name some neonatal problems:

Answer 20

downsyndrome, hydrocephalus, pyloric stenosis, erythroblastosis fetalis, hyaline membrane disease, meconium aspiration syndrome

Question 21

What is the name of the male sex cell:

Answer 21

sperm

Question 22

What part of the sperm cell carries its chromosomes?

Answer 22

the head

Question 23

The tail of the sperm, which makes it mobile is called the?

Answer 23

flagellum

Question 24

Twins resulting from the fertilization of separate ova by separate sperm cells are called:

Answer 24

fraternal

Question 25

Twins resulting from the fertilization of a single egg by a single sperm are called:

Answer 25

identical

Question 26

How many sperm cells are meant to be released throughout a man’s lifetime?

Answer 26

billions

Question 27

What hormone is responsible for bodily characteristics of the male? ex: beard, deep voice

Answer 27

testosterone

Question 28

What is the name of the surgical repair involves exciding a portion of the prepuce and bringing it to the end of the penis?

Answer 28

hypospadias

Question 29

Syphilis increase is solely among:

Answer 29

homosexual and bisexual males

Question 30

What does TURP stand for?

Answer 30

transurethral resection of prostate

Question 31

What is a clinical procedure for cutting and blocking vas deferens in males?

Answer 31

vasectomy

Question 32

What does the corpus luteum secrete?

Answer 32

progesterone

Question 33

Malignant tumor in the placenta:

Answer 33

choriocarinoma

Question 34

What do nerve cells do?

Answer 34

carry electrical messages all over the body

Question 35

What does the CNS consist of?

Answer 35

brain and spinal cord

Question 36

What does the PNS consist of?

Answer 36

cranial nerves, spinal nerves, plexuses, peripheral nerves throughout the body

Question 37

Parts of the neuron:

Answer 37

dendrite, cell nucleus, axon, terminal end fibers, neurotransmitters

Question 38

What is the name of the small clusters of nerve cell bodies?

Answer 38

ganglia

Question 39

What part of the brain controls temperature, sleep, appetite, sexual desire and emotions?

Answer 39

hypothalamus

Question 40

What connects the spinal cord and the brain and regulates blood vessels, heart and the respiratory system?

Answer 40

medulla oblongota

Question 41

Names of congenital disorders:

Answer 41

hydrocephalus and spina bifida cystica/occula

Question 42

What is the name of a blood clot in an artery leaving the brain?

Answer 42

thrombotic cva

Question 43

What is the name of a dislodged clot that travels to cerebral arteries?

Answer 43

embolic cva

Question 44

What is the name of a blood vessel, such as the cerebral artery, breaks and bleeding occurs?

Answer 44

hemorrhagic cva

Question 45

A severe, recurring, unilateral, vascular headache is referred to as a:

Answer 45

migraine

Question 46

Gravida vs. Para

Answer 46

Gravida in pregnancy refers to the number of pregnancies you’ve got, no matter they’re completed or not. Para refers to the number of deliveries, that is the number of pregnancies finally leading to live births.

Question 47

Name of an instrument to measure blood pressure:

Answer 47

Sphygmomanometer

Question 48

The double-layered membrane surrounding the heart is the:

Answer 48

Pericardium

Question 49

Which arrhythmia refers to rapid, random, inefficient, and irregular contractions of the atria and the ventricles?

Answer 49

fibrillation

Question 50

Highly malignant tumor

Answer 50

gioblastoma