Quiz 11

Question 1

What is the pueperium period?

Answer 1

the period after parturition when the reproductive tract repairs itself

Question 2

What is lochia?

Answer 2

uterine discharge: remnants of placental tissue and endometrium tissue

Question 3

Name two events that occur during the pueperium period.

Answer 3

myometrium contractions

endometrial repair

Question 4

True or False

During Puerperium period while lochial volume decreases, uterine mass and length remiane unchanges.

Answer 4

false, decreases

Question 5

True or False

Mammary parenchyma tissues rise from endoderm

Answer 5

false, ectoderm

Question 6

True or False

Lactose is milk sugar consist of glucose and sucrose

Answer 6

false, galactose

Question 7

True or False

In mammary gland development, the rate of secretory tissue is a lot faster than ductal tissue during the pregnancy

Answer 7

true

Question 8

True or False

Lactose is a major osmoregulator in the mammary gland and draws water

Answer 8

true

Question 9

Milk synthesis or amount milk is secreted depended on many factors such as milk frequency. Could you name three or more factors that affect milk synthesis in the mammary gland?

Answer 9

number of secreting cells
blood supply
endochrine support

Question 10

Where is Progesterone produced?

Answer 10

CL, placenta

Question 11

Where is Cortisol (Glucocorticoids) produced?

Answer 11

Adernal cortex

Question 12

Where is Estrogen produced?

Answer 12

Follicle, placenta

Question 13

What is Progesterone’s function in respect to mammary gland and lactation?

Answer 13

stimulates secretory tissue growth

Question 14

What is Cortisol’s function in respect to mammary gland and lactation?

Answer 14

stimulates action of prolactin

Increases prolactin receptors

Question 15

What is Estrogen’s function in respect to mammary gland and lactation?

Answer 15

stimulates ductal growth

Question 16

How many liters of blood/day goes through the mammary gland of cow that produces 45 liters of milk?

a. 20,000 to 40,000
b. 40,000 to 55,000
c. 9,000 to 18,000
d. 4,500 to 5,000

Answer 16

C

Question 17

Which of the following hormones can potentially retard milk synthesis?

a. progesterone
b. oxytocin
c. adrenal gland
d. estrogen

Answer 17

A

Question 18

Indicate the percentages for the following milk components:

Protein ____ Lactose ____ Water ____ Fat ____

Answer 18

3.2%
4.5%
88-89%
3.7%

Question 19

Oxytocin causes milk ejection by stimulating the contraction of

a. myoepithelial cells
b. pineal cells
c. myocardial cells
d. capillaries
e. sarcoplasmic reticulum

Answer 19

A

Question 20

Which of the following hormones are important for mammogenesis?

a. progesterone
b. oxytocin
c. adrenal steroids
d. estrogen
e. A and D

Answer 20

E

Question 21

Which of the following hormones are important for ductal development in the mammary glandmammogenesis?

a. progesterone
b. oxytocin
c. adrenal cortiosol
d. estrogen
e. glucogon

Answer 21

D

Question 22

Name the hormone that is responsible for milk letdown, and which cells are affected by this hormone?

Answer 22

oxytocin - myoepithelial cells of alveoli

Question 23

Major milk protein is _____, milk sugar is called _____, and the largest milk component is _____.

Answer 23

casein
lactose
water

Question 24

_____ is the milk sugar. The milk sugar is a disaccharide that consists of _____ and _____. This sugar makes up about _____% of the bovine milk.

Answer 24

lactose
glucose
galactose
4.5

Question 25

True or False

Progesterone is inhibitory to lactation

Answer 25

true

Question 26

True or False

The major osmoregulator compound in milk is Casein

Answer 26

false

Question 27

True or False

Prolactin plays a major role in fat synthesis in the mammary gland

Answer 27

false

Question 28

Mammary parenchyma tissues rise from _____ embryonic epithelium, whereas connective tissues rise from _____ embryonic epithelium.

Answer 28

ectoderm

mesoderm