Repro Flashcards
What ligament carries the uterine blood supply?
Ovarian blood vessels?
Cardinal ligament
Suspensory ligament of the ovary
How would a radical prostatectomy cause erectile dysfunction?
Cavernous nerves carrying parasympathetics to the penis travel near the prostate and can be damaged during removal
Female equivalent of bulbourethral glands (after prostate)
Vestibular (bartholin) glands (dorsal vestibule)
Female equivalent of prostate gland
Paraurethra (skene) glands
What does the gubernaculum form in the female?
Ovarian ligament (ovary-uterus) + round ligament of the uterus (uterus-labia majora)
What reproductive structures would form if Sertoli cell development was disrupted?
Both male and female internal genitalia
No MIF = paramesonephros never regress
Leydig cells still make testosterone = mesonephros develop
Why can obese males become testosterone deficient?
More adipocytes = increased amortize activity = depletes normal testosterone production by converting it to estrogen
How would exogenous testosterone increase risk for cardiovascular disease?
Increases LDL and decreases HDL
Clinical use for finasteride?
Flutamide?
Finasteride (5a-reductase inhibitor) - DPH, male-patterned baldness
Flutamide (testosterone R inhibitor) - prostate CA
What causes: Female pseudohermaphrodite (XX + ambiguus genitalia) Male pseudohermaphrodite (XY + ambiguus genitalia)
Female = congenital adrenal hyperplasia Male = androgen insensitivity syndrome
Normal female external genitalia + no internal genitalia + bilateral lumps in labia majora
Androgen insensitivity syndrome - labs will show increased LH and testosterone
External = no DHT, default female
Internal = Sertoli cells produce MIF to cause paramesonephros to regress, but testosterone cannot maintain mesonephros development
Testes in labia majora = SRY gene from Y chr comes before testosterona/DHT to induce testis formation
Ambiguus genitalia until puberty
5a-reductase deficiency - labs will show normal testosterone and LH
No DHT = default female external genitalia
Testosterone increases enough during puberty to cause external genitalia to masculinize
Primary amenorrhea + anosmia
Kallmann syndrome - impaired migration of cells that secrete GnRH and that form the olfactory bulb
Fried egg cells
Testicular seminoma, oligodendrogliomas, and HPV koilocytes
Scrotal pain that improves when lifted
Scrotal pain that does not improve when lifted
Epidydimitis
Testicular torsion
Schiller-Ducal bodies + elevated AFP
Yolk sac tumor
Painful testicular lump + elevated hCG
Embryonal tumor
Multinucleate giant cells + elevated hCG
ChorioCA (syncitiotrophoblasts)
Elevated hCG and AFP
Teratoma
Eosinophilic rod-shaped inclusions (Reinke crystals) + gynecomastia
Leydig cell tumor - secretes testosterone (visualization in females) that is converted peripherally to estrogen
Testicular lump + gynecomastia (without unique histology findings)
Stroll cell tumor - secretes estrogen
3 indications for PDE5 inhibitors
Erectile dysfunction, raynaud syndrome, and primary pulmonary HTN
3 side effects of PDE5 inhibitors
Why can they not be taken with nitrates?
Headache (vasodilation), dyspepsia, blue-green color vision loss (cross-over with retinal PDE, “Little blue pill”)
Life threatening HoTN
What is Bowen’s disease, erythroplasia of Queyrat, and Bowenoid papulosis? Which can progress to SCC?
Bowen disease = leukoplakia on pencil shaft
Erythroplasia of Queyrat = erythroplakia on glans
Bowenoid papulosis = red papules on penis of younger men
Only Bowen and Queyrat progress to SCC
Why is the mechanism for Tamsulosin unique?
Specific a-1A/D blocker (specific to the prostate) = BPH
What stage of meiosis are eggs arrested in before ovulation?
Prophase 1 (condensed chr)
What stage of meiosis are eggs arrested in after ovulation?
Metaphase 2 (chr aligned on metaphase plate)
How many days after ovulation can fertilization occur? When does implantation occur?
Fertilization - within 1 day
Implantation - 6 days after ovulation
How does suckling affect hormones of lactation?
Increases prolactin (milk production, suppress ovulation) and oxytocin (milk let down)
What must be supplemented to infants that are exclusively breast fed?
Vitamin D