Reproductive Flashcards
What is the function of sonic hedge hog gene?
patterning along anterior/posterior axis
What can a mutation in sonic hedgehog cause?
holoprosencephaly
What is the function of Wnt?
organization along the dorsal-ventral axis
What is the function of homeobox genes? What do Hox mutations produce?
craniocaudal organization
limbs in the wrong location
What happens within one week?
implantation of blastocyst and
When does the bilaminar disk for?
2 weeks
What happens within three weeks? What is this called?
formation of trilaminar disk
gastrulation
Between what two weeks is the embryo most susceptible to teratogens?
3-8 weeks
At what week does the heart begin to beat?
four weeks
At what week are all four limbs developed?
week four
At what week can a fetal heart be seen?
week 6
At what week are genitalia visible?
week 10
What starts gastrulation?
epiblast invaginating to form primitive streak
What is Rathke’s pouch?
depression in the roof of the mouth
What does Rathke’s pouch develop into?
anterior pituitary
What is another name for the pituitary? Which embryological layer?
adenohypophysis
surface ectoderm
What is a really easy way to remember what the neuroectoderm is?
CNS
What is a really easy way to remember what the neural crest is?
PNS
Is deformation an extrinsic or intrinsic process? When does a deformation occur?
extrinsic
after embryonic period
Is malformation an extrinsic or intrinsic process? When does it occur?
intrinsic
during embryonic period
What is a sequence?
abnormalities arising from a single embryological event
What kind of birth defects do ACE inhibitors cause?
renal
What kind of birth defects do alkylating agents cause?
absence of digits
What kind of birth defects does carbamazepine cause?
neural tube defects
What kind of birth defects does DES cause?
vaginal clear cell carcinoma
What kind of birth defects do folate antagonists cause?
neural tube defects
What kind of birth defects does lithium cause?
Ebstein anamoly
What birth defect does methimazole cause?
Aplasia cutis congenita
What kind of birth defects do tetracyclines cause?
discolored teeth
What type of birth defects would folate cause?
neural tube defects
What birth defect does cocaine cause?
abruptio placenta
Vitamin A excess cause cause what?
spontaneous abortion
What is hypertelorism?
increased space between two parts
What is the function of βHCG during development?
stimulate corpus luteum to produce progesterone
Do the umbilical arteries carry oxygenated blood or deoxygenated blood? How many? Connects which two vessels?
deoxygenated
two
fetal internal iliacs to placenta
Do the umbilical veins carry oxygenated blood or deoxygenated blood? Into?
oxygenated
IVC or ductus venosus
What is the function of the ductus venosus ?
drain maternal blood into IVC
What two structures does the urachus connect?
duct between yolk sac and fetal bladder
What is a urachal cyst?
partial failure of urachus to obliterate
What can a urachal cyst lead to?
adenocarcinoma
What two types of tissue are in a Meckels Diverticulum?
gastric and pancreatic
What vessel does the 1st Aortic Arch develop into?
maxillary artery
What vessel does the 2nd Aortic Arch develop into?
Stapedial and hyoid
What vessel does the 3rd Aortic Arch develop into?
common carotid and proximal part of internal carotid
What vessel does the 4th Aortic Arch develop into on the right side?
subclavian
What vessel does the 4th Aortic Arch develop into on the left side?
aortic arch
What vessel does the 6th Aortic Arch develop into?
ductus arteriosus
pulmonary arteries
What does the branchial cleft develop into?
ectoderm
What do the branchial arches develop from?
mesoderm and neural crest
What does the branchial pouch develop into?
endoderm
What nerve innervates the tenser tympani?
CN V3
What cause treacher collins syndrome?
failure of neural crest of 1st arch to migrate
What muscle is innervated by the 3rd Branchial Arch? What is the function of this muscle?
stylopharyngeus
elevate pharynx and larynx
What nerve does the 4th branchial arch develop into? Muscles?
Superior laryngeal
Pharyngeal constrictors
What nerve does the 6th branchial arch develop into? Innervates what?
recurent laryngeal
all laryngeal constrictors except cricothyroid
Which GLUT transporter do spermatocytes express?
GLUT 5
What group of muscles does the 4th branchial arch develop into?
Pharynx
What group of muscles does the 6th branchial arch develop into? Except?
Larynx
cricothyroid
What are the two products of the 1st Branchial Pouch?
Middle Ear
Eustachian tube
What does the 2nd Branchial Pouch develop into?
palatine tonsil
What does the 3rd Branchial Pouch develop into?
thymus
inferior parathyroid
What does the 4th Branchial Pouch develop into?
superior parathyroid
What are the three tumors of MEN2A?
pheochromocytoma
Medullary carcinoma of thyroid
Parathyroid
What gene determines male development? What is produced?
SRY
testis determining factor
What cells produce an inhibitory factor of the paramesonephric ducts? What is the name of this factor ?
Sertoli
Mullerian Inhibiting factor
What is the function of Mullerian Inibiting Factor?
inhibit growth of paramesonephric ducts
What four structures does the Mesonephric duct develop into?
Seminal vesicle
epididymis
ejaculatory duct
ductus deferens
What causes a Bicornuate uterus?
incomplete fusion of paramesonephric ducts
What would happen in a male if Mullerian Inhibiting Factor was absent?
male external genitalia and female internal genitalia
What is epispadias associated with?
bladder exstrophy
What is the function of the gubernaculum in males?
anchors testis to sctotum
What is the female version of the gubernaculum?
ovarian ligament and round ligament of uterus
What does the gubernaculum form?
tunica vaginalis
What lymph nodes do the ovary and testicle go to?
para-aortic
What lymph nodes do the distal vagina/scrotum/vulva go to ?
inguinal
What is the epithelial lining of the vagina?
squamous, non-keratinized
What is the epithelial lining of the ectocervix?
squamous, non-keratinized
What is the epithelial lining of the endocervix?
columnar
What is the epithelial lining of the uterus?
columnar
What is the epithelial lining of the fallopian tube?
columnar
What is the epithelial lining of the outer surface of the ovary?
cuboidal
In males, what cell secretes inhibin? What does inhibin inhibit?
sertoli
FSH
What type of junction forms the BTB?
tight junction
What cell in males secretes Androgen binding protein?
Sertoli
Leydig cells secrete what hormone? In response to what hormone?
Testosterone
LH
What form of estrogen does the placenta produce?
Estriol
Which form of estrogen is produced by adipose tissue?
Estrone
Does estrogen or progesterone increase myometrial excitability? Via what mechanism?
estrogen
increasing gap junctions
What does progesterone do to myometrial excitability?
decrease
What two receptors does estrogen upregulate?
LH and progesterone
Does estrogen or progesteroen raise body temperature at ovulation?
progesterone
What is the potentcy of the three estrogens?
Estradiol > estrone > estriol
What is the definition for oligomenorrhea?
greater than a 35 day cycle
What is the definition of Polymenorrhea?
less tha 21 day cycle
What is Metrorrhagia?
frequent and irregular menstrual bleeding
What is Menorrhagia?
heavy menstrual bleeding
What is menometorrhagia?
heavy and irregular menstruation at irregular intervals
What states are oocytes arrested in until ovulation?
Prophase I
What states are oocytes arrested in until fertilization?
Metaphase II
How long does it take for a fertilized egg to implant?
6 days
How long does it take for β-HCG to be present in the blood? Urine?
blood = one week
urine = two weeks
What structure does β-HCG maintain? What is produced?
corpus luteum
progesterone
How long does β-HCG maintain the corpus luteum?
one trimester
β-HCG maintains structural similarity to what three hormones? Which subunit of β-HCG is unique?
FSH/LH/TSH
β-subunit
What is the most specific marker for menopause?
increased FSH
What are the levels of FSH, LH and GnRH in menopause?
↑ FSH
↑ LH
↑ GnRH
What is the potentcy of DHT, androstenedione and testosterone compared to each other?
DHT > testosterone > androstenedione
What androgen is produced in the adrenal gland?
Androstenedione
What androgen promotes male pattern baldness?
DHT
How is Klinefelter Syndrome confirmed?
presence of Barr body
Which two structures within the testicle are abnormal during Klinefelter Syndrome?
Seminferous tubules
Leydig cells
What are the endocrine effects of defective Semineferous tubules during Klinefelter Syndrome?
↓ inhibin and ↑ FSH
What are the endocrine effects of defective Leydig cells during Klinefelter Syndrome?
↓ testorterone
↑ LH
↑ estrogen
What would be three characteristics of an individual with 47, XYY syndrome?
tall
acne
anti-social
What cause a Female Pseudohermaphrodite? Physical presentation?
Exposure to androgens in gestation
internal female with virilized external
What cause a Male Pseudohermaphrodite? Physical presentation?
androgen insensitivity syndrome
testes present but female external
How would Aromatase Deficiency present? Presentation during pregnancy?
masculinizaiton of female
virilization of the mother
How does 5α-Reductase present?
ambiguous genitalia until puberty
What causes Kallman Syndrome?
failure of GnRH neurons to migrate to hypothalamus and lack of olfactory bulb
What are two common presenting symptoms for a complete mole?
Hyperemesis
Hyperthyroidism
What drug is used to treat a mole?
Methotrexate
What is the only cell to proliferate during a Mole?
trophoblast
What are the four drugs used to treat gestational HTN?
α-methyldopa
hydralazine
labetalol
Nifedipine
HTN before 20 weeks suggests what ?
molar pregnancy
What is used to prevent seizure during precclampsia?
IV magnesium sulfate
Would autoimmune disorders have an increased or decreased liklihood of producing ecclampsia?
increased
When is βHCG abnormally low?
ectopic pregnancy
What hematological complication can Pre-ecclampsia cause?
thrombocytopenia
What are the three risk factors for cause placental abruption?
smoking
HTN
cocaine
What is placenta accreta?
placenta attaches to myometrium
What is placenta increta?
placenta penetrates into myometrium
What is placenta percreta?
placenta penetrates through myometrium
What are the two risk factors for placenta previa?
multiparity
prior C-section
Which two happenings can take place if placental tissue is retained?
infection
hemorrhage
What is the largest risk factor for Polyhydramnios?
maternal diabetes
What muscle contributes to the cremaster muscle? What nerve?
Internal oblique
genitofemoral
What epithelial cell type most often causes invasive cervical carcinoma?
Squamous
What two cells have to be present to confirm endometritis?
plasma cells and lymphocytes
What two drugs are used to treat endometritis?
gentamicin or clindamycin
What two structures have to be outside of the uterus to Dx endometriosis?
glands
stroma
What is adenomyosis?
extension of endometrial tissue into myometrium
What causes Adenomyosis?
hyperplasia of basalis into myometrium
What is the Tx for Adenomyosis?
hysterectomy
How does endometrial hyperplasia most often present?
postmenopausal bleeding
What is the most common gynecological malignancy?
endometrial carcinoma
What determines the prognosis of Endometrial Carcinoma?
depth of invasion of myometrium
What is the most common gynecological tumor?
endometrial
What is the worst prognosis gynecological tumor?
Ovarian
What increases steroid hormone binding globulin in PCOD?
estrogen
What does insulin do to SHBG levels in PCOD? What is the effect of this?
decrease
increases in testosterone