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IN FEMALES, A SPIKE IN THIS HORMONE MID CYCLE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVULATION

A

LH

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PRIOR TO OVULATION THE FOLLICLE ONLY SECRETES ESTROGEN. AFTER OVULATION THE FOLLICLE BECOMES TRANSFORMED INTO THE CORPUS LUTEUM AND ALSO SECRETES

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PROGESTERONE

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THE SECOND PHASE OF THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE IS

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LUTEAL PHASE

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FSH STIMULATES

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IMMATURE FOLLICLES IN THE OVARIES TO GROW

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WHAT HORMONE ACTS ON THE EGGS IN THE OVARY CAUSING THEM TO MATURE?

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FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, FSH

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WHICH STRUCTURE CONTAINS THE EGG

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FOLLICLE

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THE AVERAGE OVULATORY CYCLE IN WOMEN IS

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28 DAYS

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REGULAR MENSTRUATION USUALLY LASTS _____, BUT ANYWHERE FROM ____ IS CONSIDERED NORMAL

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3 TO 5 DAYS, 2 TO 7 DAYS

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT TRUE ABOUT PROGESTERONE?

A. PLAYS A ROLE IN SEXUAL DRIVE
B. PREPARES AND NOURISHES THE LINING OF THE UTERUS AFTER OVULATION TO SUSTAIN THE FERTILIZED EGG
C. REGULATES MONTHLY MENSTRUAL CYCLE
D. HELPS TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN BONE
E. LOW LEVELS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MENOPAUSE

A

E. LOW LEVELS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MENOPAUSE

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THE TERM GONADS REFERS TO THE

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OVARIES AND TESTES

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WHICH HORMONE TRIGGERS THE ACUTE RELEASE OF LH?

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GNRH

GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE

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WHICH HORMONE DO THE FOLLICLES SECRETE THAT THEY TELL THE PITUITARY TO STOP SECRETING FSH?

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ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE

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13
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AMENORRHEA REFERS TO MENSTRUAL CYCLE WHICH ARE ABSENT FOR

A

90 DAYS OR MORE

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ESTROGEN IS PRODUCED PRIMARILY IN ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT:

A. THE CERVIX
B. CORPUS LUTEUM
C. PLACENTA
D. FOLLICLES IN THE OVARIES

A

A. CERVIX

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THE LUTEAL PHASE IS THE

A

POST-OVULATORY PHASE OF A WOMANS CYCLE

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BODY TEMPERATURE RISES DURING WHICH PHASE OF THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE

A

LUTEAL PHASE

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THE CORPUS LUTEUM IS

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AN AREA IN THE OVARY WHERE THE EGG IS RELEASED AT OVULATION

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MENARCHE IS

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FIRST MENSTRUAL PERIOD

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THE FIRST DAY OF THE FOLLICULAR PHASE IS MARKED BY

A

MENSTRUAL BLEEDING

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THE INSIDE LINING OF THE UTERUS IS CALLED

A

ENDOMETRIUM

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THE LUTENIZING HORMONE CAUSES THE FOLLICLE THAT HAS THE EGG TO RUPTURE. THIS RUPTURED FOLLICLE IS CALLED

A

CORPUS LUTEUM

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WHAT STRUCTURE OF THE OVARIES RELEASES PROGESTERONE?

A

CORPUS LUTEUM

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THE OVULATORY PHASE ENDS WITH

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THE RELEASE OF THE EGG

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MENSTRUAL BLEEDING OCCURS WHEN

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ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE DECREASE

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THE EGG CAN BE FERTILIZED FOR UP TO HOW MANY HOURS AFTER RELEASE?

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24 HOURS

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26
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PMS IS DEFINED BY SYMPTOMS THAT OCCUR DURING THE

A

LUTEAL PHASE

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WHAT IS THE NORMAL DURATION OF PREGNANCY?

A

40 WEEKS

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MENSTRUAL CRAMPS ARE CAUSED BY

A

PROSTAGLANDINS

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29
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MITTELSCHMERZ IS

A

OVULATION PAIN

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30
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PEAU D’ORANGE AND NIPPLE RETRACTION MAY BE OBSERVED IN THE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF A PATIENT WITH

A

BREAST CANCER

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EARLY SYMPTOMS OF OVARIAN CANCER ARE

A

ABNORMAL MENSTRUAL BLEEDING

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SURGERY TO REMOVE A Fallopian tube OR METHOTREXATE MEDICATION MAY BE USED TO TREAT

A

ECTOPIC PREGNANCY

33
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RISK FACTORS FOR UTERINE FIBROIDS ARE

A. BEING AFRICAN AMERICAN
B. OVERWEIGHT
C. FAMILY HISTORY OF FIBROIDS
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE

A

ALL OF THE ABOVE

34
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HYPERTENSION, PROTEINURIA AND EXCESSIVE EDEMA MAY BE SIGNS OF

A

TOXEMIA (PREECLAMPSIA)

35
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AN UNDERLYING HEALTH PROBLEM THAT MAY CAUSE ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION IS

A

HYPERTENSION

36
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THE MOST COMMON BENIGN GROWTH IN BREAST TISSUE IS CALLED

A

FIBROADENOMA

37
Q

OVULATION DETECTION KITS THAT DETERMINE FERTILITY LOOK FOR THE PRESENCE OF WHICH HORMONE

38
Q

WHICH TEST MAY BE DONE TO DIAGNOSE CERVICAL CANCER?

A. CONE BIOPSY
B. CONIZATION
C. PAPANICOLAOU TEST
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE

A

ALL OF THE ABOVE

39
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COMMON DIAGNOSTIC TESTS FOR PROSTATE CANCER ARE

A. DIGITAL RECTAL EXAM
B. PSA BLOOD TEST
C. CYSTOGRAPHY
D. BOTH A AND B

A

BOTH A AND B

40
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DRUGS USED TO TREAT HEARTBURN IS KNOWN TO CAUSE BREAST DEVELOPMENT (GYNECOMASTIA)?

A

CIMETIDINE

41
Q

HOW DO ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES WORK?

A

INHIBITING THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY

42
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WHAT IS THE MOST SERIOUS SIDE EFFECT OF HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY?

A. INCREASED RISK OF STROKE
B. INCREASED RISK OF ENDOMETRIAL CANCER
C. INCREASED RISK OF HEART ATTACK
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE

A

ALL OF THE ABOVE

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WHICH OF THESE STATEMENTS IS INCORRECT REGARDING LEIOMYOMAS (FIBROIDS)

A. IT IS THE MOST COMMON OF ALL TUMORS IN FEMALES
B. THERE IS AN INCREASED INCIDENCE AMONG BLACKS
C. IT MAY BE ASYMPTOMATIC OR SYMPTOMATIC
D. IT MAY PROGRESS TO LEIOMYOSARCOMA

A

D. IT MAY PROGRESS TO LEIOMYOSARCOMA

44
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YOU ARE TREATING A TEENAGER. SHE TELLS YOU THAT SHE IS PREGNANT. WHAT ACTION WOULD YOU TAKE?

A

ENCOURAGE HER TO SPEAK TO HER PARENTS

45
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TESTES PRODUCE WHAT?

A

PRODUCE SPERM CELLS AND ANDROGENS, INCLUDING TESTOSTERONE

46
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WHAT IS THE FLOW OF SPERM DURING EJACULATION?

SEVEN UP

A 
S: SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES TO 
E: EPIDIDYMIS TO 
V: VAS DEFERENCE TO 
E: EJACULATORY DUCT TO
N: NOTHING TO

U: URETHRA TO
P: PENIS

47
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WHERE DOES FERTILIZING HAPPEN?

A

IN AMPULLA OF THE FALLOPIAN TUBE

48
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WHAT DOES THE GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE RELEASE?

A

FSH AND LH FROM THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY

49
Q

ROLE OF FSH IN MALES ARE FEMALES?

A

THE SAME ROLE.

STIMULATES MATURATION OF GERM CELLS (SEX CELLS)

50
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ROLE OF LH IN MALES AND FEMALES?

A

FEMALES: TRIGGERS RELEASE OF OVUM, EGG CELL TO DEVELOP CORPUS LUTEUM

MALES: STIMULATES THE LEYDIG CELL TO PRODUCE TESTOSTERONE

51
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WHERE IS ESTROGEN PRODUCED?

A

IN THE ADRENAL GLANDS AND FAT CELLS

52
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WHAT IS THE PRIMARY FEMALE STEROID SEX HORMONE?

53
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WHAT HORMONE IS THIS?

DEVELOPING FEMALE SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS TO STIMULATE ENDOMETRIAL GROWTH

54
Q

WHAT TWO HORMONES ARE HIGH WHEN PREGNANT?

A

ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE

55
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WHERE IS PROGESTERONE PRODUCED?

A

FROM OVARIES (CORPUS LUTEUM)

56
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WHAT IS THE ROLE OF PROGESTERONE?

A

PROMOTES AND MAINTAINS PREGNANCY

PLAYS A ROLE IN MENSES AND EMBRYOGENESIS

57
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WHERE IS TESTOSTERONE PRODUCED?

A

BY THE GONADS IN TESTES (LEYDIG CELLS) AND IN OVARIES IN FEMALES

58
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ROLE OF TESTOSTERONE?

A

DEVELOPING MALE SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS, PROMOTING LIBIDO IN MALES AND FEMALES

59
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WHAT PHASE IS THE FIRST FULL DAY OF MENSTRUAL BLEEDING?

A

FOLLICULAR PHASE

60
Q

T/F

PCOS PATIENTS HAVE NO PEAK

61
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HOW LONG CAN SPERM SURVIVE?

62
Q

TEST KITS CHECK WHAT ?

A

LH LEVELS FOR OVULATION

63
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WHAT KIT TESTS/CHECKS FOR PREGNANCY?

64
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MENOPAUSE IS A RESULT OF ?

A

DECREASED ESTROGEN

65
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WHAT LEVELS / HORMONES ARE INCREASED DURING MENOPAUSE?

A

FSH, LH AND GNRH

66
Q

WHAT SYNDROME IS THIS?

OVARIES HAVE MULTIPLE ENLARGED CYCTS THAT RESULT IN HIGHLY INCREASED LH LEVELS, RELATED WITH INFERTILITY

67
Q

TX FOR PCOS?

A

WEIGHT LOSS
ORAL BIRTH CONTROL
CLOMIPHENE CITRATE
SURGERY

68
Q

WHAT HORMONES ARE INCREASED/DECREASED FOR PCOS?

A

LH & TESTOSTERONE ARE INCREASED

FSH IS DECREASED

69
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WHEN LH & TESTOSTERONE ARE INCREASED AND FSH IS DECREASED IN PCOS, THIS CAUSES …

A

HIRSUTISM, AMENORRHEA, OBESITY, INSULIN RESISTANCE

70
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WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS FOR ENDOMETRIOSIS?

A 
PELVIC PAIN (WORSE DURING MENSES)
DYSMENORRHEA
PAIN WITH INTERCOURSE
LEADING CAUSE OF INFERTILITY
RECURRENT LUMBOSACRAL PAIN
RECURRENT BLEEDING
71
Q

SYMPTOMS OF FIBROIDS (LEIOMYOMA)

A

ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING AND MISCARRIAGE

72
Q

FIBROCYSTIC CHANGES IN THE BREAST ARE CANCEROUS OR NON CANCEROUS?

A

NON CANCEROUS LUMPS

73
Q

FIBROADENOMA CANCEROUS OR NON CANCEROUS?

A

NON CANCEROUS TUMOR

74
Q

CHARACTERISTIC OF FIBROADENOMA?

A

WELL DEFINED EDGES

75
Q

T/F

PROSTATITIS DOES NOT INCREASE THE RISK FOR DEVELOPING PROSTATE CANCER

76
Q

WHAT IS PROSTATITIS?

A

INFECTION OR INFLAMMATION OF THE PROSTATE GLAND

77
Q

WHAT IS BPH? DOES IT LEAD TO CANCER?

A

ENLARGEMENT OF THE PROSTATE GLAND

NO IT DOES NOT

78
Q

SYMPTOMS OF BPH?

A

URINARY URGENCY
FREQUENCY
RETENTION
URINARY BLEEDING

79
Q

SIDE EFFECT OF ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE PILLS?

A

VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM, DVT

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