The Menstrual Cycle Vocabulary

Question 1

A change in menstrual bleeding patterns caused by either endocrine abnormalities or lesions within the uterus

Answer 1

Abnormal Uterine Bleeding

Question 2

A change in menstrual bleeding patterns related to hormonal imbalances, resulting in endometrial changes and subsequent abnormal bleeding

Answer 2

Dysfunctional Uterine Bleeding

Question 3

The degeneration of the endometrium with advancing age; most often seen in postmenopausal women

Answer 3

Endometrial Atrophy

Question 4

An increase in the number of endometrial cells

Answer 4

Endometrial Hyperplasia

Question 5

The first phase of the ovarian cycle

Answer 5

Follicular Phase

Question 6

The hormone of the anterior pituitary gland that causes the development of multiple follicles on the ovaries

Answer 6

Follicle-Stimulating Hormone

Question 7

The hormone released by the hypothalamus that stimulates the pituitary gland to release the hormones that regulate the female menstrual cycle

Answer 7

Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone

Question 8

The complex interactions that take place between the hypothalamus, pituitary gland, and ovaries as part of the female reproductive cycle

Answer 8

Hypothalamic-Pituitary Gonadal Axis

Question 9

The second phase of the ovarian cycle

Answer 9

Luteal Phase

Question 10

The hormone of the anterior pituitary gland that surges around day 14 of the menstrual cycle, resulting in ovulation

Answer 10

Luteinizing Hormone

Question 11

The first menstrual cycle

Answer 11

Menarche

Question 12

Menstrual bleeding

Answer 12

Menses

Question 13

Pain at the time of ovulation

Answer 13

Mittelschermz

Question 14

The release of the mature egg from the ovary

Answer 14

Ovulation

Question 15

Another name for the late proliferative phase of the endometrial cycle, which occurs around the time of ovulation

Answer 15

Periovulatory phase

Question 16

The multiplication of similar forms

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Proliferation

Question 17

Failure to experiencing menarche before age 16

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Primary Amenorrhea

Question 18

The first phase of the endometrial cycle

Answer 18

Proliferative Phase

Question 19

The cessation of menstruation characteristically diagnosed in the postmenarchal women who has had 3 to 6 months without a menstrual cycle

Answer 19

Secondary Amenorrhea

Question 20

The second phase of the endometrial cycle

Answer 20

Secretory Phase

Question 21

The periovulatory endometrial sonographic appearance in which the outer echogenic basal layer surrounds the more hypoechoic functional layer, with the functional layer separated by the echogenic endometrial stripe

Answer 21

Three-line sign