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What happens to arterial PCO2 in pregnancy?

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Arterial PCO2 reduces in pregnancy

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What is the normal rate of urine output per hour?

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0.5ml/Kg/hr

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What is the mot important function of progesteron in the cycle?

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Decidua formation

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What CTG feature is never physiological during the second stage of labour

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Late decelerations

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What is the main cation of extracellular fluid?

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Sodium

ECF: Na+ and Cl-
ICF: K+ and PO4-

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What is the change of the axis of the heart in normal pregnancy

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-30 to +90

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What mechanism is required for myometrial contraction?

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Electron transport chain

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B HCG in pregnancy would peak at

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8 - 12 weeks

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Pregnancy loss after corpus luteum ‘removal ‘/failure is due to loss of which hormone?

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Progesterone

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Endometrial biopsy shows minimal stroma. What type of endometrium is this?

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Atrophic

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What is the effect of anti-mullerian hormone (aka mullerian inhibiting hormone MIH)

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Inhibits the development of the female reproductive tract, or Müllerian ducts (paramesonephric ducts)

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Which of these is not a physiological effect of pregnancy:
Back ache
Dysuria
Constipation
Tiredness

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Dysuria

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Closure of ductus arteriosus following lung inflation shortly after birth is mediated by which vasoactive substance?

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Bradykinin

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Female breast fed baby continuously for 1 year. what was the mechanism behind this?

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Lobular hyperplasia

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proximal urethral epithelium

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Transitional

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Which type of Hb contains 2 alpha and two gamma chains

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HbF

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Secretory phase - predominant histological findings in uterine endometrial cells
a. Cubidol cells
b. Pseudostradified columnar cells
c. columnar with Vacuole formation

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columnar with vacuole formation

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Which hormone maintains the corpus luteum during the initial stage of pregnancy?

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HCG

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What organ removes old red blood cells?

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Spleen

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What % of total body water is intracellular

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66%

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What is the total blood volume rise in normal pregnancy? (ml/kg)

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100ml/kg

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Which region of the placenta is in direct contact with maternal side?

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Maternal endothelium
(outer syncytiotrophoblast)

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Which type of tissue does the non pregnant breast consist of primarily?

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Fatty

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Which type of epithelium lines the lower urethra near the external urethral orifice?

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stratified squamous non-keratinized

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What day of a regular 25-day menstrual cycle is a woman likely to ovulate?
11 (luteal phase, ie the second part, is fixed at 14 days)
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which enzyme is secreted by the placenta to induce fetal diuresis?
Vasopressinase
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Spirometry. What is ERV + RV
Functional Residual Capacity
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Physiological anaemia of pregnancy is due to?
Disproportionate increase in plasma volume
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Cardiac output after delivery
60 - 80%
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Which factors do not rise in normal pregnancy?
XI and XIII
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In which phase of oocyte development does zona pellucida apear around ovum?
Primary Oocyte
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Is Magnesium changed before excretion? How is it excreted?
No. Excreted unchanged in urine
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Vitamin A has 2 diet sources. Plant source is carotene and the biochemical name for the animal source is
Retinol
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What is the total percentage increase in plasma volume by term compared to a non-pregnant woman?
30-50%
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Histological type of endometrium that is enlarged and has tortous glands
Proliferative endometrium
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Natural Killer Cells (NK) increase significantly at which stage of endometrial cycle?
Late secretory
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Physiological variation in menstrual cycle between 21 to 35 days - which phase and due to which mechanism
Follicular phase: estrogen fails to produce positive feedback on pituitary
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Which types of cells are phagocytic for residual bodies left over from the process of spermiogenesis?
Sertoli cells
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What is the average combined insensible loss of water per day in a healthy 70 yr old woman? 2 sources are epidermal and respiratory.
800mls / day minimum
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The Haldane effect refers to
The increased capacity for deoxygenated blood to carry CO2
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Definition of Tidal Volume
amount of air that goes in and out of the lungs during normal respiration
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What is the half life of LH
20 minutes
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What is the half life of FSH
3-5 hours
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What exist between cells to allow rapid transfer of molecules and ions
gap junctions
45
What is the precursor to serotonin
Tryptophan I am a big fan/phan of serotonin
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What makes up the vital capacity?
Inspiratory reserve volume (IRV) Tidal volume Expiratory reserve volume (ERV)
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What makes up the functional residual capacity?
Expiratory reserve volume (ERV) Residual volume Note q comes up pointing to the residual volume
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What makes up the total lung capacity?
Inspiratory reserve volume (IRV) Tidal volume Expiratory reserve volume (ERV) Residual volume
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Prostaglandin is: autocrine / paracrine / endocrine
prostaglandin is paracrine
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What is the antigen and antibody status of someone with group O blood?
negative for A and B antigens (means no 'signs' of A/B types) Have both anti-A and anti-B antibodies
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Which cell type lines the endocervix
Columnar epithelium
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Which hormone stimulates milk let down in response to suckling
oxytocin
53
After implantation X X invade the spiral arteries. Spiral arteries are found in the X and X
After implantation extravillous cytotrophoblasts invade the spiral arteries which are found in the decidua and myometrium
54
What happens to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure in pregnancy?
There is no change (?)
55
What is a normal residual volume (lung) in a 65 year old
1L
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At what gestational age does foetal haematopoetic function begin (hepatic before myeloid)
6 weeks hepatic starts
57
Physiology of ejaculation (2 steps) Nerves
Step 1 thoracolumbar T10 - L2 Contraction epididymis, vas deferens, seminal vesicles and prostate = bolus at posterior urethra Step 2 pudendal S2-4 Contraction periurethral and pelvic floor muscles = ejection
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How many sperm are made per day
3 million
59
In early labour, pain is referred to which dermatomes?
T11 + T12 Then spreads either side to: T10 and L1 Late labour - vaginal S2-4
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What protein does Vitamin B12 combine with in order to be absorbed in the small intestine
Intrinsic Factor
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How do peptides (i.e. chains of amino acids) cross the placenta
Active transport
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How does glucose cross the placenta?
Facilitated diffusion
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How do fatty acids cross the placenta?
Simple diffusion
64
How long does it take a resting ovarian follicle to mature?
80 days total Initiation [65] recruitment [5] selection [10] ovulation But can be resting (pre initiation) for a long time, booklet says 300 days is total
65
What day does implantation occur on
Day 6 Morula day 3 Blastocyst day 4-5 Implantation day 6
66
At birth placenta separates from which layer?
Decidua basalis
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In normal pregnancy, later in gestation, which layers fuse to obliterate the endometrial cavity?
decidua capsularis merges with the decidua parietalis
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Which clotting factors do not change Which anticoagulation factor decreases in pregnancy
Do not change: XI and XIII (11 and 13) Decrease in protein S
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What happens in pregnancy to Plasma volume Haematocrit Blood volume
Plasma volume increases Haematocrit decreases (dilution) Blood volume increases Note RBC mass does increase but not as much as plasma volume
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What type of cell junctions help transmission of small molecules in the placenta
Gap junctions
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Correct sequence of sperm penetrating the oocyte
Corona radiata Zona pellucida Perivitelline space Plasma membrane
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What is the main carbohydrate in breast milk?
Lactose
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Which type of oocyte undergoes meiosis 2 and when?
secondary oocyte, at fertilisation
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What are the phases of the menstrual cycle called (for both ovulation and endometrium)? Which one is fixed?
Follicular --> luteal Proliferative --> secretory Luteal phase is fixed at 14 days Whereas different people have different feedback cycle times for their E2 to trigger an LH surge = variable follicular phase

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