pp clues obgyn ped Flashcards
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What does the Seminal Vesicle give to sperm?
Food (fructose) and clothes (semen)
What do the Bulbourethral = Cowper’s glands secrete?
Bicarbonate (neutralize lactobacilli)
What does the Prostate secrete?
“The prostate HAZ it”
Hyaluronidase Acid phosphatase
What is the Capacitation reaction?
Zn used to peel semen off
What is the Acrosomal reaction?
Sperm release enzymes to eat corona radiata
What is the Crystalization reaction?
Wall formed after 1 sperm enters (to prevent polyspermy) the egg
Where does Testosterone come from?
Adrenal gland and testicles
Where does DHT come from?
Testicles (at puberty)
What is a Pseudohermaphrodite?
External genitalia problem; does not match genotype
What is a True Hermaphrodite?
internal genitalia problem => has both sexes’ genitalia
What is a Female Hermaphrodite?
Impossible b/c the default is female
What is a Female Pseudohermaphrodite?
XX with low 21-OHase
=> high testosterone
What is a Male Hermaphrodite?
XY with no MIF
What is a Male Pseudohermaphrodite?
XY that has low 17-OHase => low testosterone
What is Hirsuitism?
Hairy
Hi testoterone
What is Virilization?
female child with male sexual charcateristic
What is Testicular Feminization = Androgen Insensitivity
Bad DHT receptor w/ blind pouch vagina
What is McCune-Albright?
Precocious sexual development, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia “whorls of CT”, “Coast of Maine” pigmented skin macules
What is Cryptochordism?
Testes never descended => sterility after 15mo, seminomas
Which stage of the menstrual cycle has the highest estrogen levels?
Follicular stage (has
proliferative endothelium)
What stage of the menstrual cycle has the highest temperature?
Ovulatory stage
What stage of the menstrual cycle has the highest progesterone levels?
Luteal stage (has secretory endothelium)
What form of estrogen is highest at menopause?
E1: Estrone (made by fat)
What form of estrogen is highest in middle-age females?
E2: Estradiol (made by ovaries)