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

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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

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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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AMENORRHEA REFERS TO MENSTRUAL CYCLE WHICH ARE ABSENT FOR

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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

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A. CERVIX

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THE LUTEAL PHASE IS THE

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POST-OVULATORY PHASE OF A WOMANS CYCLE

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BODY TEMPERATURE RISES DURING WHICH PHASE OF THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE

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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

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MENSTRUAL BLEEDING

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THE INSIDE LINING OF THE UTERUS IS CALLED

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ENDOMETRIUM

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

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CORPUS LUTEUM

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WHAT STRUCTURE OF THE OVARIES RELEASES PROGESTERONE?

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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?
24 HOURS
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PMS IS DEFINED BY SYMPTOMS THAT OCCUR DURING THE
LUTEAL PHASE
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WHAT IS THE NORMAL DURATION OF PREGNANCY?
40 WEEKS
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MENSTRUAL CRAMPS ARE CAUSED BY
PROSTAGLANDINS
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MITTELSCHMERZ IS
OVULATION PAIN
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PEAU D'ORANGE AND NIPPLE RETRACTION MAY BE OBSERVED IN THE PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF A PATIENT WITH
BREAST CANCER
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EARLY SYMPTOMS OF OVARIAN CANCER ARE
ABNORMAL MENSTRUAL BLEEDING
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SURGERY TO REMOVE A Fallopian tube OR METHOTREXATE MEDICATION MAY BE USED TO TREAT
ECTOPIC PREGNANCY
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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
ALL OF THE ABOVE
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HYPERTENSION, PROTEINURIA AND EXCESSIVE EDEMA MAY BE SIGNS OF
TOXEMIA (PREECLAMPSIA)
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AN UNDERLYING HEALTH PROBLEM THAT MAY CAUSE ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION IS
HYPERTENSION
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THE MOST COMMON BENIGN GROWTH IN BREAST TISSUE IS CALLED
FIBROADENOMA
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OVULATION DETECTION KITS THAT DETERMINE FERTILITY LOOK FOR THE PRESENCE OF WHICH HORMONE
LH
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WHICH TEST MAY BE DONE TO DIAGNOSE CERVICAL CANCER? A. CONE BIOPSY B. CONIZATION C. PAPANICOLAOU TEST D. ALL OF THE ABOVE
ALL OF THE ABOVE
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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
BOTH A AND B
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DRUGS USED TO TREAT HEARTBURN IS KNOWN TO CAUSE BREAST DEVELOPMENT (GYNECOMASTIA)?
CIMETIDINE
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HOW DO ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES WORK?
INHIBITING THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY
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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
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
D. IT MAY PROGRESS TO LEIOMYOSARCOMA
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YOU ARE TREATING A TEENAGER. SHE TELLS YOU THAT SHE IS PREGNANT. WHAT ACTION WOULD YOU TAKE?
ENCOURAGE HER TO SPEAK TO HER PARENTS
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TESTES PRODUCE WHAT?
PRODUCE SPERM CELLS AND ANDROGENS, INCLUDING TESTOSTERONE
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WHAT IS THE FLOW OF SPERM DURING EJACULATION? | SEVEN UP
``` S: SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES TO E: EPIDIDYMIS TO V: VAS DEFERENCE TO E: EJACULATORY DUCT TO N: NOTHING TO ``` U: URETHRA TO P: PENIS
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WHERE DOES FERTILIZING HAPPEN?
IN AMPULLA OF THE FALLOPIAN TUBE
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WHAT DOES THE GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE RELEASE?
FSH AND LH FROM THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY
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ROLE OF FSH IN MALES ARE FEMALES?
THE SAME ROLE. STIMULATES MATURATION OF GERM CELLS (SEX CELLS)
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ROLE OF LH IN MALES AND FEMALES?
FEMALES: TRIGGERS RELEASE OF OVUM, EGG CELL TO DEVELOP CORPUS LUTEUM MALES: STIMULATES THE LEYDIG CELL TO PRODUCE TESTOSTERONE
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WHERE IS ESTROGEN PRODUCED?
IN THE ADRENAL GLANDS AND FAT CELLS
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WHAT IS THE PRIMARY FEMALE STEROID SEX HORMONE?
ESTROGEN
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WHAT HORMONE IS THIS? DEVELOPING FEMALE SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS TO STIMULATE ENDOMETRIAL GROWTH
ESTROGEN
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WHAT TWO HORMONES ARE HIGH WHEN PREGNANT?
ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE
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WHERE IS PROGESTERONE PRODUCED?
FROM OVARIES (CORPUS LUTEUM)
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WHAT IS THE ROLE OF PROGESTERONE?
PROMOTES AND MAINTAINS PREGNANCY PLAYS A ROLE IN MENSES AND EMBRYOGENESIS
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WHERE IS TESTOSTERONE PRODUCED?
BY THE GONADS IN TESTES (LEYDIG CELLS) AND IN OVARIES IN FEMALES
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ROLE OF TESTOSTERONE?
DEVELOPING MALE SECONDARY SEX CHARACTERISTICS, PROMOTING LIBIDO IN MALES AND FEMALES
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WHAT PHASE IS THE FIRST FULL DAY OF MENSTRUAL BLEEDING?
FOLLICULAR PHASE
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T/F PCOS PATIENTS HAVE NO PEAK
TRUE
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HOW LONG CAN SPERM SURVIVE?
3-5 DAYS
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TEST KITS CHECK WHAT ?
LH LEVELS FOR OVULATION
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WHAT KIT TESTS/CHECKS FOR PREGNANCY?
HCG
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MENOPAUSE IS A RESULT OF ?
DECREASED ESTROGEN
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WHAT LEVELS / HORMONES ARE INCREASED DURING MENOPAUSE?
FSH, LH AND GNRH
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WHAT SYNDROME IS THIS? OVARIES HAVE MULTIPLE ENLARGED CYCTS THAT RESULT IN HIGHLY INCREASED LH LEVELS, RELATED WITH INFERTILITY
PCOS
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TX FOR PCOS?
WEIGHT LOSS ORAL BIRTH CONTROL CLOMIPHENE CITRATE SURGERY
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WHAT HORMONES ARE INCREASED/DECREASED FOR PCOS?
LH & TESTOSTERONE ARE INCREASED | FSH IS DECREASED
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WHEN LH & TESTOSTERONE ARE INCREASED AND FSH IS DECREASED IN PCOS, THIS CAUSES ...
HIRSUTISM, AMENORRHEA, OBESITY, INSULIN RESISTANCE
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WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS FOR ENDOMETRIOSIS?
``` PELVIC PAIN (WORSE DURING MENSES) DYSMENORRHEA PAIN WITH INTERCOURSE LEADING CAUSE OF INFERTILITY RECURRENT LUMBOSACRAL PAIN RECURRENT BLEEDING ```
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SYMPTOMS OF FIBROIDS (LEIOMYOMA)
ABNORMAL UTERINE BLEEDING AND MISCARRIAGE
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FIBROCYSTIC CHANGES IN THE BREAST ARE CANCEROUS OR NON CANCEROUS?
NON CANCEROUS LUMPS
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FIBROADENOMA CANCEROUS OR NON CANCEROUS?
NON CANCEROUS TUMOR
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CHARACTERISTIC OF FIBROADENOMA?
WELL DEFINED EDGES
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T/F PROSTATITIS DOES NOT INCREASE THE RISK FOR DEVELOPING PROSTATE CANCER
TRUE
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WHAT IS PROSTATITIS?
INFECTION OR INFLAMMATION OF THE PROSTATE GLAND
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WHAT IS BPH? DOES IT LEAD TO CANCER?
ENLARGEMENT OF THE PROSTATE GLAND | NO IT DOES NOT
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SYMPTOMS OF BPH?
URINARY URGENCY FREQUENCY RETENTION URINARY BLEEDING
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SIDE EFFECT OF ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE PILLS?
VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM, DVT

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