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What is menarche?
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The onset of puberty. It is the initiation of puberty when the brain, ovaries, and adrenal gland are mature and the female has a high enough percentage of body fat
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Can pregnancy occur anytime if you have ovarian cycles even if you haven't had your period?
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YES!!!
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What is the purpose of Prostaglandin E?
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It relaxes the smooth muscle and is a vasodilator?
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What is the purpose of Prostaglandin F?
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It is a potent vasoconstrictor and increases contractility of muscles and arteries
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Where do FSH and LH come from?
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From the anterior pituitary
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What is estrogen's role during menstruation?
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Controls the development of the female secondary sex characteristics.
-Breast development -Growth of body hair -Widening of the hips -deposits fat in the mons pubis |
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When you are bleeding during the menstrual phase do you have high or low levels of estrogen?
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LOW!!!!
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What happens in terms of basal prior to and after ovulation?
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Prior to ovulation basal body temperature is lower
After ovulation temperature rises |
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What is the endometrium like during the secretory phase?
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Edematous and vascular
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What is dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB)?
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Irregular and usually excessive bleeding associated with anovulation (no ovulation). bleeding is irregular in amount, duration, and timing. This is not related to regular bleeding.
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During the ischemic phase what happens to the levels of estrogen and progesterone?
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They fall rapidly (degeneration of the corpus luteum)
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What is primary amenorrhea?
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Absence of menarche and secondary sex characteristics by age 14
OR Absence of menarche regardless of secondary sex characteristics by age 16 |
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What is secondary amenorrhea?
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A six month cessation of menses after a period of menstruation. Can be caused by
-pregnancy, eating disorder, extreme exercise |
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What is dysmenorrhea?
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Painful menstruation. Occurs in 50-80% of all women.
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What is primary dysmenorrhea assosciated with?
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Ovulation cycles
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What phase does the premenstrual syndrome occur?
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The luteal phase
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What is secondary dysmenorrhea?
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Acquired menstrual pain which develops after 25 years of age and associated with pelvic pathology
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What is endometriois?
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Growth of endometrial tissue outside of the uterus and is characterized by
-secondary amenorrhea -painful urination -abnormal uterine bleeding -infertility |
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What are the most common benign lesions of the cervix and endometrium that occur in reproductive years?
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Uterine polyps (can be endometrial or cervical)
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What are the most common benign tumors of the reproductive tract?
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Fibroids
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