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The ovaries and testes have their lymphatic drainage to what lymph nodes?
Para-aortic lymph nodes
The distal 1/3 of the vagina/vulva/scrotum/anus has lymphatic drainage to where?
Superficial inguinal nodes
Proximal 2/3 of vagina/uterus has lymphatic drainage to where?
Obturator, external iliac and hypogastric nodes
What is the most common type of monozygotic twin? During what days can separation occur to cause it?
Monochorionic, diamniotic, placenta sharing. 4-8 days (btwn morula and blastocyst)
Separation at what time point cause dichorionic, diamniotic monozytoic twins? Do they necessarily share a placenta?
Between 0-4 days. Can share or have separate placentas.
Separation at what time point causes monochorionic, diamniotic monozygotic twins?
8-12 days.
Separation after what time point causes conjoined twins?
After 13 days
Which is on the outside, the amnion or the chorion?
Chorion!
Which kind of twin is more common, dizygotic or monozygotic?
Dizygotic (80%)
Greatest risk factors for cervical cancer?
Early age ate first sexual intercourse, multiple sexual partners
Is cigarette smoking a risk factor for cervical cancer? Alcohol? HIV?
Cigarettes yes, alcohol no. HIV yes.
What metabolites are shunted towards the fetus during pregnancy, and what to the mother?
Glucose and AAs to the fetus, FFAs, ketones and glycerol to the mom
Main hormone involves in maternal insulin resistence development during pregnancy?
human placental lactogen (increases insulin resistence so glucose is shunted towards fetus, increases lipolysis and proteolysis to feed mom). Also GH, estrogen, progesterone and GCs
Spontaneous bloody nipple discharge -> what kind of breast pathology? Benign or malignant? Increased risk of cancer?
Intraductal papilloma. Benign. SLIGHT increased risk of carcinoma
Breast mass: large bulky mass of connective tissue and cysts, "leaf-like" projections. 60y/o woman. What is it? Malignant?
Phyllodes tumor, some may become malignant.
Single most important prognostic factor in breast carcinoma?
Spread to axillary lymph nodes
Talk about the histology from the vagina to the ovary.
Vagina through ectocervix: stratified squamous. Endo cervix through fallopian tubes: simple columnar. Ovaries: simple cuboidal
Unilateral tumor that looks like a bladder on the ovary. What is it?
Brenner tumor.
Pseudomyxoma peritonei - what kind of ovarian tumor?
Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma
What type of ovarian tumor secretes estrogen?
Granulose cell tumor.
What are Call-Exner bodies ad what are they seen in?
Small follicles filled with eosinophillic secretions. Seen in Granuosa cell tumors of the ovary.
What keeps the high levels of progesterone during pregnancy from casuing lactation?
Estrogen and progesterone!
In the first trimester, what prodces estrogen and progesterone?
The corpus luteum!
What nerve inervates the scrotum/labia majora?
Genital branch of the genitofemoral nerve
The SRY gene results in what product?
Testes determining factor
Which produces internal vs external male genitalia during development - testosterone vs DHT?
Testosterone - internal, DHT - external
After maturation but before meeting a sperm, the gg is arrested in what phase?
Metaphase of meiosis II (met a sperm!)
Until ovulation, what stage is the egg arrested in?
Prophase of meiosis I
What hormone causes the rupture of the dominant follicle?
LH!
What hormone cuases hte LH surge?
Estrogen! Gradually rising as FSH is stimulating and growing the follicles.
What causes progesterone levels to rise during the menstrual cycle?
Corpus luteum (so only starts after follice rupture)
hCG become detectable in the maternal serum only after what has happened? How many days after ovulation is this?
Implantation of the blastocyst! No earlier than 6 days, more like aorund 1 week!
In what cell type are androgen and progesterone synthesized from cholesterol in the ovary? Under the influence of what hormone?
Theca interna. LH.
In what cell type are androgens converted to estrogen in the ovary? Under the influence of what hormone, and by what enzyme?
Granulosa cell. FSH. Aromatase.
What do theca externa cells do?
Connective tissue support structure for the follicle.
Breast cancer: solid sheets of pleimorphic cells with central caseous necrosis. What type?
Comedocarcinoma, subtype of DCIS. Does not cross BM.
Breast cancer with fleshy,cellular lymphocytic infiltrate. What type?
Medullary.
Normal appearing endometrial tissue within the myometrium and an enlarged uterus. What is it?
Adenomyosis
Precocious puberty or endometrial hyperplasia with an ovarian mass - think what?
Granulosa cell tumor producing estrogen! Also linked to increased risk of endometrial cancer.
Dysgerminoma is associated with what genetic condition?
Turners
Choriocarcinomas have early hematogenous spread to where?
Lungs (orginate from molar pregnancies)
"Schiller Duval bodies" what ovarian malignancy?
Yolk sac tumor
Choriocarcinomas are associated with increased frequency of what kind of ovarian cyst?
Theca-lutein cysts
Spiral arteries and glycogen rich mucin in an endometrial biopsy of a premeno woman mean she at at what point in her cycle?
Luteal phase! Progesterone is high.
Which is elevated more in PCOS, LH or FSH?
LH (because estrogen is high from the multiple follicles, and estrogen stimulates LH)
What kind of drug is Clomiphene? What is it used for?
SERM (partial agonist at estrogen receptors in hypothal). Treatment of PCOS for women who want to get pregnant.
What is the level of progesterone in PCOS?
Low! Since no ovulation!
Where are the sertoli cells located?
In the seminiferous tubules!
In Klinefelter, abnormal developmen of what two structures leads to what hormone dysfunction?
Dysgenesis of seminiferous tubules (sertoli cells) -> decreased inhibin, increased FSH. Abnormal leydig cells -> decreased testosterone, increased LH and estrogen
What medication is a structural analog of D-Ala-D-Ala?
Penilcillin!
Painful genital ulcer with inguinal lymphadenopathy, what is it?
Chancroid!
Which is triploid vs diploid: partial or complete mole? Which growth contains fetal tissue?
Partial = triploid (2 sperm + 1 egg). Complete = diploid (2 sperm no egg). Partial mole contains fetal tissue (a partial baby)
Which has a higher risk for gestatinoal trophoblastic dz - partial or complete mole?
Complete.
All skin from the umbilicus down (excluding the posterior calf) drains to what lymph node group?
Superficial inguinal nodes
Do women with Turner have a normal uterus? Can they be pregnant?
Normal uterus. Can usually only be pregnant by donor egg
Pelvic fracture vs straddle injury usually causes injury to what parts of the male urethra respectively?
Pelvic fracture - posterior urethra. Strddle - anterior
High riding prostate and blood at the urethral meatus in a male after a pelvic trauma - what is it?
Posterior urethral injury
Fluid in a hydrocoele accumlates in what?
Tunica vaginalis (in communication with peritoneum)
How do enterococcus cause resistance to aminoglycosides?
By transfering group (acetyl, phophate, etc) to them so they cant properly bind ribosomes
Mechanims of resistence of tetracyclins occurs by what two mechanisms?
1) Increased efflux or decreased influx 2)synthesis of protein that allows ribomes to work even in presence of tetracyclins
Why is chlamydia not efectively treated by penicillin and cephalosporins?
It's cell wall lacks peptidoglycan.
Does a vasectomy have a large effect on volume of ejaculate?
Nope! Very small!
Most common cause of calcium kidney stones?
Idiopathic hypercalciuria with normal serum calcium
Newborn with ambiguous genitalia and mom who showed virilization. What is it?
Congenital aromatase deficiency
Cellular mass wiht a cellular, myxoid strome that encircles and sometimes compresses epithelial lined ducts and cysts.
Fibroadenoma!
In what condition is sclerosing adenosis seen?
Fibrocystic change
Cell signaling mechanism of ANP and NO?
cGMP secondar messenger system - binding increaes intracelluarl cGMP
Hormonal function of what cell is usually impaired in cryptorchidism?
Sertoli cells -> damaged, so not producing enough Inhibin B -> loss of neg feedback, elevated FSH
What is necessary for cystitis to turn into pyelo?
Vesicoureteral reflux (can be congenital or can be caused by weakened valves from many cysitises over time.)
Pathogenesis of hematuria in sickle trait?
Papillary necrosis
RCC is most commonly located where in the kidney?
One of the poles
What vessels are contained in the suspensatory ligament of the ovary?
Ovarian vessels
What artery is contained in the broad ligament of the uterus?
Artery of Sampson
What vessels are contained in the ovarian ligament?
None!
Upper 1/3 of ureter receives it's blood supply from where?
Renal artery!
Which renal stones look like coffin lids?
Struvite!
For what kind of renal stone should you recomend taking B6?
Calcium oxalate. B6 reduces the body's production of oxalate.
High or low soidum diet to help with calcium renal stones?
Low. High soidum associated with increased bone resorption -> high calcium
Is low SES a risk factor for cervical cancer?
Yes
What type of drug is bethanechol? Use?
Muscarinic agonist. Bowel and bladder.
What kind of drug is carbachol? Use?
Muscarinic and nicotinic agonist. Poor penetration. Used for ocular things.
What kind of drug is pilocarpine? Use?
Muscarinic agonist. Eyes
What kind of drug is Methacholine?
Muscarinic agonist.
All the -stigmines are what?
AChE inhibitors.
What is edrophonium? Use?
AChE inhibitor. Diagnosis of MG (extremely short acting)
What kind of drug is benztropine?
Muscarinic antagonist
What kind of drug is oxybutinin?
Muscarinic antagonist
Ipratropium and tiotropium are what kind of drug?
Muscarinic antagonist
As it enters the pelvis, the ureter is medial and lateral to what structures?
Medial to the gonadal vessels (which it has just crossed under on its way from the kidney) lateral to the internal iliac
In cystinuria (causing cystine stones) what else is found in high quantities in the urine? Why?
Amino acids! Same trasnporter that is defective for cystine works for AAs.
What is the urine sodium cyanide-nitroprusside test testing for?
Cystine in the urine
What effect does citrate have on what kind of kidney stones? Why?
Citrate decreases formation of calcium stones, because it chelates calcium
How do mifepristone and misoprostal work?
Mifepristone = anti-progestin. MisoPROSTAl = prostaglandin analog
Tx of GC/Chlam?
Ceftriaxone for GC (IM shot), doxy or azithro for Chlam
Trimethoprim has the same MoA as what drug? What is it?
MTX. Dihydropfolate reductase inhibitor
What abx is a structural analog of PABA and messes with folic acid pathway?
Sulfa!
Withdrawing progesterone causes what to happen to endometrial cells?
Apoptosis (NOT ATROPHY)
What vessels are between a direct and indirect hernia?
Inferior epigastrics (NOT femorals - these are nex to femoral hernias)
Genital lesions in primary, secondary and tertiary syphilis?
Primary: painless chancre, secondary: condylomata lata, tertiary: gumma
What causes condylomata acuminatat vs lata?
Acuminata - HPV. Lata - secondary syphilis
Are there cytotrophoblasts, syncytiotrophoblasts and villi in choriocarcinoma?
Cyto and syncytio, but not villi!
Pubic hair appears and breast bud forms - what tanner stage?
II
Pubic hair darkens and becomes curly, penis size/length increases, breast enlarged, what tanner stage?
III
Penis width increases, darker scrotal skin, development of glans, raised areolae, what tanner stage?
IV
ARe Leydig cells affected by temperature? Why do we care?
No! Thus, testosterone can be normal in cryptorchidism
Testicular tumor with increased PLAP, what is it?
Seminoma (placental alk phos)
What is Danazol? What is it used for?
synthetic androgen that acts as partial agonist. Used in endometriosis and hereditary angioedema