Maternal Adaptation to Pregnancy || All Questions Answered Correctly.
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Maternal Adaptation to Pregnancy
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Maternal Adaptation To Pregnancy
Which hormones have the strongest influence in pregnancy? correct answers - Oestrogen
- Progesterone
- Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
- Human Chorionic Somatomammotropin
Where are these hormones primarily secreted? correct answers The placenta
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HcG) correct answe...
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Maternal Adaptation to Pregnancy || All Questions Answered
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Which hormones have the strongest influence in pregnancy? correct answers - Oestrogen
- Progesterone
- Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
- Human Chorionic Somatomammotropin
Where are these hormones primarily secreted? correct answers The placenta
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HcG) correct answers - Secreted by placenta and blastocyst
- Detectable in urine 8-10 days after conception
- stimulates growth of corpus luteum
Oestrogen correct answers - Increases by 30x normal throughout pregnancy
- CL is first source until placental takes over at 7-17 weeks
- Causes tissue growth in foetus and mother (mothers uterus and external genitalia enlarge,
mammary ducts grow, relaxes smooth muscle)
Progesterone correct answers - Secreted by CL and placenta
- Suppresses secretion of FSH and LH preventing follicular development throughout pregnancy
- Suppresses uterine contractions
- Prevents menstruation and maintains endometrium
- Stimulates development of acini cells in breasts
Human chorionic somatomammotropin (hCS) correct answers - Secreted from placenta from
about 5 weeks
- Increases throughout pregnancy
- Seems to reduce mother's insulin sensitivity and glucose usage leaving more for the foetus
Maternal signs of pregnancy correct answers - Nausea
- Fatigue
- Sore, tender, enlarged breasts
- Changes in food likes and dislikes
- Pica - the craving of a substance with little or no nutritional value e.g. non food substances
(chalk)
- Increased micturition
Alimentary System correct answers - Gum hypertrophy
- Increased saliva production
- Nausea and vomiting
- Reduced gastric motility
- Constipation
- Heartburn
- Altered carbohydrate metabolism
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