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1st event in puberty in girls?
Next?
Final? CORRECT ANS-thelarche (breasts)
pubarche (axilla, pubic hair)
menarche (period)
Delayed puberty is the absence of secondary sexual development by age ______ in girls or
failure of menarche within ____ years of onset of secondary sexual characteristics
What are some major causes? CORRECT ANS-12
3
hypothalamic hypogonadism (CNS tumor) or hypergonadotropic hypogonadism (turners)
Primary _______ when puberty is delayed and menarche does not occur, but gonads are
present and other endocrine function is normal CORRECT ANS-amenorrhea
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Average length of cycle is ______ from the start of one period to the next CORRECT ANS-28
days
Usually duration of period is _________ but can last for _______. Average blood loss is
_______. > ________is ABNORMAL CORRECT ANS-3-5 days
1-8 days
30 ml
over 80
What stage is useful to have to increase fertility and contraception? CORRECT ANS-
Ovulation
What are signs that you are ovulating? CORRECT ANS-rise in basal temp
rise in urinary LH
Ovum lives about ______hours after leaving follicle, but is only fertilizable for _________.
Some sperm can survive/produce fertilization up to ___________ before ovulation
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Most fertile period for a woman is ? CORRECT ANS-72
for half that time
120 hours
48 hours before ovulation
What are the hormones that correlate to the cyclic changes in the vagina, uterine cervix and
breasts? CORRECT ANS-Estrogen
Progesterone
Almost all estrogen comes from where? CORRECT ANS-ovaries
2 peaks of estrogen secretion is when? CORRECT ANS-just before ovulation and during
midluteal phase
Estrogen has affects on ? CORRECT ANS-growth on ovarian follicles/increase motility of
uterine tubes
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decrease FSH secretion
may increase libido
produce duct growth in breasts
changes in uterus and vagina
growth of pubic hair/axilla hair
What are the target organs of progesterone?
Causes changes in what? CORRECT ANS-uterus, breasts, brain
endometrium/cyclic changes in cervix and vagina/rise in basal body temp
What does relaxin do for women? CORRECT ANS-relax pubic symphysis/other pelvic joints
+ softening/dilating cervix WHILE inhibiting contractions
What gonadotropic hormones act in concert to regulate the cyclic secretion of ovarian
hormones CORRECT ANS-FSH and LH
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