NAMS-Midlife and Aging-RelatedBody
Changes Questions With Complete
Solutions
Benefits of Estrogen on Vulvovaginal Health - Correct
Answers ✅Estrogen Maintains blood flow to vulvovaginal
tissue
Maintains collagen within epithelium
Maintains hyaluronic acid and mucopolysaccharides within
epithelium
Maintains pH of 4.5 by supporting healthy balance of
microbiome
Protects from pathogens Receptors found throughout the
vagina, vulva, urethra, and trigone of the bladder
Benefits of Androgens on Vulvovaginal Health - Correct
Answers ✅Stimulates nerve fibers
Maintains healthy epithelium
Receptors are found in all three vaginal layers
Effects of Estrogen and Androgen Loss on Vulvovaginal Health
- Correct Answers ✅Vulva Thinning of vulvar tissues
, NAMS-Midlife and Aging-RelatedBody
Changes Questions With Complete
Solutions
Vagina Thinning of superficial epithelium Loss of elasticity
Loss of vaginal rugae
Narrowing of vaginal canal
Poor distention
Decrease glycogen
Decrease in lactobacilli and lactic acid
Higher vaginal pH increase in lymphocytes and plasma cells
Decrease in physiologic vaginal secretions.
Increase in pathologic vaginal discharge
Urinary tract: urethra moves closer to introitus
Changes Questions With Complete
Solutions
Benefits of Estrogen on Vulvovaginal Health - Correct
Answers ✅Estrogen Maintains blood flow to vulvovaginal
tissue
Maintains collagen within epithelium
Maintains hyaluronic acid and mucopolysaccharides within
epithelium
Maintains pH of 4.5 by supporting healthy balance of
microbiome
Protects from pathogens Receptors found throughout the
vagina, vulva, urethra, and trigone of the bladder
Benefits of Androgens on Vulvovaginal Health - Correct
Answers ✅Stimulates nerve fibers
Maintains healthy epithelium
Receptors are found in all three vaginal layers
Effects of Estrogen and Androgen Loss on Vulvovaginal Health
- Correct Answers ✅Vulva Thinning of vulvar tissues
, NAMS-Midlife and Aging-RelatedBody
Changes Questions With Complete
Solutions
Vagina Thinning of superficial epithelium Loss of elasticity
Loss of vaginal rugae
Narrowing of vaginal canal
Poor distention
Decrease glycogen
Decrease in lactobacilli and lactic acid
Higher vaginal pH increase in lymphocytes and plasma cells
Decrease in physiologic vaginal secretions.
Increase in pathologic vaginal discharge
Urinary tract: urethra moves closer to introitus