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MU NURS 611: Adv Patho -
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Exam 4 Review -
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Reproductive System
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primary dysmenorrhea - correct answer✔ ✔
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excessive endometrial protaglandin production; painful perio
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ds; produces 10x as much prostaglandin F (potent myometrial
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stimulant and vasoconstrictor)
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elevated levels of prostaglandins - correct answer✔ ✔
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uterine hypercontractility, decreased blood flow to uterus, in
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creased nerve hypersensitivity = pain
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secondary dysmenorrhea - correct answer✔ ✔
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results from endometriosis, endometritis (infection), pelvic i
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nflammatory disease, obstructive uterine/vaginal anomalies, ut
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erine fibroids, pulps, tumors, ovarian cysts, pelvic congestion
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syndrome, nonhormonal IUDs v7 v7




polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) - correct answer✔ ✔
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cause unknown, may be genetic; no single factor fully acco
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unts for abnormalities
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, hyperandrogenic state - correct answer✔ ✔ v7 v7 v7 v7


cardinal feature in pathogenesis of PCOS; glucose intoleran
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ce/insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia often run parallel and
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markedly aggravate it; affects follicular growth, insulin affect
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s follicular decline by suppressing apoptosis and enabling foll
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icles to survive v7 v7




benign ovarian cysts - correct answer✔ ✔
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produced when a follicle or # of follicles are stimulated by
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no dominant follicle develops and complete maturity process
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normal early follicular phase of menstrual cycle -
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follicles of ovary respond to hormonal signals from pituitar
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y gland; pituitary produces FSH to mature follicles -
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> as it enlarges, granulosa cells in follicle multiply and secret
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e estradiol -
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> as dominant follicle develops, secretes higher levels of estr
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adiol -> stimulates LH surge that comes from pituitary -
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> stimulates follicle to rupture, releasing ova and transformin
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g the granulosa cells of dominant follicle into corpus luteum
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> corpus luteum becomes vascularized and secretes progester
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> arrests development of other follicles in both ovaries; LH,
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