Maternal/Newborn Exam 1 2025
Questions and Answers
menstrual cycle - ANSWER✔✔-the periodic shedding of the uterine lining involving
bleeding
- occurs 14 days after ovulation
- average cycle is 28 days
- first day of bleeding is considered day 1 of menstrual cycle
- duration of flow averages 5 days
factors that influence menstrual cycle - ANSWER✔✔-- age, young or old
- stress
- nutrition
- depression
- emaciation (no body fat)
hypothalamic-pituitary cycle - ANSWER✔✔-(note when this cycle begins)
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,When the blood levels of estrogen and progesterone decrease toward the end of the
menstrual cycle
↓
this stimulates hypothalamus to secrete GnRH;
↓
which stimulates anterior pituitary secretion of FSH;
↓
which stimulates development of ovarian graafian follicles and their own production of
estrogen
Now estrogen levels will slowly decrease and the GnRH will trigger
the anterior pituitary to release LH. This combination of LH surge and a lower estrogen
peak happen about 24 to 36 hours before the ovum is pushed out of the graafian follicle
in the ovary. This means the LH surge is on day 12-13 of the 28 day cycle.
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, If fertilization and implantation do not occur, the corpus luteum becomes non
functional, the estrogen and progesterone levels drop, menstruation occurs and the
hypothalamus begins again the cycle of stimulating GnRH
ovarian cycle - ANSWER✔✔-follicular phase, ovulation, luteal phase
follicular phase - ANSWER✔✔-the stage in which an immature egg completes its first
meiotic division
ovulation - ANSWER✔✔-The process of releasing a mature ovum into the fallopian
tube each month
luteal phase - ANSWER✔✔-the menstrual stage in which the corpus luteum develops
endometrial cycle - ANSWER✔✔-- menstrual phase
- proliferative phase
- secretory phase
- ischemic phase
menstrual phase - ANSWER✔✔-the days of the menstrual cycle on which menstrual
bleeding occurs
proliferative phase - ANSWER✔✔-period of rapid growth lasting from the fifth day to
the time of ovulation
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Questions and Answers
menstrual cycle - ANSWER✔✔-the periodic shedding of the uterine lining involving
bleeding
- occurs 14 days after ovulation
- average cycle is 28 days
- first day of bleeding is considered day 1 of menstrual cycle
- duration of flow averages 5 days
factors that influence menstrual cycle - ANSWER✔✔-- age, young or old
- stress
- nutrition
- depression
- emaciation (no body fat)
hypothalamic-pituitary cycle - ANSWER✔✔-(note when this cycle begins)
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,When the blood levels of estrogen and progesterone decrease toward the end of the
menstrual cycle
↓
this stimulates hypothalamus to secrete GnRH;
↓
which stimulates anterior pituitary secretion of FSH;
↓
which stimulates development of ovarian graafian follicles and their own production of
estrogen
Now estrogen levels will slowly decrease and the GnRH will trigger
the anterior pituitary to release LH. This combination of LH surge and a lower estrogen
peak happen about 24 to 36 hours before the ovum is pushed out of the graafian follicle
in the ovary. This means the LH surge is on day 12-13 of the 28 day cycle.
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, If fertilization and implantation do not occur, the corpus luteum becomes non
functional, the estrogen and progesterone levels drop, menstruation occurs and the
hypothalamus begins again the cycle of stimulating GnRH
ovarian cycle - ANSWER✔✔-follicular phase, ovulation, luteal phase
follicular phase - ANSWER✔✔-the stage in which an immature egg completes its first
meiotic division
ovulation - ANSWER✔✔-The process of releasing a mature ovum into the fallopian
tube each month
luteal phase - ANSWER✔✔-the menstrual stage in which the corpus luteum develops
endometrial cycle - ANSWER✔✔-- menstrual phase
- proliferative phase
- secretory phase
- ischemic phase
menstrual phase - ANSWER✔✔-the days of the menstrual cycle on which menstrual
bleeding occurs
proliferative phase - ANSWER✔✔-period of rapid growth lasting from the fifth day to
the time of ovulation
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