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APD - Chapter 17
Anatomy, Physiology, and Disease: Chapter 17
Question | Answer |
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The external opening of the vagina may be covered by a perforated membrane called the: | c. Hymen |
BPH is a pathology marked by: | c. Prostate enlargement commonly seen is males over 50. |
In patients with erectile dysfunction disorder: | d. The penis is not able to have a full erection. |
Uterine tubes are not: | a. The birth canals |
How many chromosomes does a zygote have in each cell? | b. 42 |
The primary male genitalia is/are the: | b. Testicles |
Which of the following are part of the spermatic cord? | c. Vas deferns, nerves, blood vessels |
In most cases, vaginitis is caused by: | a. Radiation |
In a pap spear, scrapings from what area are examined for precancerous cells? | a. Cervix |
Hydrocele is an abnormal collection of fluid in the: | c. Testes |
What may cause amenorrhea? | d. All of the above; emotional distress, extreme dieting, poor health |
When a vasectomy is performed, what is prevented from traveling out of the penis during intercourse? | c. sperm |
An IUD is: | b. A means of contraception |
When the loose skin covering the tip of the penis is removed, whether in infancy or adulthood, the male is then refereed to as being: | a. Circumcised |
At what point is the developing human referred to as a fetus? | d. Eight weeks after fertilization until birth |
How many sperm can fertilize the egg? | b. 1 |
The fetus floats in a fluid called: | a. Amniotic |
Approximately at what age does sperm production end? | d. Death |
Where is the prostate gland located? | c. Under the urinary bladder |
Which of the following layers of the uterus shreds when a woman has her period? | c. Functional layer of the mucosa |
The process of sorting chromosomes so that each gamete (egg or sperm) gets the right number of copies of genetic material: | a. Meiosis |
A surgeon wants to treat a tumor in the myometrium by occluding the arteries that serve that layer, without affecting the endometrium, perimetrium, or other pelvic structures. She will then attempt to occlude which arteries? | a. Arcuate arteries |
Which structure of the female anatomy has great similarity to the penis in that it becomes engorged with blood during sexual arousal? | d. Clitoris |
What kind of feedback on the hypothalamus do estrogen and testosterone respectively exert? | b. Negative/positve |
Where do sperm mature? | a. Epididymis |
An extra chromosome 21 (trisomy 21) causes this disorder: | b. Down Syndrome |
One of the most common causes of female infertility is: | a. Endometriosis |
Symptoms like depression, anger, breast tenderness, bloating, and headache which occur 5 days before menstruation and disappear during menstruation are diagnostic for: | b. PMS |
This disorder is related to infection with the human papilloma virus: | d. Cervical Cancer |
This condition is characterized by bleeding late in pregnancy and is often treated with a cesarean section: | b. Placenta previa |
This disorder is the most common cause of lower urinary tract symptoms in men: | b. benign prostatic hypertrophy. |
Erectile dysfunction disorder is characterized by failure of: | a. Erection |
The primary cause of male infertility is: | c. failure of sperm production |
In androgen insensitivity syndrome, the child is: | b. genetically male but looks female |
Mammography is used to detect: | a. Breast cancer |