Prep U Sexuality and Reproduction
Which cells in the testes produce testosterone?
Leydig cells
A nurse caring for a 43-year-old client explains to the client that ovarian functions gradually decrease around this age. What is the implication of decreased ovarian function?
Inability to become pregnant
If pregnancy does not occur, the prepared inner lining of the uterus is sloughed off during what process?
Menstruation
Which phase of the human sexual response results from massive sympathetic stimulation?
Climax
What happens with the hormones associated with pregnancy once the fetus and the placenta have been expelled from the uterus?
Hormone levels decrease significantly.
The release of gonadotropin releasing hormone by the hypothalamus signals the onset of:
puberty.
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) stimulates the anterior pituitary to release which hormones? (Select all that apply.)
Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) Luteinizing hormone (LH)
A group of students are reviewing information about the menstrual cycle. The students demonstrate understanding when they identify what as the onset of the menstrual cycle?
Menarche
The nurse is preparing an outline for a class on the physiology of the male sexual response. Which event would the nurse identify as occurring first?
Penile vasodilation
What would castration prior to puberty result in? (Select all that apply.)
Sterility Failure to develop normal male characteristics
Which hormone is involved if a couple engages in the rhythm method of birth control?
Progesterone
A client's sex glands have responded to stimulation from follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH). What endocrine activity has directly preceded the release of FSH and LH?
The client's anterior pituitary gland was stimulated by gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH).
The human sexual response involves the activation of which system?
Sympathetic nervous system
The nurse is explaining the events that lead to ovulation. Which hormone would the nurse identify as being primarily responsible for ovulation?
Luteinizing hormone
A nurse is teaching a sex education course in a local high school. What statement, made by the nurse, would be accurate regarding the human sexual response?
Sexual climax occurs from massive sympathetic stimulation.
Which female clients are likely to experience a negative impact on their reproductive cycles related to the controls of the hypothalamus? Select all that apply.
a young adult client who has been on an extreme weight loss plan for several months a client who is undergoing treatment for major depression a triathlete who is training intensively for an important competition
By about which day in the menstrual cycle does ovulation occur?
14
What would a nurse attribute to estrogen?
Breast growth
When describing the process of fertilization, the nurse would explain that it normally occurs in which structure?
Fallopian tube
Which is associated with an increase in gonadotropin-releasing hormone secretion?
Increased light exposure
When stimulation levels off during the human sexual response, the person is said to be in which of the following phases?
Plateau
The nurse is reviewing the functions of the ovaries, uterus, clitoris, and vagina with a group of nursing students. What would be the best response by a nursing student about the function of the uterus?
Receives the fertilized ovum and provides housing and nourishment for a fetus
Which hormone is responsible for ovulation?
Luteinizing hormone
A client with a 28-day cycle reports that she ovulated on May 10. The nurse would expect the client's next menses to begin on:
May 24.
When the nurse is interviewing an adolescent, the patient states that she experienced her first menstrual cycle at age 11. The nurse documents this as:
Menarche
During fetal development, the descent of the testes into what structure helps prevent injury to the sperm-producing cells?
Scrotum
After teaching a class on the female reproductive system, the nurse determines that the teaching was successful when the class identifies what as a primary function of the ovaries?
Secretion of estrogen and progesterone
The nurse is discussing the human response to sexual stimulation with a client experiencing an arousal problem. In which phase of sexual response should the client begin to feel the effects of the sympathetic nervous system?
Stimulation
After puberty, secondary male sexual characteristics can be maintained by:
androgens
The two hormones released by the ovaries are:
estrogen and progesterone
What hormone is the first to be produced when the ovum is fertilized and implanted in the uterine wall?
human chorionic gonadotropin
