Chapter 19 QUIZ

Ovulation typically occurs on day ____ of the menstrual cycle

14

The average menstrual cycle lasts:

28 days

The hortmone of the pituitary gland that stimulates follcular development of the ovary is:

FSH

FSH is produced by the

anterior pituitary gland

Lutenizing hormone LH is produced by the:

anterior pituitary gland

What strucutre remains after the corpus luteum has regressed

corpus albicans

The temporary endorcine gland that results from the rupture of the graafian folliucle is the:

corpus lutuem

The structure noted within the graafian follicile containing the developing ovum is the

cumulus oophorum

An increase in the nymber of endometrial cells is termeed:

endometrial hyperplasia

Which hormone released by the ovary during the proliferative phase stimulates endometrial thickening

estrogen

The first phase of the ovarian cycle is the:

follicular phase

Waht is polymenorrhea

frequent regular cycles byt less than 21 days apart

The hormone produced by the hypothalamus that controls the release of the hormones for mesntruation by the anterior pitutary gland is:

gonadotropin releasing hormone gnrh

What structure may be noted on the ovary just prior to ovulation

graafian follcicle

The dominant follucle prior to ovulation is termed the:

graafian follciel

The hormone produced by the trophoblastic cells of the early placenta is:

hcg

Which hormone maintains the corpus luteum dyring pregnanct

hcg

During which ohase of the endometrial cycle would the endometrium yirld the three line sign

late proliferative

The periobulatory phase may also be referred to as the:

later proliferative phase

The second phase of the ovarian cycle is called the:

luteal phase

The hormone that surges during ovulation is:

lutenizing hormone LH

The 2 hormones produced by the anterior pituitary gland are the:

lutenizing hormone LH follicular stimulating hormone FSH

What strucuture produces hormones that directly act upon the endometrium to produce varying thicknesses and sonographic appearances

ovary

What is dysmenorrhea?

painful menstruation

The corpus luterum primarily releases what hormone

progesterone

What hormone maintains the thickness of the endometrium after ovulation

progesterone

The first phase of the endometrial cycle is the:

proliferative phase

The second phase of the endometrial cycle is the:

secretory phase

When the ovary is in the luteal phase, the endometrium is in the:

secretory phase

The arteries within the functional layer of the endometrium that are altered by the hormones of the ovary anf are shed with menstruation are the:

spiral arteries

What is menarche

the first menstrual period