Level 1
Ovulation typically occurs on what day of the menstrual cycle?
Day 14
The ovary produces two hormones during the menstrual cycle called?
Estrogen and Progesterone
What is mittelschmerz?
Pain at the time of ovulation.
A change in menstrual bleeding associated with lesions within the uterus is called what?
Abnormal uterine bleeding
What hormone released by the ovary during the proliferative phase stimulates endometrial thickening?
Estrogen
FSH is produced by the?
Anterior Pituitary Gland
The endometrial cycle consists of what two phases?
Proliferative phase and the Secretory phase
The average menstrual cycle lasts how long?
28 days
Painful and difficult menstruation is called?
Dysmenorrhea
What is the fingerlike extension of the fallopian tube located on the infundibulum?
Fimbria
The first menstrual cycle is called?
Menarche
The temporary endocrine gland that results from the rupture of the graafian follicle is the?
Corpus Luteum
The structure noted within the graafian follicle containing the developing ovum is what?
Cumulus Oophorus
Ectopic endometrial tissue within the uterus that leads to abnormal uterine bleeding is called?
Adenomyosis
What are small nodules of hyperplastic endometrial tissue called?
Endometrial polyps
The second phase of the ovarian cycle is called?
Luteal Phase
The measurement of the endometrium during the proliferative phase is around?
4 to 8 mm
After the corpus luteum has regressed which structure remains?
Corpus Albicans
Endocrine abnormalities that cause abnormal vaginal bleeding is called what?
Dysfunctional uterine bleeding
The arteries within the functional layer of the endometrium that are altered by the hormones of the ovary are called?
Spiral arteries
What is the hormone that is responsible for ovulation?
Luteinizing hormone (LH)
An increase in the number of endometrial cells is called?
Endometrial hyperplasia
Which hormone is released by the ovary during the second half of the menstrual cycle?
Progesterone
The periovulatory phase may also be referred to as?
Late proliferative phase
The hormone produced by the trophoblastic cells of the early placenta is called?
Human chorionic gonadotropin