Which best describes the term "heterozygous?"
The chromosomal determination of sexual orientation.
A mutation that affects a homozygous pair of genes.
The merger of two homozygous genes.
A gene pair wherein one is dominant and the other is recessive.
Which term means "the condition of abnormal menstruation" and most often presents as pain, nausea, diarrhea, and leg pain during menstruation?
Dysmenorrhea
Endometritis
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Gonorrhea
Which term BEST describes the mucous membrane lining of the uterus which thickens during the menstrual cycle in preparation for the possible implantation of an embryo?
Gamete
Diploid
Endometrium
Cervix
Which term best describes the fertilization of an ovum outside the body, and then, reimplantation of the zygote into the uterus of a female?
Fetal reduction
In vitro fertilization
Fatal mutation
Homozygous
n reproductive terminology, an autosome is a type of:
Sex chromosome.
Non-sex chromosome.
Chromosomes that are automatically deleted.
Collections of mutations.
Which of the following is usually the same in all women?
The ovarian follicular phase.
Menses.
The day of ovulation.
The uterine secretory phase.
What hormone(s) rise(s) during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle?
Estrogen.
Progesterone.
Testosterone
Prednisone
The membrane lining in the uterus that sheds itself during menstruation is called which of the following?
Peritoneum
Myometrium
Uterine tube
In the ovarian cycle, ALL of the following happen before ovulation, EXCEPT:
Maturation of ovarian follicles.
The estrogenic phase.
A complex negative and positive feedback system that orchestrates the actions of reproductive organ system is the:
Pituitary-adrenal-ovarian axis.
Hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis.
Ovarian-thyroid axis.
Ovarian-testicular axis.
