WorksheetsChapter 2 : Human Reproductive Anatomy & Physiology
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 22mins
A 14-year-old boy is at the pediatric clinic for a checkup. What physical changes of puberty will the nurse indicate are related to the production of testosterone?
Stimulation of production of white cells and platelets
Promotion of growth of small bones
Increase in muscle mass and strength
Decrease in production of sebaceous gland secretions
The nurse is educating high school students about puberty. What will the nurse indicate regulates the production of sperm and secretion hormones?
Testes
Vas deferens
Ejaculatory ducts
Prostate gland
The nurse is speaking with a couple trying to conceive a child. What will the nurse remind the couple is a factor that can decrease sperm production?
Infrequent sexual intercourse
The man not being circumcised
The penis and testes being small
The testes being too warm
When describing the female reproductive tract to a pregnant woman, the nurse would explain that which uterine layer is involved in implantation?
Perimetrium
Endometrium
Myometrium
Internal os
A group of nursing students plans to teach a class of sixth-grade girls about menstruation. What correct information will the nursing students teach to the class?
Menarche usually occurs around 12 years of age.
Ovulation occurs regularly from the very first cycle.
A regular cycle is established by the third period.
Typically, menstrual flow is heavy and lasts up to 10 days.
A 10-year-old girl asks the nurse, What is the first sign of puberty? What is the correct nursing response?
An increase in height
Breast development
Appearance of axillary hair
The first menstrual period
A 12-year-old female pediatric patient experienced menarche 3 months ago. Her mother voices concern to the pediatric office nurse regarding the irregularity of her daughters menstrual cycle. What is the nurses best response?
Worrying is not the answer.
I will talk to the pediatrician about a gynecological referral.
I can only discuss this with your daughter.
Early cycles are often irregular.
Which hormone initiates the maturation of the ovarian follicle?
Estrogen
Follicle-stimulating hormone
Progesterone
Luteinizing hormone
What statement indicates a woman has correct information about oogenesis?
Women make fewer ova as they age.
Women have all of their ova at the time they are born.
Ova production begins at birth and continues until puberty.
New ova are made every month from puberty to climacteric.
A pregnant woman asks the nurse, Will I be able to have a vaginal delivery? The nurse knows that which is the most favorable pelvic type for vaginal birth?
Gynecoid
Android
Anthropoid
Platypelloid
A mother is anxious about her ability to breastfeed after her child is born because of her small breast size. What would be an important point to teach this mother?
Milk is produced in ducts and lobules regardless of breast size.
Supplementing breastfeeding with formula allows the infant to receive adequate nutrition.
Breast size can be increased with exercise.
Drinking extra milk during pregnancy allows breasts to produce adequate amounts of milk.
For what is the decrease in estrogen and progesterone during the menstrual cycle responsible?
Degeneration of the corpus luteum
Ovulation
Follicle maturation
Shedding of the endometrium
The nurse is assisting with pelvic inlet measurements on a pregnant woman. What measurement will
provide the nurse with information about whether the woman can deliver vaginally?
Diagonal conjugate
Obstetric conjugate
Transverse diameter
Anteroposterior diameter
The nurse has explained menstruation to a 13-year-old girl. What statement indicates the girl needs additional education?
Periods last about 5 days.
My cycle should get regular in 6 months.
I should expect heavy bleeding with clots.
Periods come about every 4 weeks.
A mother asks the nurse, When will I know my child has entered puberty? What will the nurse state based on an understanding of changes associated with puberty?
Your daughter will have her first period.
Youll recognize puberty by the mood swings.
The child becomes interested in the opposite sex.
Secondary sex characteristics, such as pubic hair, appear.
A nurse is planning to teach couples about the physiology of the sex act. What correct information will the nurse provide?
Fertilization of an ovum requires penetration by several sperm.
An ovum must be fertilized within 24 hours of ovulation.
It takes 4 to 5 days for sperm to reach the fallopian tubes.
Sperm live for only 24 hours following ejaculation.
A newly married couple tells the nurse they would like to wait a few years before starting a family. Which
statement made by the man indicates an understanding about sexual activity and pregnancy?
My wife cant get pregnant if I withdraw before climax.
A man can secrete semen before ejaculation.
If we dont have intercourse very often, my wife wont get pregnant.
It is safe to ejaculate outside the vagina.
The nurse is aware that the diagonal conjugate is 12 centimeters. What is the measurement in centimeters of the obstetric conjugate?
10 to 10.5
11 to 11.5
12.5 to 13
14 to 14.5
The nurse uses a diagram to demonstrate the fimbriae when teaching nursing students about the female
anatomy. What is true about fimbriae?
They form the passageway for the sperm to meet the ovum.
They are the site of fertilization.
They are fingerlike projections that capture the ovum.
They propel the egg through the fallopian tube.
What will the nurse explain to a 12-year-old patient when describing what characterizes nocturnal emissions?
A drop in testosterone level
Sexual stimulation
Absence of sperm in ejaculate
Association with violent dreams
The nurse is educating a pregnant patient who expects to breastfeed. The nurse knows that when a patient breastfeeds, which portions of the breast secrete milk?
Lactiferous sinuses
Lobes
Montgomerys glands
Alveoli
Where are the secretions responsible for nourishing sperm excreted from?
Vas deferens
Epididymis
Cowpers gland
Scrotum
What signifies the end of puberty for a male?
Facial hair is evident.
Erections can be sustained.
Ejaculate is greater than 5 mL.
Mature sperm are formed.
How long does sperm remain viable in the female reproductive tract?
12 hours
1 day
2 days
4 days
The nurse encourages the members of a prenatal class to seriously consider breastfeeding. What does breast milk provide in addition to nourishment for the infant?
Maternal antibodies
Stimulus for red blood cell production
Endorphins that soothe the infant
Hormones that stimulate growth
A female patient reports her menstrual cycle consistently occurs every 32 days. What day of her cycle can the woman anticipate ovulation?
14
16
18
20
The nurse conducting a sex education class for junior high students describes some cultural rites celebrating the entry to adulthood. What information would the nurse include? (Select all that apply.)
Bar mitzvah
Displays of bravery
Receiving part of their inheritance
Ritual circumcision
Displays of self-defense
The nurse is reading a pregnant patients history and physical. What information does the nurse recognize might indicate the need for a cesarean delivery? (Select all that apply.)
History of childhood rickets
Immobile coccyx
Prepregnant weight of 100 pounds
Avid horse rider
Pelvic fracture 3 years ago
What are considered to be functions of the fallopian tubes? (Select all that apply.)
Passage for ovum to uterus
Safe environment for zygote
Restriction for only one ovum to enter uterus
Passage for ovum to uterus
Site for fertilization
The nurse is providing an inservice to students beginning their obstetric clinical rotation. Using a diagram, the nurse points out parts of the female pelvis. What will the nurse include? (Select all that apply.)
Two innominates
Obstetric conjugate
Sacrum
Perimetrium
Coccyx
The nurse explains that testosterone is responsible for males exceeding females in which aspects? (Select all that apply.)
Strength
Height
Mental concentration
Hematocrit levels
Agility
A patient is being seen by her health care provider for a suspected vaginal infection. What will the nurse include when educating this patient on factors that affect the vaginal pH? (Select all that apply.)
Antibiotic therapy
Frequent douching
Exercise
Jet lag
Use of vaginal sprays
When the nurse reads in the history and physical of a pregnant patient that she has a platypelloid pelvis, the nurse is aware that this pelvis has a narrow diameter, making a vaginal birth unlikely.
(a)
In males the follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and the luteinizing hormone (LH) from the anterior pituitary stimulate testosterone production in the cells of the testes.
(a)
The (a) is a period of years during which the womans ability to reproduce gradually declines.
Where the labia majora and the labia minora meet is known as the fourchette or (a)
he nurse outlines the phases of the sexual response. Arrange the phases in order of occurrence. Put a comma and space between each answer choice (a, b, c, d, etc.)
A. Nipples become erect.
B. Involuntary muscle spasms occur.
C. Engorgement resolves.
D. Heart rate slows.
E. Skin flushes.
(a)
