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What statement indicates the girl needs additional education?
- A. Periods last about 5 days.'
- B. My cycle should get regular in 6 months.'
- C. I should expect heavy bleeding with clots.'
- D. Periods come about every 4 weeks.'
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Clots are not normally seen in menstrual discharge. A normal menstrual flow is 30 to 40 mL blood and 30 to 50 mL serous fluid.
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Where are the secretions responsible for nourishing sperm excreted from?
- A. Vas deferens
- B. Epididymis
- C. Cowper's gland
- D. Scrotum
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The Cowper's gland secretions nourish the sperm.
What statement indicates a woman has correct information about oogenesis?
- A. Women make fewer ova as they age.'
- B. Women have all of their ova at the time they are born.'
- C. Ova production begins at birth and continues until puberty.'
- D. New ova are made every month from puberty to climacteric.'
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Oogenesis (formation of immature ova) does not occur after fetal development. Females are born with about 2 million immature ova, which rapidly reduce by adulthood.
What would be an important point to teach this mother?
- A. Milk is produced in ducts and lobules regardless of breast size.
- B. Supplementing breastfeeding with formula allows the infant to receive adequate nutrition.
- C. Breast size can be increased with exercise.
- D. Drinking extra milk during pregnancy allows breasts to produce adequate amounts of milk.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Breast size does not influence the ability to secrete milk.
For what is the decrease in estrogen and progesterone during the menstrual cycle responsible?
- A. Degeneration of the corpus luteum
- B. Ovulation
- C. Follicle maturation
- D. Shedding of the endometrium
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The fall in estrogen and progesterone causes the endometrium to break down, resulting in menstruation.
What is the correct nursing response?
- A. An increase in height
- B. Breast development
- C. Appearance of axillary hair
- D. The first menstrual period
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The first outward change of puberty in girls is the development of breasts at about 10 to 11 years of age.