NUR 131 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
◉ MENARCHE. Answer: The start of menstruation in females
◉ PERINEUM. Answer: Most posterior part of the external female
reproductive system
◉ LUTEINIZING HORMONE (LH). Answer: Secreted by the anterior
pituitary gland and is responsible for final maturation of follicle and
lueinization of ruptured follicle
◉ ENDOMETRIUM. Answer: The mucosal layer lining the uterine
cavity in non-pregnant women
◉ GONADOTROPIN - RELEASING HORMONE (GNRH). Answer:
Secreted by the hypothalamus, induces the release of FSH & LH
◉ MITTLESCHMERTZ. Answer: Midcycle pain on either side of the
abdomen occurs during release of an ovum.
◉ OVULATION. Answer: The release of a mature ovum approximately
day 14 in a 28 day cycle.
, ◉ MENSTRUATION. Answer: Normal, predictable physiologic process
when the uterine lining is shed.
◉ PROGESTERONE. Answer: Secreted by the corpus luteum and
prepares the endometrium for implantation.
◉ PREMENSTRUAL CYCLE. Answer: Group of symptoms that occur
during luteal phase of menstrual cycle and resolve with menstruation.
◉ ESTROGEN. Answer: Secreted by the ovaries and is important for
the maturation of the follicle
◉ CORPUS LUMEN. Answer: The remaining follicle after release of
the ovum secreting estrogen and progesterone
◉ FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE (FSH). Answer: Secreted
by the anterior pituitary gland and is responsible for maturation of the
ovarian follicle.
◉ PRIMARY AMENORRHEA. Answer: absence of menstruation by
age 14, absence of growth of secondary sex characteristics or absence of
menses by age 16 with normal development of secondary sex
characteristics
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
◉ MENARCHE. Answer: The start of menstruation in females
◉ PERINEUM. Answer: Most posterior part of the external female
reproductive system
◉ LUTEINIZING HORMONE (LH). Answer: Secreted by the anterior
pituitary gland and is responsible for final maturation of follicle and
lueinization of ruptured follicle
◉ ENDOMETRIUM. Answer: The mucosal layer lining the uterine
cavity in non-pregnant women
◉ GONADOTROPIN - RELEASING HORMONE (GNRH). Answer:
Secreted by the hypothalamus, induces the release of FSH & LH
◉ MITTLESCHMERTZ. Answer: Midcycle pain on either side of the
abdomen occurs during release of an ovum.
◉ OVULATION. Answer: The release of a mature ovum approximately
day 14 in a 28 day cycle.
, ◉ MENSTRUATION. Answer: Normal, predictable physiologic process
when the uterine lining is shed.
◉ PROGESTERONE. Answer: Secreted by the corpus luteum and
prepares the endometrium for implantation.
◉ PREMENSTRUAL CYCLE. Answer: Group of symptoms that occur
during luteal phase of menstrual cycle and resolve with menstruation.
◉ ESTROGEN. Answer: Secreted by the ovaries and is important for
the maturation of the follicle
◉ CORPUS LUMEN. Answer: The remaining follicle after release of
the ovum secreting estrogen and progesterone
◉ FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE (FSH). Answer: Secreted
by the anterior pituitary gland and is responsible for maturation of the
ovarian follicle.
◉ PRIMARY AMENORRHEA. Answer: absence of menstruation by
age 14, absence of growth of secondary sex characteristics or absence of
menses by age 16 with normal development of secondary sex
characteristics
