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Cultural Humility - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔An acknowledgement of one's own
barriers to true intercultural understanding.
Nuclear Family - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Mother, father and children living as a unit
Fourchette - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔thin fold of skin at the back of the vulva before
the perineal
Vagina Rugae - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Allows vagina to expand and moisten
during childbirth, controlled by estrogen
Vaginal pH + nerves - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔4-5, acidic
,Few sensory nerve endings
Endometrium - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔inner lining of the uterus
Myometrium - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔muscular middle layer of the uterus
Perimetrium - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔outer layer of uterus
Cervix - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔cylindrical opening of uterus made of fibrous
connective and elastic tissue
Effacement - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔thinning and shortening of the cervix during
labor
Dilation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the gradual opening of the cervix measured in cm
Fallopian Tubes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔attached to the fundus of the uterus
allowing ovum to be passed from ovary to uterus
Ovaries - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Glands that produce the egg cells and hormones
LMP - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔first day of last menstrual period
Menarche - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the first menstrual period, typically @ 12
, Menstruation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔periodic bleeding that begins ~14 days after
ovulation
Perimenopause - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Gradual decline in estrogen causing
irregular menses, late ~40s
Puberty - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔marked increase in estrogen production 8-11
years old
Follicular phase - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔days 0-14, follicle gets big, estrogen rises
leading to an LH surge
Ovulation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔LH surges (and estrogen peak) causing release
of the ovum from the ovary, 2 wks before period
Luteal phase - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Days 15-28, corpus luteum is formed from
the remnants of the follicle that has ovulated, it secretes progesterone (and
estrogen) which triggers menses, it degenerates in the absence of LH
Proliferative Phase - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- 2nd phase of endometrial cycle (MC
days 6-14)
- thickening of the lining
- controlled by estrogen from the developing follicle in the follicular phase
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Cultural Humility - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔An acknowledgement of one's own
barriers to true intercultural understanding.
Nuclear Family - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Mother, father and children living as a unit
Fourchette - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔thin fold of skin at the back of the vulva before
the perineal
Vagina Rugae - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Allows vagina to expand and moisten
during childbirth, controlled by estrogen
Vaginal pH + nerves - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔4-5, acidic
,Few sensory nerve endings
Endometrium - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔inner lining of the uterus
Myometrium - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔muscular middle layer of the uterus
Perimetrium - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔outer layer of uterus
Cervix - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔cylindrical opening of uterus made of fibrous
connective and elastic tissue
Effacement - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔thinning and shortening of the cervix during
labor
Dilation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the gradual opening of the cervix measured in cm
Fallopian Tubes - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔attached to the fundus of the uterus
allowing ovum to be passed from ovary to uterus
Ovaries - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Glands that produce the egg cells and hormones
LMP - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔first day of last menstrual period
Menarche - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔the first menstrual period, typically @ 12
, Menstruation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔periodic bleeding that begins ~14 days after
ovulation
Perimenopause - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Gradual decline in estrogen causing
irregular menses, late ~40s
Puberty - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔marked increase in estrogen production 8-11
years old
Follicular phase - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔days 0-14, follicle gets big, estrogen rises
leading to an LH surge
Ovulation - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔LH surges (and estrogen peak) causing release
of the ovum from the ovary, 2 wks before period
Luteal phase - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Days 15-28, corpus luteum is formed from
the remnants of the follicle that has ovulated, it secretes progesterone (and
estrogen) which triggers menses, it degenerates in the absence of LH
Proliferative Phase - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- 2nd phase of endometrial cycle (MC
days 6-14)
- thickening of the lining
- controlled by estrogen from the developing follicle in the follicular phase
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
