Pathophysiology Chapter 27 Sexually Transmitted Infections
1. What unique factor causes adolescent girls to have a high risk for sexually transmitted
infections (STIs)?
a. They are in an experimental phase and believe they are resistant to developing STIs.
b. The position of susceptible cells on the adolescent cervix is different than in older women.
c. The length of the vaginal canal is short in adolescents
d. In adolescent girls, the anus to the vaginal introitus is in close proximity.
2. How is gonorrhea transmitted from a pregnant woman to her fetus?
a. Unbound in the blood via the placenta
b. Attached to immunoglobulin G (IgG) via the placenta
c. By direct inoculation with the fetal scalp electrodes exposed to maternal body
fluids
d. Predominately through infected cervical and secretions during the birth process
3. A healthcare professional is learning about how gonococci ascend into a woman’s uterus
and fallopian tubes. Which statement is inconsistent about the factors that facilitate this
ascent?
a. Ascent of gonococci is facilitated because the cervical plug disintegrates during
menstruation.
b. Ascent of gonococci is facilitated because the vaginal pH decreases to 2 or 3.
c. Ascent of gonococci is facilitated because the uterine contractions may cause retrograde
menstruation into the fallopian tubes.
d. Ascent of gonococci is facilitated because the bacteria may adhere to sperm and be
transported to the fallopian tubes.
4. In women, what is the usual site of original gonococcal infection?
1. What unique factor causes adolescent girls to have a high risk for sexually transmitted
infections (STIs)?
a. They are in an experimental phase and believe they are resistant to developing STIs.
b. The position of susceptible cells on the adolescent cervix is different than in older women.
c. The length of the vaginal canal is short in adolescents
d. In adolescent girls, the anus to the vaginal introitus is in close proximity.
2. How is gonorrhea transmitted from a pregnant woman to her fetus?
a. Unbound in the blood via the placenta
b. Attached to immunoglobulin G (IgG) via the placenta
c. By direct inoculation with the fetal scalp electrodes exposed to maternal body
fluids
d. Predominately through infected cervical and secretions during the birth process
3. A healthcare professional is learning about how gonococci ascend into a woman’s uterus
and fallopian tubes. Which statement is inconsistent about the factors that facilitate this
ascent?
a. Ascent of gonococci is facilitated because the cervical plug disintegrates during
menstruation.
b. Ascent of gonococci is facilitated because the vaginal pH decreases to 2 or 3.
c. Ascent of gonococci is facilitated because the uterine contractions may cause retrograde
menstruation into the fallopian tubes.
d. Ascent of gonococci is facilitated because the bacteria may adhere to sperm and be
transported to the fallopian tubes.
4. In women, what is the usual site of original gonococcal infection?
