IQ

Q01 = (3) Axía Merits

True or False:

Prior to menopause, dehydroepiandrosterone or DHEA is produced almost entirely by the ovaries.

Q02 = (2) Axía Merits

 It is estimated that approximately _____ million women in the United States suffer from atrophy of the vulva and vagina after menopause.

Q03 = (1) Axía Merits

Cellular signaling in which a cell secretes a hormone that binds to receptors on the surface of the same cell leading to changes in that cell is called?

Q04 = (4) Axía Merits

 Which of the following statements is true:

(A) DHEA production by the adrenal glands increases after menopause in response to loss of ovarian estrogen

(B) DHEA production declines with age and by the time of the final menstrual period average serum levels have fallen by approximately 60%

(C) DHEA is consistently produced throughout life showing no decline with age

(D) DHEA production by the pituitary gland increases after menopause in response to loss of ovarian estrogen

Q05 = (5) Axía Merits

Which of the following statements is true:

(A) In MIDUS II (The Survey of Midlife Development in the United States) it was shown that the best predictor for whether a postmenopausal woman remained sexually active was the absence of vulvovaginal atrophy

(B) In the REVIVE survey, 10% of women with vulvovaginal atrophy said it effected their sleep

(C) The vasomotor and vulvovaginal symptoms secondary to menopause both decrease in frequency and intensity as time passes from the final menstrual period

(D) Vulvovaginal atrophy results form the loss of androgens and estrogens