Question

7. Individual and personal considerations about abortion can include

       a.   moral arguments

       b.   legal arguments

       c.   short- and long-term consequences

       d.   all of the above

8. The hormone found only in pregnant women that is used for the detection of pregnancy is

       a.   estrogen

       b.   luteinizing hormone (LH)

       c.   prostaglandin

       d.   human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)

9. Which of the following is true about infertility?

       a.   causes of infertility can be determined for about 20% of infertile couples

       b.   the definition of infertility is the inability to conceive after trying for 6 months

       c.   infertility treatment can include medical therapies or surgery

       d.   assisted reproductive technology (ART) is not an option for treatment

10. Implantation of a pregnancy at a site other than the uterus is known as

       a.   ectopic pregnancy

       b.   aborted pregnancy

       c.   gestational pregnancy

       d.   multiple pregnancy

11. A spontaneous abortion is more commonly known as

       a.   false labor

       b.   an ectopic pregnancy

       c.   a voluntary interruption of pregnancy

       d.   a miscarriage

12. A characteristic that indicates drug dependence is

       a.   stability

       b.   anxiety

       c.   withdrawal

       d.   coping

Answer 1

ANSWER :

7)Option d - All of the above

Explanation :

●Individual and personal considerations about abortion can include :

▪︎Moral arguments like "it is wrong to kill innocent human beings(fetuses)".

▪︎Legal arguments like  "abortion debates about equality not privacy ".

▪︎Short and long term consequences like vaginal bleeding , cramps , future childbearing and pregnancy outcomes

Hence , Option (d) is the correct answer

8) Option d - Human chorionic gonadotrophin

Explanation :

●For detection of pregnancy human chorionic gonadotrophin ( HCG) levels are measured in urine or blood.

▪︎Blood test can detect pregnacy around 7- 12 wks after pregnancy whereas urine test takes around 2 wks after conception to detect pregnancy.

▪︎Hence, Option (d) is the correct answer.

Other options :

●Estrogen and progestrone are pregnancy hormones but they can't be used for detection of pregnancy.

●Leuteinizing hormone : LH level in the urine can be used to determine the time of ovulation.

▪︎Hence, options (a) , (b) and (c) are incorrect.

9)Option c - infertility treatment can include medical therapies or surgery.

Explanation :

●Infertility treatment includes :

▪︎Medical therapies : Ovulation induction therapy with clomiphene citrate, gonadotropins, letrozole etc

▪︎Surgical therapies : Diagnostic laproscopic and hysteroscopic surgeries , ovarian drilling , tubal surgeries etc.

▪︎Hence , option (c) is the correct answer.

Other options :

●Infertility causes can be determined in more than 20% of couples.

●Infertility is inability to conceive after trying for 1 year or more.

● Assisted reproductive techniques like IVF , IUI , ICSI are an option for for infertility treatment.

▪︎Hence , option (a) , (b) and (d) are incorrect.

10)Option a - Ectopic pregnancy

Explanation:

●Implantation of pregnancy at the site outside uterus like tubes , ovaries , abdomen , scar site is called as ectopic pregnancy.

▪︎Hence, option (a) is the correct answer.

Other options :

●Aborted pregnancy means it is the end of pregnancy by removal or expulsion of fetus outside uterus.

●Gestational pregnancy is normal pregnancy with fetus in uterus.

●Multiple pregnancy means pregnancy with more than one fetus in uterus.

Hence, option (b) , (c) and (d) are incorrect answers.

11)Option d - a miscarriage

Explanation:

●Spontaneous abortion which occurs before 20 wks of pregnancy is called as miscarriage.

▪︎Hence, option (d) is the correct answer.

Other options :

● False labour pains are not real , they occur prior to the true labour pains. False labour pains are irregular contractions without any dilatation of cervix.

●Ectopic pregnancy : Pregnancy which is implanted outside the uterus.

●Voluntary termination of pregnancy means terminating pregnancy wantedly in for the reasons like unplanned pregnancies etc

▪︎Hence , option (a) , (b) and (c) are incorrect