Forty-Five-Year-Old Claire Has Just Had Her Last Menstruation

question 99

Multiple Choice

Forty-five-year-old Claire has just had her last menstruation. She is very excited because she really does not want to have any more children. What would a competent physician tell her?

• A) "Don't worry, your childbearing days are now behind you."
• B) "You will have to be careful for another month, because there is typically one final ovulation."
• C) "You will probably experience low sex drive during this phase of your life."
• D) "I told you a year ago when your cycle was occurring less than one time every three months that you could not become pregnant anymore."

Recognize the role of media in reflecting and shaping societal views on legislation and culture.

Understand the significance of addressing ethnocentrism through education on non-Western cultures.

Understand the concept of cultural diffusion and its impact on global cultural diversity.

Identify and explain the notion of cultural leveling and its manifestations in a global context.

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Definitions:

Graded Response

A response that varies directly with the strength of the stimulus, as seen in the incremental increase in a muscle's contraction strength in relation to stimulus intensity.

Lag Phase

One of the three phases of muscle contraction; time between the application of the stimulus and the beginning of muscular contraction; also called latent phase.

Muscle Twitch

Contraction of a whole muscle in response to a stimulus that causes an action potential in one or more muscle fibers.

Sarcoplasmic Reticulum

The Sarcoplasmic Reticulum is an organelle in muscle cells storing calcium ions, essential for muscle contraction and relaxation.