Exam 48: Disorders of Musculoskeletal Function: Trauma, Infection, Neoplasms

Which of the following statements best captures an aspect of normal spermatogenesis?

A 21-year-old college football player has acknowledged to a nurse at a campus clinic that he has been injecting androgens in an effort to increase the size of his musculature and enhance his on-field performance. Which of the following teaching points should the nurse include in a conversation with the player?

An elderly male patient is complaining of dribbling after he urinates and feeling like he never empties his bladder. The nurse suspects the patient may have a problem with

A student asks the instructor what are the parameters of infertility. The instructor responds, "Infertility is defined as"

A couple who have three daughters would like to add a son to their family, and they have recently learned that the woman is pregnant. Which of the following phenomena would most likely be associated with the woman's eventual delivery of a healthy son?

A 24-year-old male patient with a complete transection of the spinal cord asks, "Will I be able to father children in the future?" The nurse responds,

A 68-year-old man has revealed to his care provider that he is distraught over his increasingly frequent inability to maintain an erection. Which of the following teaching points is most warranted?

The cremaster muscles work in concert with the pampiniform plexus that surrounds the testicular artery to

A 31-year-old male has been referred to a fertility clinic following a count of 2 million sperm/mL on seminal fluid analysis. Which of the following hormone levels would a clinician want to examine in an effort to ascertain the cause of the client's low sperm count? Select all that apply.

Sperm follow a prescribed route through the excretory ducts of the male reproductive system. Place the following components of the genital duct system in the order that sperm follow. Use all the options.

If a male has a history of impaired blood flow in his vascular system, he may be prone to develop

Following ejaculation in a healthy adult, approximately 300 million sperm is present. Which percent of these sperm would be considered normal (mobile and morphologically healthy) and able to fertilize an egg?

A 40-year-old male client with multiple health problems has been diagnosed with a testosterone deficiency. The nurse knows that which of the following assessment findings would correlate with a testosterone deficiency? Select all that apply.

A 39-year-old male client has been recently diagnosed with primary hypogonadism. Which of the following lab results would be most indicative of this diagnosis?

A couple has been trying to get pregnant for over 2 years. After infertility testing, the physician has informed the male that he has a low sperm count. The nurse knows which of the following causes of low sperm count may lead to impaired spermatogenesis? Select all that apply.

A 71-year-old man has visited his family physician for a checkup, during which the physician has initiated a discussion about the client's sexual function. Which of the following phenomena would the physician most likely consider pathological rather than age-related changes?

A 68-year-old male has visited his family physician because the size of his scrotum has increased exponentially in recent months. He has subsequently been diagnosed with an inguinal hernia. Which of the following statements best captures the nature of his health problem?

Which of the following statements best captures an aspect of the neural control of sexual function?

A nursing student studying obstetrics asks the faculty, "How does the sperm get so much energy to swim up the fallopian tubes?" The instructor responds based on which pathophysiological principle?

The nurse knows that if which of the following hormones listed below are not available during embryonic development, a male embryo with an XY chromosomal pattern may develop female external genitalia? Select all that apply.