Reproductive Health for NEET UG
Reproductive health covers family planning, safe pregnancy, preventing sexually transmitted infections and treating infertility. It is also a major public-health topic in India.
BiologyClass 1285 MCQs2 lessons14 flashcards3 memory tricks
Practise Reproductive Health free
What you'll learn
- Contraception
Classify contraceptive methods and explain how each works. - STIs and assisted reproductive technologies
Recognise common STIs and describe assisted reproductive technologies.
Memory tricks
Saheli is a non-steroidal oral contraceptive taken weekly. Other methods: barriers, IUDs (Copper-T, hormone-releasing), injectables, implants, sterilisation.
ZIFT transfers a zygote or embryo with up to 8 blastomeres into the fallopian tube. IUT transfers embryos with more than 8 blastomeres into the uterus.
Hepatitis B, genital herpes and HIV infection are not completely curable. Gonorrhoea, syphilis and chlamydiasis can be cured if treated early.
Try 3 NEET-style questions
Q1. Which of the following is NOT a feature of an ideal contraceptive?
- It should be irreversible
- It should be user-friendly and easily available
- It should have no or the least side-effects
- It should not interfere with sexual drive, desire or the sexual act
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Answer: (1) It should be irreversible
An ideal contraceptive should be user-friendly, easily available, effective and reversible, with no or least side-effects, and should not interfere with sexual drive, desire or the sexual act.
Q2. Oral contraceptive pills prevent pregnancy by
- killing all sperms in the vagina at once
- blocking the fallopian tubes surgically
- inhibiting ovulation and implantation, and altering cervical mucus to prevent or retard entry of sperms
- increasing the production of FSH and LH
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Answer: (3) inhibiting ovulation and implantation, and altering cervical mucus to prevent or retard entry of sperms
Pills inhibit ovulation and implantation, and alter the quality of cervical mucus so it prevents or retards entry of sperms.
Q3. Which of the following is a terminal (permanent) method of contraception?
- Condom
- Oral pill
- Lactational amenorrhoea
- Vasectomy
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Answer: (4) Vasectomy
Vasectomy and tubectomy are surgical, terminal methods.
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