Question

16. A 52 year-old female is experiencing hot flashes, vaginal dryness and a low libido. Her gynecologist orders a blood test to examine her hormone profile. The physician suspects she is going into menopause. Her ovaries have stopped functioning but her pituitary and hypothalamus have not. Which of the following hormones will be decreased? A. Estrogen B. FSH C. LH D. All of the above will be decreased E. All of the above will be increased

Answer 1

Ans16)Estrogen

Explaination: Estrogen hormone is released from ovary while FSH and LH are released from anterior pituitary gland in response to gonadotrophin releasing hormone from hypothalamus so when ovary stop working so there is decrease in estrogen hormone amount not in FSH andLH hormones because pituitary and hypothalamus working normally.