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Your friend asks you how oral contraceptives work to prevent pregnancy. Which of the following would be your BEST answer?
 
  A) They work by preventing the production of hypothalamic hormones.
  B) They work by preventing the maturation of eggs.
  C) They work by preventing ovulation and changing the lining of the uterus to make it inhospitable to implantation.
  D) They work by increasing the flow of cervical mucus.

Question 2

Which of the following pills acts primarily by altering the cervical mucus to a thick and tacky consistency that effectively blocks sperm from entering the uterus?
 
  A) Progestin-only pill
  B) Constant-dose combination pill
  C) Extended-release pills
  D) Triphasic pill


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nikmaaacs

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

A


sdfghj

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
:D TYSM

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

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