The patient complains to the nurse about a sharp pain in the lower quadrants every month at midcycle that lasts for several hours. The nurse clarifies that this phenomenon is related to:
a. the stretching of the round ligaments sup-porting the uterus.
b. Mittelschmerz, a pain associated with ovulation.
c. the premenstrual uterine enlargement.
d. endometrial changes.
B
Mittelschmerz is a pain in either lower quadrant associated with ovulation. There is no stretching of the round ligaments during the midcycle period. Premenstrual uterine changes do not produce discomfort.
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