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the treating clinician answers for care.", "master_systems": [] } }, "sources": [ { "id": "wikidata", "title": "Wikidata item Q9631: ovary", "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9631", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api" }, { "id": "wikipedia-en", "title": "Wikipedia: Ovary", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovary", "url_status": "live", "what_it_supports": "general description of the item", "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink" } ], "structure": { "bundles": [ { "id": "understand", "name": "Understand", "description": "What the ovary is.", "rationale": "Science.", "layers": [ { "id": "anatomy", "name": "Anatomy", "description": "Anatomy and function.", "findings": [ { "id": "anatomy-finding", "name": "Anatomy", "description": "Anatomy.", "questions": [ { "text": "What is the ovary, where is it, and what does it produce?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "Is the question about the human ovary, an animal ovary, roe or a plant ovary?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "cycle", "name": "Cycle", "description": "Ovarian cycle.", "findings": [ { "id": "cycle-finding", "name": "Cycle", "description": "Cycle.", "questions": [ { "text": "How do follicles develop, ovulate and form the corpus luteum, and how do hormones regulate the cycle?", "kind": "definition" }, { "text": "Which entry fits ovarian cycle?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "clinical", "name": "Clinical", "description": "Conditions.", "rationale": "Clinical.", "layers": [ { "id": "urgent", "name": "Urgent", "description": "Emergencies.", "findings": [ { "id": "urgent-finding", "name": "Urgent", "description": "Urgent.", "questions": [ { "text": "Why do sudden severe pelvic pain and signs of torsion or rupture need emergency care?", "kind": "action" }, { "text": "Is the user describing such symptoms, which need emergency services now?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] }, { "id": "conditions", "name": "Conditions", "description": "Conditions.", "findings": [ { "id": "conditions-finding", "name": "Conditions", "description": "Conditions.", "questions": [ { "text": "What are ovarian cysts, PCOS, ovarian cancer and primary ovarian insufficiency, in general terms?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Is the user asking about their own health, which needs a clinician?", "kind": "boundary" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "life", "name": "Life", "description": "Lifespan.", "rationale": "Science.", "layers": [ { "id": "development", "name": "Development", "description": "Development and reserve.", "findings": [ { "id": "development-finding", "name": "Development", "description": "Development.", "questions": [ { "text": "How does the ovary develop before birth and change postnatally, and what is ovarian reserve?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which references are standard?", "kind": "provenance" } ] } ] }, { "id": "menopause", "name": "Menopause", "description": "Menopause.", "findings": [ { "id": "menopause-finding", "name": "Menopause", "description": "Menopause.", "questions": [ { "text": "How does ovarian function decline at menopause?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which entry fits menopause?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "context", "name": "Context", "description": "Animals and history.", "rationale": "Context.", "layers": [ { "id": "animals", "name": "Animals", "description": "Other animals and roe.", "findings": [ { "id": "animals-finding", "name": "Animals", "description": "Animals.", "questions": [ { "text": "How do bird and fish ovaries differ, and how is roe such as pollock roe produced and eaten?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which entry fits roe?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] }, { "id": "history", "name": "History", "description": "History.", "findings": [ { "id": "history-finding", "name": "History", "description": "History.", "questions": [ { "text": "How were the ovary and ovulation discovered and understood over time?", "kind": "provenance" }, { "text": "Which entry fits the history of reproductive medicine?", "kind": "action" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, "openQuestions": [ "Should ovarian cycle and polycystic ovary syndrome be separate primary entries?", "How should clinical guidelines be linked?", "The registry entry has merged aliases naming roe and animal ovaries; 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