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17 Cards in this Set
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Most cells have |
46 chromosomes, are diploid |
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Gametes have |
23 chromosomes, are haploid |
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Espididymus |
Storage and maturation of sperm |
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Where spermarogenisis happens |
Seminiferous tubule |
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Top of uterus |
Fundus |
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When a bad follicle stops maturing and degenerates |
Follicular atresia |
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Follicular cells after ovulation |
Become corpus luteum, secrete hormones |
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Egg |
Oocyte |
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Follicle |
1 egg + 1 follicular cell |
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Menses regulation |
Drop in estrogen and progesterone due to degeneration of corpus luteum |
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Proliferative regulation |
Estrogen from developing follicles stimulates growth of endometrium |
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Secretory regulation |
Corpus luteum secretes progesterone and estrogen |
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hCG |
Secreted by placenta, prolongs life of corpus luteum |
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Late in pregnancy, estrogen and progesterone are secreted from |
Placenta |
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Stimulates mammary glands during preg |
High estrogen |
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Let down reflex |
1. Baby stimulus 2. Oxytocin released from hypothalamus>posterior pituitary>prolactin>posterior pituitary 3.oxytocin triggers let down Prolactin promotes milk production |
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Menopause |
All follicles have undergone ovulation OR atresia |
