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61 Cards in this Set
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Which species are sustained copulators? |
Boar, dog, camelids |
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Which species is an intermediate copulator? |
stallion |
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Sexually dimorphic center is larger in the male or female? |
male |
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Castration of males will _______ sexual behavior |
reduce |
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Which hormone promotes reproductive behavior in both males and females? |
estradiol |
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4 primary sensory inputs for reproductive behavior |
vision, olfaction, audition, tactility |
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What is the final stimulation before copulation? |
tactile |
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Two chemical sexual attractants produced by boars |
preputial pouch secretion, pheromonal-like substance in the saliva |
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Animals that use auditory stimuli |
elk, cat, sows, cows |
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Are auditory signals better for close or long range? |
long |
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Increased pressure from the engorged cavernous sinusoids causes |
compression of the venules through which blood exits the penis |
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The successful entrance of the penis into the vagina |
intromission |
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Difference between exhaustion and satiation |
exhaustion is the condition whereby no further sexual behavior can be induced even with sufficient stimuli, satiation is when further stimuli will not cause immediate responsiveness |
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Cervix can "weed out" |
non-motile, abnormal sperm |
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Which animals ejaculate into the cranial vagina? |
Cow, sheep, rabbit, dog, cat |
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Which animal ejaculates into the cervix? |
pig |
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Which animal ejaculates past the cervix? |
stallion |
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In the uterus, initiation of _________, continued ________ |
capacitated, transport |
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Sperm must reside in the female tract for a period of time before they acquire maximum ________ |
fertility |
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Binding to ___triggers the acrosome reaction |
ZP2 |
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Acrosome reaction exposes the ______ ______ so that it can later fuse with the vitelline membrane |
equatorial segment |
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Fertilization requires fusion of the _____ _____ and the ______ ______ membrane |
equatorial segment, oocyte plasma |
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The fusion of the oocyte plasma membrane with the equatorial segment is believed to be brought about by a ______ _______ |
fusion protein |
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The sperm protein is called ______ |
Izumo 1 |
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The oocyte protein is called _______ |
juno |
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The binding of sperm to vitelline membrane stimulates resumption of the _______ ______ ______ |
2nd meiotic division |
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In a zona block the zona pellucida undergoes biochemical changes so that |
further sperm can not penetrate it |
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The diploid cell that results from fusion of the male and female pronuclei |
Zygote |
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Organism in an early stage of prenatal development. This stage begins with a zygotes and end when the individual takes on a form that makes it recognizable as a member of its species |
Embryo |
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The products of conception which include embryonic and extra embryonic development |
Conceptus |
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Organism in a later stage of prenatal development. This stage begins when the individual takes on a form that makes it recognizable as a member of its species |
Fetus |
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Chronic gonadotropin actions are similar to |
LH |
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In primates CG --> ___ progesterone |
up |
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In primates CG --> ___ estrogen |
up |
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CG "_________" corpus luteum |
rescues |
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Embryo is in the horn ______ to the CL |
adjacent |
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INT-f is secreted from the ______ of the cow and ewe |
blastocyte |
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INT-f blocks _____ receptors and ultimately prevents release of ______ |
oxytocin, prostaglandin |
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The conceptus in the sow produces _______ |
estradiol |
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In sows prostaglandin is produced in ______ quantities, but is rerouted to the _____ _____ |
Significant, uterine lumen |
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The pig has a _______ placenta |
diffuse |
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Diffuse placenta have uniform distribution of chorionic ______ |
villi |
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Difference between mare and sow diffuse placenta is that |
mares have "pockets" of villi instead of even distribution |
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What kind of placenta do dogs and cats have? |
zonary |
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What is the difference in zonary placentas? |
They have a band-like zone of villi |
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What kind of placenta do rodents and primates have? |
discoid |
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What kind of placenta do ruminants have? |
cotyledonary |
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Name for the fused cotyledon-caruncle |
Placentome |
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Epitheliochorial is how many layers? |
6, sow, mare, cow, sheep |
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Which type of animal has a sydesmochorial placenta? |
cow |
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Epithelio stands for |
maternal side, fetal side |
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Endotheliochorial placenta is how many layers? |
4 |
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Which animals have endotheliochorial placenta |
dog, cat |
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Which animals have hemochorial placenta? |
human, monkey, rat, mouse |
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The placenta in the mare produces what hormone? |
eCG |
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What is ACTH |
adrenal corticotropin |
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What is the source of ACTH |
fetal pituitary |
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What is the target tissue of ACTH |
endocrine system of the mother |
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What is the effect of ACTH |
begins the cascade of events that lead to birth |
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What is the role of prostaglandin during paturation? |
Placenta synthesizes to abolish progesterone block, begins contractions of the myometrium |
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Role of estrogen during paturation? |
Progesterone is converted into estrogen from fetal enzymes, causing CL of pregnancy to regress |