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30 Cards in this Set
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What are the 3 classes of sex steroids?
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Progestins, Estrogens & Androgens
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What hormones result from Androgens?
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Testosterone & DHT
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Where is testosterone produced?
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Adrenal cortex & gonads (M-Leydig cells, F- thecal cells)
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What hormone from the hypoth. controls the release of hormones from the pitutary gland?
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GnRH (gonadotropin-releasing hormone)
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What hormone regulates the menstrual cycle?
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LH (luteinizing hormone)
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What hormone promotes maturation of gametes?
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FSH (follicle-stimulating hormone)
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What hormone is present only when a woman is pregnant?
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hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin)
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What hormone is secreted by testes during fetal life to block the development of Female reproductive tract?
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Anti-Mullerian hormone
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Term that refers to sperm production & testosterone production occuring together.
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Spermatogenisis
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Term that refers to the coooperative action between LH & FSH
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Synergism
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Hormone that is secreted by the gonads, acts on the p.gland to help prevent litters
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Inhibin
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What hormone prevents genital tissues from shriveling?
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Testosterone
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How does the production of estradiol (from testosterone)help men?
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-sperm maturation & concentration, -growth termination at puberty, -bone density
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the cessation of menstruation
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amenorrhea
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pain at ovulation
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mettelschmerz
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D1-5 of a menstural cycle when bleeding occurs
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menstural phase
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D6-14 of a menstural cycle between mensturation & ovulatin
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follicular phase
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D15-28 of a menstural cycle between ovulation and menstration
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luteal phase
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phase when there is a drop in progesterone
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menstural phase
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heavy; long; painful periods
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dysmenorrhea
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excess of this causes cramping
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prostoglandins
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phase where a set of follicules develop with one being prominent (estrogen is secreted)
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follicular phase
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the egg cells that are present at birth (& in a halted state of myosis)
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primary oocytes
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the thin layer of granulosa cells (nourishment)surrounding an oocyte
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promordinal follicle
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state where the egg has begun to mature
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preantral follicle
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what swells as the antrum (fluid filled cavity w/in the folicle) expands
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antral folicle
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from which an egg (the winner of the egg pagent0 will soon be released
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preovulatory follicle
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the reorganized reminants of the follicle that ruptured at ovulation and produces hormones (estrogen? & progesterone) in case of pregnancy
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corpus luteum
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the part of the uterus that thickens in the luteal phase (thanks to progesterone)
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endometrium
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what hormone affects brain function, kidney function, reduces anxiety, affects body temp.
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progesterone
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