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24 Cards in this Set
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Most of the androgen in women is produced where?
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by the adrenal
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Where is GnRH produced?
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arcuate nucleus and preoptic area of hypothalamus
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GnRH stimulates the release of what hormones?
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LH and FSH
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The blank chain of LH and FSH is common to what other hormones?
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alpha chain, TSH, hCG
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individuals who have both male and femal gonads are what?
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true hermpahrodites
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Granulosa and sertoli cells are derived from what embryonic cells?
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coelomic
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Mesenchymal stroma cells are precursers of what cells of the reproductive system?
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Theca and Leydig cells
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The male reproductive tract comes from what embryonic structure?
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Wolffian duct
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At what stage do testes begin producing testosterone?
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7-9 weeks
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MIH or AMH is produced by what cells?
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Sertoli
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The tissues that will become prostate penis and scrotum are sensitive to what hormone?
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DHT
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The epididymis, vas deferens, seminal vesicle and ejaculatory duct are sensitive to what hormone?
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Testosterone
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The genital tubercle will become what in absense and presence of DHT?
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clitoris, glans penis
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The urethral folds in the presence of and absense of DHT?
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penile shaft, labia minora
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Sex steroids circulate bound to what?
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SSBG or albumin
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Progesterone circulates in the bloodstream bound to what?
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CBG (corticosteroid binding protein)
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Estrogens are produced where?
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granulosa and thecal cells of ovary
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Progesterone is produced where?
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corpus luteum and later by placenta
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Individuals with gonads of one sex but the external genitalia of the opposite or both sexes are called what?
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pseudohermaphrodites
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Primary Oocytes are arrested in what phase?
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late prophase
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What chromosome carries androgen receptor genes?
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X
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Development of male internal genitalia depends on what two hormones?
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testosterone, and Mullerian inhibiting Hormone (also called antimullerian h.)
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In absense of testosterone and MIH, Mullerian ducts become what?
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fallopian tubes, cervix, uterus, upper 1/3 of vagina
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The urogenital sinus in the absense and presence of DHT becomes what respectively?
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lower vagina, prostate gland
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