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12/03/2008

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What part of the testes secretes testosterone?
Definition
interstitial cells of leydig endocrinocytes
Term
What are egg shaped glands that produce secondary oo sites and hormones?
Definition
ovaries
Term
What are 2 stages of somatic cell division?
Definition
Mitosis and cytokinesis
Term
What are 5 stages of spermatogenesis?
Definition
Spermatogonia- 1^ spermatocyte- 2^spermatocyte-spermatid-spermatozoa
Term
What is genetic recombination during meiosis I?
Definition
Crossing over
Term
When does the crossbridge dissolve?
Definition
Spermiogenesis
Term
What is 2^oocyte discharged from graafian follicle?
Definition
ovulation
Term
What is GnRH?
Definition
Hypothalamus: Gonadotropin releasing hormone stimulates anterior pituitary
Term
What organ is involved with lubrication?
Definition
Female: cervical mucosa-Skene's and Bartholin's glands
in male- Cowper's glands adn urethral glands
Term
What is capacitation?
Definition
Sperm acrosome decomposes, releasing enzymes to penetrate into the egg
Term
What is acrosomal reaction?
Definition
One sperm gets through to fuse with oocyte
Term
What is fusion of sperm and oocyte?
Definition
Assure syngamy
Term
What becomes umbillical cord?
Definition
Allantois
Term
What is Braxton Hicks?
Definition
False labor pain in abdomen
Term
What does oxytocin do at 3 cm?
Definition
Stimulates contractions
Term
What is crowning and what phase does it occur?
Definition
2-fetus moves toward cervix
Term
What are 3 positions a fetus can assume/
Definition
Vertex, breech and Franklin
Term
What is engagement?
Definition
Phase 2 head of fetus moves into pelvis
Term
What is show?
Definition
phase 2 discharge of blood mucus
Term
What is made of DNA and proteins, directs protein synthesis?
Definition
Chromosome
Term
What codes for proteins on chromosomes/
Definition
genes
Term
What is ovarian luteal phase
Definition
post ovulatory phase
Term
What hormones are released from corpus leutenum?
Definition
progesterone and estrogen
Term
What is formation of gametes-oocyes in ovaries?
Definition
oogenesis
Term
What is a female diploid cell
Definition
oogonia
Term
What leads to increased estrogen production:
Definition
2^ folicle development
Term
What is deveolping in preovulatory phase
Definition
mature graafian follicle
Term
When endometrium gets thicker and stimulates basillis functionalis, what happens?
Definition
high estrogen levels stimulate LH release
Term
When lh is released, what happens?
Definition
ovulation
Term
What hormone is present during pregnancy
Definition
human chorionic gonadropin hCG
Term
What is a diploid cell that will become primary spermatocyte through mitosis in male
Definition
spermatogonia
Term
What is uterine proliferative phase?
Definition
preovulatory phase
Term
What is released by seritoli cells
Definition
FSH and inhibin
Term
What stimulates leydig cells
Definition
LH leutinizing hormone
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In what stage is FSH released
Definition
Spermatogenesis
Term
What is fertilizing ovum hormones/
Definition
progesterone
Term
What produces 2^ oocytes and hormones
Definition
ovaries
Term
What is uterine secretory phase
Definition
postovulatory phase
Term
When does corpus leutim degenerate
Definition
menustration
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What removes inhibition of FSH and GnRH release
Definition
menustration
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