020915 male physio review

Question 1

just like in the female, burst in fetal testicular activity is stimulated by

Answer 1

LH, FSH

Question 2

male testicular fxn as they get old

Answer 2

testosterone may decrease, but, reproductive fxn does not decline as dramatically as for woman

Question 3

testosterone causes epiphyseal growth plate closure ending pubertal growth-true or false

Answer 3

true

Question 4

role of testosterone in sertoli cell

Answer 4

it increases response to FSH. the result is stimulation of spermatogenesis

also-FSH and testosterone increase production of androgen binding protein (local “sink” for testosterone)