Chapter 13 hormones and sex

Question 1

Hormones influence sexual behavior by

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Directing the development of many of the anatomical physiological and behavioral characteristics that distinguish one as a male or female , and activate the reproduction related behavior of sexually mature adults

Question 2

According to the text , mamawawa

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Is the men are men and women are women assumptions

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Sweat glands

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Are exocrine glands

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Endocrine glands are ductless glands and they release

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Hormones into the circulatory system

Question 5

In the mathematics of copulation

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Ovum + sperm = zygote

Question 6

Two of the major classes of gonadal steroid hormones are

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Androgens and estrogens

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The most prevalent estrogen is

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Testosterone

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The three main classes of gonadal steroid hormones are

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Progestins, estrogens, and androgens

Question 9

Which hormone is released by the testes but not by the ovaries

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Testosterone

Question 10

Which of the following is released by the adrenal cortex

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Testosterone

Question 11

All of the sex steroids that are released by the gonads are also released by the

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Adrenal cortex

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The anterior pituitary releases

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Tropic hormones

Question 13

Although the pituitary is often referred to as the master gland strictly the master gland is the

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Anterior pituitary

Question 14

The master gland has its own master where is it

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Hypothalamus

Question 15

Vasopressin and oxytocin are synthesized in the

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Hypothalamus

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The axons of both paraventricular nucleus and supraoptic nucleus neurons terminate in the

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Posterior pituitary

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The hypothalamus controls the anterior pituitary via the

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Hypothalamopituitary portal system

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Releasing hormones are synthesized in the

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Hypothalamus

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Releasing hormones are released into the

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Hypothalamopituitary portal system

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Releasing hormones control the release of

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Tropic hormones

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The corticosteroids of the primordial gonads may develop into

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Ovaries

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The sry gene on the y sex chromosome triggers the synthesis of

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Sry protein

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Sry protein trigger the development of the medulla of the primordial gonads into

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Testes

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In the absence of sry protein the

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Cortex of primordial gonads develops into an ovary

Question 25

During the third month of the male fetal development the testes secrete substantial amounts of testosterone and

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Wolffian inhibiting substance