Chapter 8 Glossary

Question 1

Corpus luteum (yellow body)

Answer 1

Formed in the ovary when a follicle has matured and releases its egg

Question 2

Estrogen

Answer 2

General term for female steroid sex hormones secreted by the ovary and responsible for female sex characteristics

Question 3

Follicle stimulating hormone

Answer 3

Hormone produced by the anterior pituitary which stimulates ovarian follicle production

Question 4

Gonadotrope cell

Answer 4

Endocrine cells located in the anterior pituitary that produce the gonadotropins

Question 5

Gonadotropin releasing hormone

Answer 5

Regulates the release of fsh and lh by gonadotropes from the anterior pituitary

Question 6

Graafian follicle

Answer 6

A mature fully developed ovarian cyst containing the ripe ovum

Question 7

Oligomenorrhea

Answer 7

Abnormally light or infrequent menstruation. Opposite of menorrhagia

Question 8

Perimetrium

Answer 8

The outer serosa layer of the uterus equivalent to the peritoneum

Question 9

Polymenorrhea

Answer 9

Frequent irregular periods

Question 10

Progesterone

Answer 10

A steroid hormone produced by the corpus leteum

Question 11

Theca extern

Answer 11

An outer layer of a mature follicle containing spindle shaped cells

Question 12

Theca interna

Answer 12

A vascular ovarian layer characterized by polyhedral cells secreted estrogen