FELP Flashcards
FSH
From pituitary, egg maturing
Estrogen
comes from maturing follicle, builds endometrium
LH
From pituitary, ovulation
Progesterone
From corpus luteum, maintains endometrium
Egg+ sperm=
zygote
Where does the egg get fertilized
In the distal 1/3 of the Fallopian tube
Corpus luteum
Follicle after egg has left.
Endometrium
Membrane that thickens around the uterus (period)
Blastocyst
It’s a zygote after its imbedded into the endometrium
Testosterone
comes from teste, stimulates spermatogenesis, develops male secondary sex characteristics (puberty)
If your not pregnant
Progesterone goes down, endometrium is shed
If your pregnant
Progesterone goes up, and estrogen goes up
Humanchorionicgonadtrophic hormone
HCG
from implanted embryo, tells corpus luteum to continue -> keep progesterone
What two female sex hormones are opposite of each other
FSH and Progesterone