Female And Reproductive Physiology Flashcards
Receptors
Granulosa
Theca
FSH
LH
Functional unit of the ovary
Ovarian follicle
Primary oocyte
Arrested in
from
Until
Prophase
5th fetal month
Puberty
Secondary oocyte
Arrested in
From
Until
Metaphase II
Ovulation
Fertilization
Menstruation
Myometrial contractility
Prostaglandin F
Two cell hypothesis
Follicular phase
LH stimulates desmolase in thecal cells to produce androgens
FSH stimulates conversion of androgen to estradiol in granulosa cells
Estrogen effects
Uterus
Cervical mucous
Proliferative phase
Thin and watery, ferning
LH surge
Ovulation
Release of cumulus oocyte complex
Luteinization of granulosa cells
Remains of Graafian follicle becomes corpus hemorrhagicum maturing into corpus luteum (progesterone)
Luteinizaton
Cause mitterschmerz or mid cycle pain
Corpus hemorrhagicun
Progesterone effects
Uterus
Cervical mucus
Systemic
Secretory, subnucleolar vacuoles
Thick
Thermogenic, inc water retention
Key to initiation if ECM breakdown of stratum functionalis
Neutrophilic infiltration
IL8
Earliest histo logical evidence of progesterone action
Basal vacuolation
Most abundant histologic marker during proliferative phase
Stromal mitoses
Constant phase of menstrual cycle
Post ovulatory
Luteal
Secretory
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