Female Physiology Lopez

Question 1

What are the cells that remain adhered to the oocyte after ovulation and are crucial in the fimbria finding the oocyte and moving it down along the oviduct to the site of ovulation?

Answer 1

Cumulus cells

Question 2

Meiotic arrest is maintained by high levels of ________ in the mature oocyte.

Answer 2

cAMP

Question 3

Androgens are converted to what by mural granulosa cells?

Answer 3

Estradiol-17b

Question 4

During the early follicular phase, what cells of the large antral follicles produce increasing amounts of inhibin B?

Answer 4

Mural granulosa cells

Question 5

There is evidence that follicular cells stimulate oocyte growth by release of what?

Answer 5

C-kit ligand

Question 6

During the follicular phase, the main product of the follicle is what?

Answer 6

Estradiol

Question 7

What does the oocyte release during the periovulatory phase as an indirect response to the LH surge?

Answer 7

TGF-b (GDF9)

Question 8

After follicular atresia, what cells persist and repopulate the cellular Stroma of the ovary?

Answer 8

Thecal cells

Question 9

What enzyme converts estrone to a more powerful estradiol?

Answer 9

17b-HSD

Question 10

The higher levels of estrogen in the pre-ovulatory (follicular) phase do what the basal body temperature?

Answer 10

Lower

Question 11

The rising levels of progesterone produced by the corpus Luteum after ovulation does what do the basal body temperature?

Answer 11

Increases