Female Reproductive Behavior

Question 1

female reproductive behaviors and cyclic or tonic

Answer 1

cyclic

Question 2

females generally viewed as passive participants in sex behavior with…

Answer 2

lower sex drive than males

Question 3

females will risk injury and death due to..

Answer 3

copulate in estrus

Question 4

females often control _______ and _______ of sex behavior

Answer 4

pace and frequency

Question 5

number of possible offspring produced in a given breeding season

Answer 5

potential rate of reproduction

Question 6

females have higher or lower PRR than males

Answer 6

lower

Question 7

time and energy invested in the production and care of offspring; subdivided into mating effort and parental care

Answer 7

parental investment

Question 8

females (generally) invest more in ________ _______, males in ________ ________

Answer 8

parental care
mating effort (defending the young)

Question 9

ratio of males to females available to mate at any given time

Answer 9

operational sex ratio

Question 10

differences in OSR lead to females being _______ and males being _________

Answer 10

choosy
competitive

Question 11

3 sex behavior in mammalian systems include

Answer 11

1. courtship
2. mating
3. ovulation

Question 12

3 parental care components in mammalian systems

Answer 12

1. pregnancy
2. parturition
3. lactation

Question 13

parturition means

Answer 13

giving birth

Question 14

what regulates female reproductive physiology

Answer 14

H-P-G axis

Question 15

hypothalamus produces what in females endocrinology

Answer 15

GnRH

Question 16

the ant pit produces what in females endocriology

Answer 16

LH, FSH

Question 17

ovaries produce what in females endocrinology

Answer 17

E and P

Question 18

corpus luteum makes

Answer 18

progesterone

Question 19

what are two types of follicular cells

Answer 19

theca and granulosa

Question 20

what synthesizes andorgens from cholesterole; stimulated by LH

Answer 20

theca cells

Question 21

what aromatizes androgens to estrogens; stimulated by FSH and E

Answer 21

granulosa cells

Question 22

formation of the corpus luteum and release of progesterone regardless of whether or not fertilization occurs

Answer 22

pesudopregnancy

Question 23

(heat) period of time when females are sexually receptive; derived from latin oestrus, meaning in a frenzy

Answer 23

estrus

Question 24

what do estrous females seek out

Answer 24

males

Question 25

estrous males prefer to stay close to what

Answer 25

males

Question 26

estrous females are more attractive to who?

Answer 26

males

Question 27

stimulus value of a female for a given male

Answer 27

attractivity

Question 28

extent to which a female initiates copulation

Answer 28

proceptivity

Question 29

female state of responsiveness to the sexual initiation of another individual

Answer 29

receptivity

Question 30

what increases attractivity?

Answer 30

estrogen

Question 31

what can attractivity be measured with

Answer 31

preference test

Question 32

how can proceptivity measured?

Answer 32

by female presentation or solicitation

Question 33

almost all contact between the sexes in nonhuman primates is iniated by who?

Answer 33

females

Question 34

how long do regular estrous cycles last?

Answer 34

minutes to hours

Question 35

what is considered solicitous behavior

Answer 35

hopping, darting, wiggling the ears, pheromone release

Question 36

dervied from medical term for curvature of spine; position assumed by females to allow intromission

Answer 36

lordosis

Question 37

what is lordosis quotient

Answer 37

number of times female shows lordosis/ number of mounts by male

Question 38

what has a priming effect

Answer 38

E

Question 39

how does the priming effect work

Answer 39

increasing P receptors in specific brain areas

Question 40

what rodents do not demonstrate lordosis

Answer 40

PRKO

Question 41

behavior including lordosis is mediated by what?

Answer 41

the cns

Question 42

what are 3 brain regions involved in female sex behavior

Answer 42

ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus medial preoptic area medial anterior hypothalamus

Question 43

where can true mating behavior be observed?

Answer 43

natural environments

Question 44

female rats control rate of mating attempts by males when placed in semi-natural environment; allows male and female mating strategies to co-exist

Answer 44

pacing

Question 45

in a group setting, what can influence mating behaviors

Answer 45

sex and number of individuals

Question 46

what can female mating behaviors be mediated by?

Answer 46

olfaction

Question 47

what happens in most mammals

Answer 47

the estrous cycles

Question 48

in estrous cycles, what is reabsorbed by the uterus

Answer 48

endometrium

Question 49

in estrous cycles sexual receptivity is limitd to what?

Answer 49

a "heat" period

Question 50

what happens in humans and some primates

Answer 50

menstrual cycles

Question 51

in menstrual cycles, what is shed from the uterus in a bleeding called menstruation

Answer 51

endometrium

Question 52

in menstrual cycles sexual receptivity is not limited to what?

Answer 52

a time frame