Female Reproductive System

Question 1

What is androgen insensitivity syndrome?

Answer 1

Partial/complete inability to respond to androgens

Question 2

What type of hormones are sex hormones?

Answer 2

Steroid hormones

Question 3

What state of development are primary oocytes before ovulation?

Answer 3

Arrested state (prophase of first meiotic division)

Question 4

What are the gonadotrophic hormones?

Answer 4

FSH and LH

Question 5

What is GnRH?

Answer 5

Controls release of FSH and LH from anterior pituitary

Question 6

Which neurotransmitter acts as the prolactin inhibitory factor?

Answer 6

Dopamine

Question 7

Which hormones are released in the follicular phase?

Answer 7

GnRH = increased FSH and LH for follicle development

Question 8

Which hormones dominate in the luteal phase?

Answer 8

Progesterone dominates, fall in FSH and LH

Question 9

How is positive feedback of oestrogen induced?

Answer 9

Induced by prolonged high levels of oestrogen

Question 10

Which cells form the corpus luteum?

Answer 10

Granulosa and theca interna. Blood vessels invade from theca

Question 11

What does the corpus luteum eventually become?

Answer 11

Corpus albicans

Question 12

Which substance triggers luteolysis of the corpus luteum in mammals?

Answer 12

PGF2-a (production stimulated by oxytocin)