Final - Female Reproductive System pt. ll

Question 1

16. What is atresia?
    * Puberty, which is regulated by what hormone?
    * starting at puberty what two glands in the endocrine system set up two cycles?

Answer 1

When eggs start maturing before puberty – so they undergo Atresia – a kind of programmed self-destruction.

• Sex hormones.
• The hypothalamus gland & pituitary gland.

Question 2

The hypothalamus gland and pituitary gland initiates what 2 cycles?

Answer 2

The Ovarian cycle & Menstrual cycle

Question 3

*The Ovarian cycle is the maturation of the what and what again? (5:02)

Answer 3

The follicle and egg.

Question 4

17. What glands initiate the ovarian and menstrual cycle starting at puberty? (5:21)

Answer 4

The Pituitary gland and Hypothalamus gland

Question 5

18. Explain the role of the hypothalamus in the ovarian cycle, the hormones it secretes, and the function of those hormones. (5:31)
    * When puberty begins, The hypothalamus starts up which cycle?

Answer 5

It secretes GnRH (it releases hormones) which stimulates the anterior pituitary gland releasing 2 more hormones (FSH & LH)

The Ovarian Cycle.

Question 6

19. What hormone is secreted by the follicle? Explain the role of this hormone. (6:05)

Answer 6

Estrogen hormone – which then secretes the LH in the pituitary gland