First aid reproductive Flashcards
Kallman syndrome
failure to complete puberty
how does Kallman syndrome cause anosmia
defective migration of neurons and subsequent failure of olfactory bulbs to develop
klinefelter karyotype
47, XXY
think (extra X)
clinical signs of klinefelter
testicular atrophy, eunuchoid body shape, tall, long extremities, gynecomastia, female hair distribution.
karyotype of turner syndrome
Female = 45 XO, a form of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
gene involved in Turner syndrome
SHOX (SH for short stature and shox)
46 XY DSD
androgen insensitivity syndrome
androgen insensitivity syndrome
defect in androgen receptor resulting in normal female (46, XY DSD); female external genitalia with scant axillary and pubic hair, anti mullerian hormone from testes
5 alpha reductase deficiency
inability to convert testosterone to DHT until puberty when the GnRH axis is activated and increased testosterone causes masculinization and growth of external genetalia
inheritance pattern of 5 alpha reductase deficiency
autosomal recessives, sex limited to genetic males
most primary cause of primary amennorhea
turner syndrome