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History of Reproductive Biology Flashcards

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Gynecology

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Branch of reproductive physiology and medicine that deals specifically with reproductive issues in women

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Andrology

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Branch of reproductive physiology that deals specifically with the study and treatment of male animals including humans

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Theriogenology

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Branch of veterinary medicine that focuses on the reproductive system in animals

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Obstetrics

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Branch of reproductive physiology, veterinary medicine and/or human medicine that specializes in the female before, during and after parturition.

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Aristotle

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“Generation of Animals” 2350 years ago; believed fetus arose from menstrual blood

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Fallopius

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Described oviducts in 1584 almost 2000 years after Aristotle. First person to discuss sexually transmitted diseases. First clinical trial of condom efficiency

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Coiter

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Student of Fallopius who discovered the corpus luteum in 1573

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Regnier de Graaf

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Described the antral follicle (Graafian follicle) almost 100 years after Coiter

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van Leeuwenhoak

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Created simple microscope; discovered spermatozoa and labeled them animalcules which he believed to be fully formed individuals

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Spallanzani

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Father of modern artificial insemination

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Dumas

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Discovered that spermatozoa were the fertilizing agents

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Condom lore

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Earl of Condom, King Charles II, discouraged use of his name to describe his invention

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Roger Guillemin and Andy Schally

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Reported the chemical structure (10 amino acids) and function of GnRH

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Rosalyn Yalow

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Development of RIA to determine hormone (insulin) concentrations in blood and tissue

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Margaret Sanger

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Coined the phase birth control, founded the American Birth Control League which later became Planned Parenthood

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Enovid

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First formulation of birth-control pills, originally used to treat menstrual disorders or infertility

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Eugenics

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By 1932 compulsory sterilization laws for the feeble-minded and the physically defective had been passed in 27 states

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Hitler

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Pushes eugenics to the extreme in 1933

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