Pathophys 22. Flashcards
How do disorders of the reproductive system typically present?
altered menstruation, pelvic pain, infertility
How do disorders of other organs whose function affects reproductive organs (brain, hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, adrenals, kidney, liver) present typically?
painless
When can the sex of an embryo be determined?
week 8
What genital duct system is first to form?
Wolffian duct followed by Mullein duct
How do males develop in utero?
Sertoi cells produce anti-mullerian hormone and Leydig cells produce testosterone which leads to persistence of Wolffian duct
How many oogonia are present at birth?
1 million
When does completion of first meiotic division happen?
at the time of ovulation
When does completion of second meiotic division happen?
fertilization
What causes onset of puberty?
establishment of sleep-dependent and then pulsatile release of GnRH from hypothalamus
What is the key mediator of the onset of puberty?
kisspeptin/GPR54 ligand/receptor
What does an increase in GnRH lead to?
an increase in LH and then FSH
thelarche
appearance of breast development
menarche
first menstrual period
follicular phase
12-14 days. follicle begins to grow, a single dominant follicle is selected and the rest undergo atresia
ovulation
dominant follicle releases its mature oocyte
luteal phase
14 days - characterized by lutenization of the ruptured follicle to produce the corpus luteum
What does RSH and LH do?
stimulate the ovary to produce estrogen and inhibin
inhibin
feeds back to suppress FSH secretion - no effect on LH
estrogen
affects the pituitary by increasing the number of GnRH receptors and its sensitivity to GnRH stimulation - estradiol reaches critical concentration inducing a midcycle LH surge and ovulation
What does the corpus luteum do?
produces estradiol and progesterone which suppresses gonadotropin release for duration of luteal phase
What do LH and FSH do within the ovary?
lead to synthesis and secretion of steroid hormones and other paracrine/autocrine proteins
LH
stimulates production of androgens in the theca cells (augmented by inhibin)
What does continued secretion from corpus luteum require?
LH or human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) stimulation
Endometrium proliferates under influence of what?
estrogen
What promotes maturation of the endometrium (tortuous glands with secretions)
estradiol and progesterone
How do birth control pills prevent pregnancy?
disrupt the precise timing of hormone-directed events
How does the formulation of estrogen and progestin prevent pregnancy?
block the LH surge at mid cycle
What 3 steroids are secreted by the ovary?
progesterone, androgens, estrogens
What is the rate limiting step in steroid production?
transport and side chain cleavage of cholesterol within the mitochondrion by P450 (makes the basic steroid backbone pregnenolone)
What are the functional epithelial layers of the placenta?
cytotrophoblast and syncytiotrophoblast
What is the maternal layer of the placenta?
endometrial decidua
hCG
secreted by placenta - LH-like hormone - secreted consistently until progesterone-producing capacity of the placenta has developed