Physiology - male and female

Question 1

Physiology

Answer 1

Science that explains how living things or body parts function

Question 2

Reproduction

Answer 2

Process by which off-springs created

Question 3

Reproductive physiology

Answer 3

how human reproductive system functions

Question 4

Name the 2 gonadotrophins

Answer 4

FHS and LH

Question 5

steroid hormones

Answer 5

estrogen (estradiol, estrone, estriol), progesterone, testosterone

Question 6

What days does oestrogen positively feedback on pituitary and hypothalamus? why?

Answer 6

day 12-14

LH surge for ovulation

Question 7

2 phases of ovarian cycle and explain their names

Answer 7

follicular - FSH stimulating growth of follicle

luteal - CL produced secreting progesterone

Question 8

What does the developing follicle secrete?

Answer 8

oestrogen

Question 9

2 phases of menstrual cycle

Answer 9

proliferative

secretory

Question 10

Explain the 2 phases of menstrual cycle

Answer 10

p - oestrogen proliferating endometrium

s - progesterone - blood vessels in endometrium

Question 11

oogonium

Answer 11

stem cells in ovaries

Question 12

When is mitotic division completed in females?

Answer 12

at birth

Question 13

What is a polar body?

Answer 13

extra genetic information released after meiosis

Question 14

When is the second meiotic division complete?

Answer 14

fertilised by sperm

Question 15

What do Sertoli cells produce?

Answer 15

inhibin

Question 16

What cells produce testosterone?

Answer 16

Leydig cells

Question 17

Problems with hormonal control affecting oogenesis/spermatogenesis

Answer 17

tumours-genetic-meds-functional

Question 18

Problems at site of production affecting oogenesis/spermatogenesis

Answer 18

genetic - cancer treatment - surgery - trauma - infection