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hcg is secreted by

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syncytiotrophoblast

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Where is testosterone secreted m

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Leydig cells

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Where is testosterone secreted f

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Thecal cells/adrenals

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Where is progesterone secreted m

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Adrenals

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5
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Where is progesterone secreted f

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Syncytiotrophoblasts, corpus luteum

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Where is oestrogen secreted f

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Granulosa cells

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What is GnRH? Where secreted

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Gonadotrophic release hormone
Secreted in hypothalamus

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What does gnrh do where released, where act?

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Goes from hypothalamus to pituitary-> secretion of lh and fsh

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Where does spermatogenesis take place

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Seminiferous tubules

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10
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What is the most active form of testosterone

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5dht

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Why do Sertoli cells release ABP

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Androgen bonding protein. Binds testosterone and releases it slowly

Also makes it less lipophilic so it doesn’t leak out as easily

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What happens when fsh reaches Sertoli cells

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More androgen receptors expressed

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13
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What is the hormone that provides the negative feedback in men when testosterone etc get too high

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Inhibin

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14
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how long after delivery until uterus is no longer palpable

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9 days

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3 ways uterus retyrns to normal

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ischemia (reduced blood supply), autolysis, phagocytosis

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what lochias are there

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rubra 3-4 days red
serosa 4-12 days brown
alba 12da-3w

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17
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what stops milk during preg

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progesterone and oestrogen high levels

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18
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what makes mother insulin resistant so glucose goes to the baby

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hpl

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19
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cells whih produce milk

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alveoli

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what

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21
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where is colostrum stored

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breast sinuses

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22
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prolactin produced in

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anterior pituitary

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oxytocin prodused in

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posterior pituitary

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suckling stimullates

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prolactin and oxytocin -> milk manufacture and ejection - postivie feedback

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ejection of milk is called
galactokinesis
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what is preterm
anything up to 36+6
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who do you plot on the preterm chart
only preterm babies
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what is used as "term"
40 weeks
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what do you gestationally correct to
40 weeks
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if a child is born at 35 weeks, how do you adjust
5 weeks backwards,
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when does growth hormone kick in
about 6 y
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what is andrenarche
increase in androgen production 6-10yo
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what is pubic hair start
pubarche
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what is breast budding
thelarche
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what probably starts puberty
leptin
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when can you pause puberty
tanner stage 2
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when does puberty become irreversible
Tanner stage 3
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when would you want to pause puberty
precocious puberty
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what Tanner stage is sexual maturity
5
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what is McCune Albright syndrome
Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, pigmentation, precocious puberty
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what merits global devtl delay
2 x milestones in defferent categories not met
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what are 2 big motor milestones
walk at 18mo pincer grip at 9/10mo (by one year)
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3 reasons delayed puberty
genetic Klinefelters or Turner's XO nutrition constitutional (healthy short back to legs ratio)
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WHEN DOES MYELINATION HAPPEN
first two years
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what does cerebellum do for babies
co-ordination. cerebellar programmed activities
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how much brain mass developed by age of 2
75%
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when in pregnancy is stress most teratogenic
2 mo
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what is doctor word for squint
strabismus
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which nerve usually affected in strabismus
vi (lateral rectus)
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when does rooting reflex integrate
3-4 months as vision improves
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what is moro reflex
startle - let go of baby arms flail out
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when does stepping reflex go
6 wks
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what is persistence of primitive reflex indicative of
pathology
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what is the prochordal plate
future site of the mouth. fusion of epiblast and hypoblast
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which is the caudal end of this embryo
the streak end
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spina bifida
posterior neuropore day 27 x
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anterior neuropore x closure
anencephaly
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What does the lumen of the neural tube give rise to?
ventricles of brain and sc
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Which brain vesicle contributes to the cerebral aqueduct
Mesencephalon
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primary chorionic villi?
protrude into lacunae, non-vasc
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2ary chorionic villii
have loose connective tissue, still non-vasc
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3ary chorionic villi
vascularised
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what is the telomere seq
TTA GGG
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why do cells enter senescence
telomeres too short
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what is the Hayflick limit
no of passes a cell will replicate b4 entering senescence. linked to telomere length
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what enzyme keeps the telomeres
telomerase
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hallmarks of ageing
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antioxidants
bilirubin, enzymes such as superoxide dismutase, dietary
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what protein alzheimer's
beta amyloid
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what leads to collagen lining up properly
glucose is glycosylated and attached funny to the layers, lining them up badly
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what is the most proven way to achieve lengevity
caloric restriction
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why are epigenetics useful therapeutucallu
reversible eg methyl grps can be added or taken off
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CpG islands
at promoter regions in genes
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stem cells can divide indefinitely Y/N
Y
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characteristics of sembryonic stem cells
Oct4 Nanog markers, clonal (no telomrere shortening), immortal
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what is directed differentiation
try to make stem cell into specialised cells by replicating the body functions to make this happen
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iPS cells
take differentiated cell such as skin cell, add different genes, cells de-differentiate - induced pluripotent stemcells
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genes in iPS are no longer reintroduced by viruses, how are they?
mRNA
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what do you do with iPS
differentiate it into a desired cell type such as pigmented retinal epithelium
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what are organoids
mini organs made in the lab for study
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adult stem cell
multipotent eg haemapoietic cells
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What vessel carries oxygenated blood from the placenta to the foetus?
umbilical vein
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what are 5 regions of primitive heart tube
truncus arteriosus - proximal aorta and pulm artery primitive ventricle - left ventr primitive atrium - l and r atria bulbus cordis - ventricular outflow tracts and r ventr sinus venosus - smooth part of r atrium and coronary sinus
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which CN arch 1,2,3,4
5,7,9,10