Repro 6 Flashcards
IUD
Plastic devices (some wrapped in copper to kill sperm)
Create mild inflammatory reaction in endometrium that prevent implantation of fertilized egg
What is most reliable after sterilization
IUD
What do hormonal treatments do
Prevent follicular development and ovulation
Hormones in hormonal treatments
Combinations of estrogen and progestins (or progestin only)
What do hormonal treatments inhibit
Gonadotropin secretion (LH and FSH) front anterior pituitary necessary for follicle development/ovulation
- thickened cervical mucus to block entry of sperm
Infertility
Inability to conceive after regular sexual intercourse for one year
Examples in males that cause infertility
Low sperm count, abnormal motility, abnormal sperm, retrograde ejaculation, hormone related, infections (STIs, prostatitis, mumps), female or male sperm antibodies
Female infertility
Damaged fallopian tubes
Ovulation disorders (most common)
Endometriosis
Uterine/cervical disorders (Cervical stenosis)
Ovulation disorders
PCOS, hypothalamic dysfunction, premature ovarian insufficiency
Stats of in vitro
Under 35 50%
35-37. 40%
38-40 25%
Over 40 8%
In vitro process
Women given hormone treatments to stimulate egg production
Eggs taken from ovaries
In lab eggs mixed with sperm
Embryos placed in incubator
Implanted in women’s uterus or frozen
Artificial insemmination 3 types
Intracervical insemination
Intratuabal insemination
Intrauterine insemination
First thing to occur after fertilization
Capacitation
Capacitation
Sperm sheds surface molecules (proteins and carbs) allowing them to rapidly swim and penetrate egg
What does Capacitation depend on
Substances produced in uterus (albumin, lipoproteins, proteolytic enzymes)