Repro Physio Review Flashcards
What is the function behind HPO Axis?
To control the reproductive cycle, including ovulation, reproduction, and menstruation
To help contrl menstural cycle which hormone is released from Ant. Pituitary
Luteinizing
Follicle stimulating hormone
Which primary sex hormone is produced by ovaries
Estradiol
GnRH is released from where
Hypothalmalmus
Duration of Menstrual cycle
28 days
Day 1 of the menstrual cycle occurs when?
first day of menses
What are the compnoents of the Menstrual Cycle
Ovarian cycle
Uterine Cycle
What are the two components of the Ovarian cycle
Follicular phase
Luteal phase
What two components are in the Unterine
Proliferative phase
Secretory phase
What is th primary homrone produced during the follicular phase of the ovarian cycle
Estradiol
Which of the following is the primary hormone produced during the luteal phase of the ovarian cycle?
Progesterone
Which of the following hormones supports endometrial thickening (proliferation) and elongation?
Estradiol
The withdrawal of which of the following hormones leads to sloughing of the endometrium?
Progesterone
Which hormone is in charge of making large quanitities of thin, clear water mucus?
Why?
Estradiol - helps make sperm journey easier
Which hormone causes mucus production to decrease
Progesterone- released from Corpus leuteum to help keep pregnancy still