Repro test (part 1) Flashcards
Patau (trisomy 13)
missing first sex chromosome & severe life threatening symptoms, therefore cannot survive
Klinefelters
extra “X” chromosone (XXY)
Edwards (trisomy 18)
extra 18th chromosome
Cri Du Chat
missing part of #5, an arm
Turners
affects women, only has 1 “X” chromosome, missing or incomplete
Down syndrome (trisomy 21)
3 #21 chromosomes
Primary follicle
estrogen producing
**primary= first stage of egg maturation
Growing follicle
estrogen producing
second stage
Graafian follicle
estrogen producing
3rd stage
Ruptured follicle
estrogen producing
ovulation, very last stage
Corpus luteum
progesterone producing
after ovulation, ruptured follicle turns into this, which eventually disintegrates
FSH
-anterior pituitary
follicle stimulating hormone by growing and maturing the follicles
LH
-anterior pituitary
luteinizing hormone, triggers ovulation
Estrogen
-ovarian hormone
hormone that causes the appearance of the secondary sex characteristics in young women
*follicles
Progesterone
-ovarian hormone
lasts 10-14 days
produced by the corpus luteum
major effects are exerted during pregnancy, prepares for milk production
*source of progesterone during pregnancy is placenta