REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Question 1

regulates both luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) in the pituitary = secreted in a pulsatile manner

Answer 1

Hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)

Question 2

responds to FSH and LH in a defined, sequential manner to produce follicular growth, ovulation, and corpus luteum formation

Answer 2

Ovary

Question 3

which is the study of hormones

Answer 3

Endocrinology

Question 4

the study of the action of neurons

Answer 4

Neuroscience

Question 4

a process by which neurons transmit impulses and secrete their products into the vascular system to function as hormones

Answer 4

Neurosecretion

Question 4

connected directly to the pituitary gland and is the part of the brain that is the source of many pituitary secretions

Answer 4

Hypothalamus

Question 4

Three zones of hypothalamus

Answer 4

1. periventricular (adjacent to the third ventricle)
2. medial (primarily cell bodies)
3. Lateral (primarily axonal).

Question 5

a small neural structure situated at the base of the brain above the optic chiasm and below the third ventricle

Answer 5

Hypothalamus