Reproductive System Flashcards
1
Q
What’s reproductive capacity?
A
Hormone regulation -the ability to produce/ release eggs or sperms
2
Q
What catalyse conversion from membrane phospholipid to arachidonic acid? And what covert that to postaglandins which have what effects?
A
Phospholipase A
Cyclooxygenase
Uterine wall contraction
3
Q
What are the 2 hormones induce labour? Ie uterine contraction
A
Oxytocin
Postaglandins
4
Q
What relaaxrs uterine wall and maintain cervical length
A
Progestogen
5
Q
What inhibit uterine contraction
A
Beta 2 adrenoceptor agonist
