Sex

Question 1

What are the 2 chromosomes in Male genes?

Answer 1

XY

Question 2

What are the 2 chromosomes in female genes?

Answer 2

XX

Question 3

T or F: Men are more genetically similar to their fathers

Answer 3

false
- the gene X has more genetic material therefore they are more similar to their moms

Question 4

What is Turner’s syndrome?

Answer 4

• XO chromosomes
• when you lose one of the X chromosomes
  - so, they only have 1

Question 5

What are androgens?

Answer 5

• they are an umbrella term of male hormones

Question 6

What is one known androgen?

Answer 6

Testosterone

Question 7

What kind of reproductive gland makes the testes & ovaries?

Answer 7

GONADS

Question 8

What do the Testes contain?

Answer 8

Sperm

Question 9

What kind of hormone is in men?

Answer 9

Testosterone

Question 10

What organs makes E & P?

Answer 10

Ovaries

Question 11

What do T, E, & P all have in common?

Answer 11

they are all steriods

Question 12

what are the 2 hormones that are the output of the pituitary gland?

Answer 12

• LH
  
  • luteninzing hormone
• FSH
  - follicle stimulating hormone

Question 13

what is the hypothalamus in control of?

Answer 13

it is in control of what the pituitary gland secretes

Question 14

What is the male pituitary output?
*cycle

Answer 14

LH goes to the testes, then T increases, FSH+ T are used, then it goes back to the testes, goes to the sperm

Question 15

What are the 2 types of female cycles?

Answer 15

• estrous
• menstrual

Question 16

What is the female pituitary output?
*cycle

Answer 16

FSH increases, goes to ovaries, egg matures, E is released & increases, feeds forward to LH, ovulation starts, and lastly secretes P

Question 17

What happens when E & P drops?

Answer 17

• E drops- FSH decreases- E decreases overall
• P drops- LH decreases- P decreases overall

Question 18

What happens to FSH during menopause?

Answer 18

FSH decreases

Question 19

What is the female behavior during/ initiating sex?

Answer 19

• lordosis posture
  - high E needed
  -darting
• hopping
• ear wriggling

Question 20

What is the male behavior during sex?

Answer 20

• mounting
• intromission
• ejaculation

Question 21

What hormone is needed during the estrous cycle?

Answer 21

Need E

Question 22

What hormone is needed during the menstrual cycle?

Answer 22

• no hormone requirements

Question 23

What are pheromones?

Answer 23

a secreted or excreted chemical factor that triggers a social response in members of the same species

Question 24

What system is in charged for analyzing pheromones?

Answer 24

the olfactory system

Question 25

What is the neutral state of the gonads?

Answer 25

ovaries

Question 26

How does the gonad turn into the testes?

Answer 26

Y chromosome turns into SRY gene and into the testes

Question 27

In what trimester does T peak in?

Answer 27

2nd trimester

Question 28

When does T start declining?

Answer 28

after birth

Question 29

T or F: both genders external genitalia start of the same

Answer 29

True

Question 30

What happens 1st penile growth or the ovaries developing?

Answer 30

• Penile growth
• Ovaries don’t start growing/ developing until puberty

Question 31

T or F: Both sexes start off with only 1 duct system

Answer 31

false
- they have both M & W ducts

Question 32

What do the Wolffian ducts develop into?

Answer 32

• Seminal vesicles
• vas deferens
• epididymis

Question 33

How do the Wolffian ducts go away in women?

Answer 33

• they just go away naturally/ disappear

Question 34

What hormone is needed for Wolffian ducts to work?

Answer 34

Testosterone

Question 35

What do Mullerian ducts develop into?

Answer 35

• Fallopian tubes
• Uterus
• Upper Vagina
• doesn’t need hormones

Question 36

What does the Mullein inhibiting hormone do?

Answer 36

• gets rid of Müllerian ducts
• secreted by testes