Sex 2.0

Question 1

What does the mPOA stand for?

Answer 1

medial pre optic area

Question 2

What happens where there are lesions in the mPOA to both sexes?

Answer 2

Both sexes stop having sex

Question 3

What happens to females where there is lesions in the mPOA?

Answer 3

• cycle stops
• sex resumes with E & P

Question 4

What happens to males where there is lesions in the mPOA?

Answer 4

• no change in hormones
• decreased in motivation

Question 5

What does the mPOA contain?

Answer 5

several nuclei

Question 6

What does the SDN stand for?

Answer 6

sexually dimorphic nucleus

Question 7

Where is the SDN located?

Answer 7

in the mPOA

Question 8

T or F: the SDN is bigger in females

Answer 8

false
- large in males bc they have more neurons

Question 9

Are there gender differences in the SDN during development?

Answer 9

• has the same # of neurons at birth
• T makes apoptosis decrease
  - males have more neurons as adults

Question 10

What does the AVPV stand for?

Answer 10

Anteroventral periventricular nucleus

Question 11

What are the gender differences in AVPV?

Answer 11

• females have bigger & more neurons
  - cycle= feedforward

Question 12

What gender has the most # of neurons in the AVPV @ 1st?

Answer 12

• none, they both have the same #
  - T increases apoptosis
  - results, in females have more neurons

Question 13

What does INAH stand for?

Answer 13

Interstitial Nuclei of the Anterior Hypothalamus

Question 14

What gender has a bigger INAH?

Answer 14

males have a bigger INAH than females & homosexual males

Question 15

What gender has more neurons in INAH?

Answer 15

• neurons more in males
  
  • sexuality doesn’t matter

Question 16

What are more details about male homosexuality?

Answer 16

• monozygotic twins have 60% concordance
• higher incidence in some families
• # of older biological brothers matters

Question 17

What does CAH stand for?

Answer 17

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Question 18

What do prenatal adrenals do to T?

Answer 18

it increases it

Question 19

What kind of genitalia do CAH do they have?

Answer 19

• in between male and female

Question 20

When does secretion stop for CAH people?

Answer 20

at birth

Question 21

T or F: They do not alter genitalia in CAH people

Answer 21

false
- they do alter

Question 22

What is the majority of gender that CAH become?

Answer 22

female

Question 23

What is the most probable sexuality for CAH individuals?

Answer 23

• the majority are heterosexual
• higher than average homosexual

Question 24

What is androgen insensitivity syndrome?

Answer 24

when a person who has one X and one Y chromosome (typically seen in males) is resistant to hormones that produce a male appearance (called androgens)

Question 25

What kind of external genitalia do androgen insensitive people have?

Answer 25

they have female genitalia

Question 26

What kind of internal genitalia do androgen insensitivity people have?

Answer 26

they have no internal genitalia

Question 27

What is the definition of transgender?

Answer 27

Individuals whose sexual identity is not the sex that their chromosomes and hormones indicate.

Question 28

T or F: Hormones can be used for menopause

Answer 28

true

Question 29

What are the sex differences in math?

Answer 29

- Males are more variable - more at high & low end

Question 30

What gender has a bigger corpus callosum?

Answer 30

Men do bc they have more myelinated axons