Unit 2.6

Question 1

What compound lyses the corpus luteum?

Answer 1

prostaglandins

Question 2

What hormone is released from the pituitary to cause forceful contractions of the uterus?

Answer 2

oxytocin

Question 3

What term (not drug) refers to synthesized drugs that mimic progestins?

Answer 3

progestagen

Question 4

This term means the inner lining of the uterus

Answer 4

endometrium

Question 5

This term means cancer producing

Answer 5

carcinogenic

Question 6

This is a type of anemia where all the cell lines in the bone marrow get wiped out

Answer 6

aplastic anemia

Question 7

Progestin drugs (2 names)

Answer 7

altrenogest

medroxyprogestertone

Question 8

Progestin administered to animals as oral liquid, should not be used by women that are pregnant

Answer 8

altrenogest

Question 9

Estrogen compound that found to be carcinogenic, banned for use in food animals

Answer 9

DES diethylstilbestrol

Question 10

Estrogen compound still used to reduce urinary incontinence in dogs

Answer 10

DES diethylstilbestrol

Question 11

Prostaglandin drugs (2 drugs)

Answer 11

dinoprost tromethamine

cloprostenol

Question 12

T or F

Progestational hormones are the same as progestins

Answer 12

True

Question 13

T or F

Progestins have a negative feedback on the release of GnRH

Answer 13

True

Question 14

T or F

Estrogens and progesterones can cause an increased risk for pyometra

Answer 14

True

Question 15

T or F

Prostaglandins don’t work in the follicular phase of the estrous cycle

Answer 15

True

Question 16

T or F

Dinoprost tromethamine can cause premature labor or abortion in humans

Answer 16

True