Understanding the Female Reproductive System

1. Bios 1030 SI Wednesday week 14

2. Oxytocin is secreted from the posterior pituitary and stimulated the ejection of milk • True • False • Correct if false

3. TRUE

4. Which of the following is NOT true of the ovarian cycle? • A surge in LH causes the egg to be released from the ovaries • If fertilization occurs, the corpus luteum secretes hCG for up to 8 weeks, until the placenta takes over • High levels of estrogen and progesterone prevent ovulation to occur • During ovulation, an egg is released from the ovary

5. If fertilization occurs, the corpus luteum secretes hCG for up to 8 weeks, until the placenta takes over

7. The growth of a follicle occurs during which stage of the female cycle? • Ovarian • Ovulation • Luteal • Secretory

8. Ovarian

9. What is proliferation? • The sloughing off of the endometrial wall • The building up of the endometrial wall • The surge of estrogen during the end of the ovarian cycle • The secretory phase- where menses occurs

10. The building up of the endometrial wall

11. What hormone is at the highest point during ovulation (that causes ovulation)? • FSH • LH • Estrogen • Progesterone

12. LH

13. Which hormone is at its highest secretion during the phase where the body is getting ready for implantation? • FSH • LH • Estrogen • Progesterone**

14. If ovulation is not occurring, which form of birth control might be the cause? • Hormonal contraceptives • Withdrawal • Spermicide • Injected hormonal contraceptives • More than one of the above

15. Both kinds of contraceptives

16. What is the most effective form of contraception?  • None attempted • Vasectomy • Vaginal contraceptive ring • Spermicide

17. Vasectomy

18. What is the best form of contraception?

19. Abstinence!

20. Ortho Evra is a type of: • Hormone patch • Vaginal ring** • Hormone injection • Birth control pill

21. Which of the following is not a cause of infertility in most normal cases? • Abnormal hormone levels • Blocked/ scarred fallopian tubes • Oral contraceptives** • Endometriosis

22. Oral contraceptives

23. What is artificial insemination? • Implanting a zygote in the uterus • Injecting sperm into the uterus • Eggs and sperm get placed into the oviduct • Implanting a zygote in the oviduct

24. Injecting sperm into the uterus

25. Hormones travel through the blood. • True • False

26. true

27. Lipid soluble hormones cannot enter a cell to have an effect since they are not water soluble. • True • False

28. False

29. What division of the nervous system controls skeletal movements? • CNS • Somatic part of the PNS • Parasympathetic of the PNS • Organ signals in the PNS • None of the above

30. Somatic part of the PNS

31. What does it mean that resting membrane potential is -70mV? • The cell is much more negative on the inside than the outside • The cell is much more positive on the inside than the outside • More negative ions are flowing out of the cells than positive ions are • None of the above

32. The cell is much more negative on the inside than the outside

33. List 5 CNS disorders and describe them • List 3 hormonal disorders and describe them