Exam 4 (Lecture 54) - Estrous Cycle Overview Flashcards
Name the four major constituents of the ovary and the general functions of each (slide 3).
What is the difference between estrus and estrous?
Define polyestrous, seasonally polyestrous, monoestrous, and diestrous.
How does anestrous differ from anestrus?
How does diestrous differ from diestrus?
Which female reproductive hormone increases and decreases inversely to the other major female hormones?
What is the order of synthesis of estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone (1st, middle or last) in the steroidogenesis pathway starting with cholesterol?
What is the enzyme in the last step?
Which female reproductive hormones interact with intracellular receptors?
Which female reproductive hormones interact with cell surface receptors?
Name three hormones in the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovary axis, and how are their respective releases regulated?
What is the general function o PGF2-alpha?
What is the general function of inhibition?
What enzyme deficiency can lead to female virilization?
