4.2.5.3 Major Hormones (Gonadal Hormones, Female) Flashcards
Location of Female Gonadal Hormones?
Ovaries
Location of Female Gonadal Hormones IF pregnant?
Ovaries and Placenta
In ovaries:
approximately 400,000 in healthy neonates, each containing an immature ovum
a. Primordial follicles
b. Dominant Graadian follicle
a
In ovaries:
selected from a cohort of
follicles
a. Primordial follicles
b. Dominant Graadian follicle
b
In Dominant Graafian follicle
releases ovum during the _____ phase
(ovulation) giving rise to corpus luteum (rich in _______)
luteal
cholesterol
In Placenta:
vascular projections of fetal tissue surrounded by chorion
a. Chorionic villi
b. Chorion
a
In Placenta:
consists of the outer syncytiotrophoblast, which is in direct contact with maternal blood, and the inner cytotrophoblast
a. Chorionic villi
b. Chorion
b
Androstenedione, dehydroandrostenedione, testosterone, and DHT produced by the ovaries
a. Estrogen
b. Androgen
c. Progesterone
d. hPL
e. hCG
b
Produced by the corpus luteum and the placenta
a. Estrogen
b. Androgen
c. Progesterone
d. hPL
e. hCG
c
produced by the syncytiotrophoblast cells of the placenta
a. Estrogen
b. Androgen
c. Progesterone
d. hPL
e. hCG
e
stimulates the ovary to produce progesterone
a. Estrogen
b. Androgen
c. Progesterone
d. hPL
e. hCG
e
Structurally similar to: Prolactin and Growth hormone
a. Estrogen
b. Androgen
c. Progesterone
d. hPL
e. hCG
d
In Estrogen:
Metabolite of E2 or produce from androstenedione (High in Postmenopausal women)
a. Estradiol (E2)
b. Estrone (E1)
c. Estriol (E3)
b
In Estrogen:
Principal and MOSt potent Estrogen in PREmenopausal woman
a. Estradiol (E2)
b. Estrone (E1)
c. Estriol (E3)
a
In Estrogen:
Produced by the ovaries and the placenta (High during pregnancy)
a. Estradiol (E2)
b. Estrone (E1)
c. Estriol (E3)
c
